2025-08-29- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) – Hour 1

Episode Date: August 29, 2025
Host: Matt Jones
Regulars: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon The Dude
Producer: iHeartPodcasts/Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)
Summary Prepared for: Those who want a detailed, lively recap of the key discussions, quotes, atmosphere, and takeaways from this episode.

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Episode Overview

This episode marks the eve of the University of Kentucky football season opener against Toledo. The KSR crew brings a high-spirited, sometimes combative, and always entertaining discussion that encompasses UK football’s prospects, the impact of key player transfers–notably Dane Key, the general mood around UK’s program and fanbase, some betting analysis, and, in true KSR fashion, the latest Kentucky viral oddity: the “Couch Car.”
Intertwined are fan calls, inside jokes, and the hosts’ signature rapport.

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Key Topics and Discussion Points

1. Countdown to Kentucky Football vs. Toledo

• Excitement and Anticipation
  • KSR crew is amped for the first game (12:45 pm kickoff); pregame energy builds.
  • “Football starts tomorrow.” – Matt Jones (02:52)
• Change of Venue for the Show
  • Originally planned to broadcast from a hemp field; now, possibly taking the show into the streets of Lexington.
  • “Right now, Billy and Mario are efforting… to try to make it where we can do our number two of this show out on the street.” – Matt Jones (09:00)
• Predictions and Fan Confidence
  • Betting lines have moved from Kentucky being a 7- to 10-point favorite; hosts bullish on UK’s odds.
  • Both excitement and some anxiety over the season opener’s implications.

2. Dane Key, Transfers & Fan Emotions

• Debate: Why Did Dane Key Leave?
  • Friendly-but-tense exchanges about whether Key “wanted to stay” or “had to leave.”
  • “If he wanted to stay, he would have stayed.” – Matt Jones (04:41)
• Fan Reactions and Personal Ties
  • Hosts reflect on fans’ lingering disappointment.
    • “He’s a local kid… his dad played here… he wanted to stay here.” – Ryan Lemond (26:01)
    • “Him leaving did send shockwaves. I think people are like, ‘Well, what is wrong if Dane Key’s leaving?’” – Matt Jones (26:16)
• Transfer Reality Check
  • Most outgoing UK transfers not projected as impact players elsewhere.
  • “The transfers out felt really bad, but… a lot of these guys just may not have been very good.” – Matt Jones (27:06)

3. The Toledo Matchup & UK Football State of the Program

• Breaking Down the Matchup
  • Discussion on why Toledo is touted as a threat; hosts mostly dismissive of “Toledo hype.”
    • “Do they have a top 30 raw talent like Kentucky does? No. Do they have a seven year quarterback like Kentucky does? No. Kentucky’s gonna run them well.” – Shannon (11:43)
    • Drew and callers note: Toledo has national consistency, P5 wins, but “Kentucky should dominate them in the trenches.” – Drew Franklin (11:11)
• Consequences of a Loss
  • Losing would trigger panic and program-wide questions.
    • “If we lose, you think about the whole Stoops era, which is a lot of pressure… but I don’t think that’s ridiculous.” – Matt Jones (13:17)
• Season Preview
  • Offensive line is supposedly rebuilt–the “Big Blue Wall.”
  • Running game expected to be the backbone.
    • “Run, run, run. Hey look, we’re going to pass. Nope, just kidding. We’re going to run again. That’s going to be the offense tomorrow.” – Drew Franklin (45:27)

4. UK Fanbase Morale and Motivation

• Plummeting Offseason Optimism
  • Athletic survey: Only 11% of UK fans say they’re optimistic about football.
    • “That’s a huge mistake. When Minnesota’s fan base is more excited than ours, that’s a problem.” – Matt Jones (30:36)
• Failure to Energize
  • Compared to Louisville at 100% optimism, the crew laments UK’s lack of offseason hype.
  • Matt offers unused tickets to listeners to boost attendance and engagement.

5. KSR-Style Humor & Kentucky Oddities: The Couch Car

• The Viral Sensation
  • A Lexington local built a fully functional “Couch Car,” complete with lamps, carpet, and decor, now spotted cruising city streets and racking up Instagram followers.
  • Hosts debate legality and brainstorm money-making plans.
    • “How’s that street legal?… But that can’t be legal.” – Matt Jones (33:49)
    • “Come like sit at KS Bar parking lot. Drive people to Commonwealth Stadium. Yeah, on a couch.” – Matt Jones (36:10)
• Local Legend Status
  • The Couch Car is now “famous,” and potentially ripe for KSR to broadcast from.

6. Sports Betting & Week 1 Gambling Strategy

• General Advice
  • Week 1: Avoid heavy betting, upsets are rare, public overreaction common.
    • “People overreact to week one… it’s very hard for a team to [lose] in week one.” – Matt Jones (24:47)
• KSR’s DraftKings Parlay
  • The crew picks their locks for the weekend (with much comedic fumbling from Ryan Lemond, who forgot his phone).
    • “That’s a winning ticket right there… the one that’s going to lose us is at noon when Texas beats Ohio State.” – Matt Jones (47:09)

7. Listener Interaction

• Fan Calls and Texts
  • Score predictions collected via text machine (772-774-5254).
  • Notable banter with callers about the season, Dane Key, and the Couch Car.
• Running Jokes
  • Ongoing Dane Key debate becomes stand-in for breakups (“He wanted to stay, but he didn’t.”).
  • Friendly ribbing of Ryan Lemond for confidently giving dubious car law advice.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Dane Key and Commitment:
  • “At the end of the day, there came a time for a car to leave. Shannon. And he got in it. Right?” – Matt Jones (05:10)
• On UK Offseason Engagement:
  • “It is for a motivated program. It’s a failure of motivation. Again, starting tomorrow. It doesn’t matter.” – Matt Jones (31:09)
• The Couch Car Phenomenon:
  • “He and his wife are just sitting on a couch driving through downtown… they have lamps.” – Matt Jones (33:29)
  • “Does the lamp work?” – Matt Jones (36:21)
• On Betting and Week 1:
  • “Week one, I do go for a lot of underdogs to cover the spread.” – Drew Franklin (24:47)
• On Kentucky Fans' Mood:
  • "I've been on the radio 15 years. Never been a time that talking football has been worse to get the fans motivated." – Matt Jones (31:14)
• On Show Planning Mishaps:
  • “Now, Shannon, it’s almost certain this won’t work.” – Matt Jones, on taking the show outside (09:47)
  • “Just put on Stone Temple Pilots and walk out of here. That’s what I’ll do.” – Shannon (10:04)
• Caller Comedy:
  • “Ryan left his Home. At home. But he really didn’t want to leave his home. The phone.” – Sky Gas Man (47:47)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:52 — Show opens in earnest; football excitement builds.
• 04:21–05:10 — Debating why Dane Key left UK.
• 09:10–09:49 — Plans to take the show on the street (“almost certain this won’t work”).
• 10:09–11:55 — Betting lines on UK/Toledo shift; hosts analyze why confidence is rising.
• 13:17–14:13 — Stakes of losing to Toledo; would reflect on the whole Stoops era.
• 21:08–21:55 — “Give me one fact why Toledo has a shot” — Drew Franklin responds with a rundown.
• 30:36–31:09 — Athletic survey: UK fans’ (lack of) optimism is discussed.
• 33:29–37:06 — Extended riff on the Couch Car viral video and Kentucky culture.
• 45:27 — Drew Franklin sums up UK’s offensive game plan: “Run, run, run…”

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Episode Tone and Style

• Energetic and playful, with plenty of inside jokes, sarcasm, and the “we’re one big family (with arguments)” feeling typical of KSR.
• Lively debate (especially about transfers and program direction).
• Self-aware pessimism/realism about fan mood.
• Infusion of Kentucky-specific oddball news (Couch Car) to keep the show grounded in local culture.
• Light-hearted dismissals of show/technology mishaps (“almost certain this won’t work”).

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Conclusion & Takeaways

• The KSR crew is fired up but realistic ahead of UK’s season, aware that a shaky opener could cause widespread panic about the program.
• Both the hosts and callers are emotionally invested, especially about the fate of transfers like Dane Key.
• The show reflects on the “lost motivation” among UK fans, calling for last-minute unity and pushing for a full stadium—and entertaining the audience with Kentucky quirkiness in the form of “Couch Car.”
• The mood is a classic mix of anticipation, good-natured skepticism, and community spirit amplified by local humor.

For newcomers, this episode is an ideal window into KSR’s blend of UK sports talk, fan engagement, and Kentucky culture.

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(End of summary)

Transcript

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[Shannon]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Friday, August 29th. I am Matt Jones. We and it is time for Football Tomorrow, Kentucky and Toledo start at 12:45. The UK football season begins. You can give us out on the Clark's puppet shop phone line. We are in Studio 859-28022 87. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-7745254. In this edition sponsored by TJ Smith Law Office, you call TGL. Make them pay. We were originally supposed to be in a cornbread hemp hemp field but that's gotten postponed for a few days. So we are in studio here in Lexington and I have a great idea that's coming in the second hour. Of course it will almost certainly fail but I've got Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin and Shannon the dude. Guys, football starts tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, this time tomorrow we're in in deep in our pregame show for the first game of the year. Man, I'm excited about it.

[Drew Franklin]

It'll almost be over. We'll be making our picks about right now tomorrow. But it does feel good that it's finally here. It's fun watching the Thursday games even.

[Matt Jones]

Though we got another watch those last night.

[Drew Franklin]

I'll admit I fell asleep. I was watching it but I fell asleep while watching Nebraska cinc Cincinnati. But I watched Rutgers. I watched East Carolina if it was on. I checking on it.

[Matt Jones]

No offense to Dane key Shannon. I was pulling for Cincinnati at the end. Yeah, I like watching, I like watching Nebraska bomb. So I was like come on, beat him. But Danky got a touchdown. So a lot of Kentucky fans, we were all very happy about that. Congrats to Dane.

[Ryan Lemond]

I may got a little misty eyed last night. I was watching the game while you.

[Matt Jones]

Were husking your corn.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I was husking my corn just to see him. He had a great game. Just see him kind of succeed. He, he, he wanted to stay here.

[Matt Jones]

He just. Okay, stop. You got to stop that. He did. He wanted to stay here. There was a way to do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, no, not happy with the way things were turning out.

[Matt Jones]

Fine. But then he didn't want to stay. Like you know you can't. They're both of those things are not true. He wanted to stay and he wasn't happy if he wasn't happy. Totally fine. But that means he didn't want to stay. I love Danky but, but like he left. I, I'm cheering for him. Although I want Nebraska to lose. But we're also not gonna say he wanted to stay. Cause if he wanted to stay, he would have stayed. He chose not to stay, which is his right. But he didn't want to stay. He would have.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he did.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

But he didn't.

[Matt Jones]

But he didn't. That's what I'm saying. At the end of the day, there came a time for a car to leave. Shannon. And he got in it. Right?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I still got some messages from UK fans though, talking smack about him.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you're gonna get that. I mean, you're gon. I mean people did that to you, unfortunately, even when he was here. So, I mean, you're going to get that. But. Yeah. How about. You know, who would have thought the first time you'd see Travis and Taylor in public it would be a Cincinnati football game.

[Drew Franklin]

When they pan up to the. To the booth and they were there right away I was like, oh, okay. Didn't even consider that they could be here at this game. Makes sense.

[Matt Jones]

But he played there.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure TMZ was outside the stadium looking for him. I saw, you know, Nebraska's quarterback, Raola, he thinks he's Mahomes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so is that. That's weird.

[Drew Franklin]

It's very weird. It's kind of one of the weirdest things in sports. And he denies it. It's like, dude, you're wearing the same sunglasses.

[Matt Jones]

Did the little thing. Shannon. So he does.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Patrick Mahomes takes his fingers and like does the. Hey, come here on a play or whatever. Yeah, he does the same thing. Same hair. He does all. He's got to stop acting like he's not trying because he's clearly trying.

[Drew Franklin]

But he's in a bad place today because he led a game winning drive and they showed Mahomes leaving the stadium before he got the ball to do it. So. Well, he's boy wasn't there.

[Matt Jones]

That dude's got to stop acting like he is not trying to do it. He's trying to do it. Which is fine.

[Drew Franklin]

They mentioned on the broadcast maybe this was public. Maybe you knew it, Ryan. But I didn't know he. Dane's rooming with him.

[Matt Jones]

I did see that. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. In the hotel, they're roaming together, but. But Shannon, he didn't want to leave just for the rest.

[Shannon]

But he did.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know why you gotta be so combated about that. He wanted to stay, but man, things here, here didn't go. You know, the culture changing, like the way things were headed.

[Drew Franklin]

But that would mean he wanted to leave, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

So he wanted you to have a better opportunity so you had to leave.

[Shannon]

If he could have stayed, nobody kicked him out the door.

[Ryan Lemond]

Plays in the Game tomorrow. He may get like three targets. Well, he got five targets and five catches in a touchdown yesterday, which me.

[Drew Franklin]

Honest, I'm a little worried about that Nebraska offense.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that Nebraska office does not look. I mean, it looks maybe a little better than ours, but I don't know. But he got scored touchdown. I was very happy for.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was too.

[Matt Jones]

I was very.

[Ryan Lemond]

First game. Just like he did the first game at Kentucky. In the end. Right in that end zone puts you. We had the poster up in our. That's right, our Ks Bar putting his hand up after he caught the touchdown.

[Drew Franklin]

I missed him.

[Matt Jones]

He.

[Drew Franklin]

He like fidgets with his gloves when he gets up. He's done that forever. As soon as the first catch, he started doing it again. It felt weird seeing him in red, but he still looked just exactly like like Dane at Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

So it was a good night at college football. Shannon, I called the South Florida over Boise State upset. Big fist bump, Shannon. There we go. Look at that.

[Ryan Lemond]

They destroyed him.

[Matt Jones]

What?

[Drew Franklin]

That was my guarantee yesterday on the show.

[Matt Jones]

You guaranteed they covered. Did you pick them?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I said in South Florida.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Ryan, I picked Boise State.

[Ryan Lemond]

Fighting Bush, Hampden.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan's the loser in the group. But Shannon, you also, you were going to call the one a couple of weeks ago with Idaho State and we talked you out of it and they, they almost won. I don't think.

[Shannon]

I don't know why I listened to you guys. Like you guys know what you're talking.

[Matt Jones]

About more than you know what you're doing. All right, so UK and Toledo, so here's what we're going to do. Normally, I think every first football game that we've had, you know, we're out in the crowd and we try to get everybody pumped up, et cetera. But because the thing got changed, there was a miscommunication where it was, et cetera. It was, it was. It was our fault. So we're going to get with them later on. But that means we're. We're here in studio and we were going to do it in the restaurant, but then I didn't want Ryan like getting his pre energy while people are trying to eat him eat, you know, like where he's like knocking tables down. We're going to be there all morning there tomorrow. We were there the last few days. By the way. Thank you. All the folks who's come out. We've got. It feels like people have really enjoyed it, gotten really good reviews.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nice crowd. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And those of you write me that say, like, hey, I did this I like that. That's good. That's helpful. We're trying to continue, but anyway, point being. So I was like, we still have to kind of get that energy. So right now, Billy and Mario are efforting and we'll see if this works to try to make it where we can do our number two of this show out on the street.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, that'd be fun.

[Matt Jones]

In downtown.

[Ryan Lemond]

Downtown Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Just out on the street. Right. Stand out there and give a show probably to no one, but you could potentially drive by and see us out on the street. Now. It's not too hot. This is a perfect day. It's like 95 degrees. Do you like the idea of going out on the street?

[Drew Franklin]

I love the idea. I sometimes just walk around downtown Lexington after the show. Really enjoy it. Love the idea of doing a show there. Years ago, we did one in the pavilion. Had a blast.

[Matt Jones]

Right. So people were a little hesitant, but just.

[Drew Franklin]

Just being outdoors and being downtown, doing the show was a lot of fun.

[Matt Jones]

Now, Shannon, it's almost certain this won't work.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

So I hope you are ready.

[Shannon]

Oh, I've got all the hot takes for the. For the season.

[Matt Jones]

Happens and we get disconnected until we can get back up in this building. You might have to do your Shannon thing where you let people, you know, do. Do what you got.

[Shannon]

Just put on Stone Temple Pilots and walk out of here. That's what. That's what I'll do.

[Matt Jones]

Well, glad you appreciate the craft. All right, so UK Toledo lines back up to nine. So it was all the way down to seven. Now it's back up to nine. Some places you find nine and a half. So fans seem to be, you know, better seem to be back on uk. It feels like three weeks ago everybody thought we were going to lose. Now everybody's like, this is a good bet for Kentucky to win. I don't think one thing has changed during that. Are you feeling good?

[Drew Franklin]

I am. I bought the dip. I'm in at nine and a half for plus money. I actually saw it. It's up to 10 on DraftKings this morning. So it's up to 10. Really starting to. Kentucky is really starting to come in. It's one of those things. It was a trendy pick podcast for picking it. I saw Barstool. It's one of their picks this week. It's an easy one to pick. But if you look at what Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, they. They're picking Toledo. Yeah. Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Not to win, to cover, but if you look at what Kentucky did to the Mac last year in Ohio, which was the champion. And then in the opening game with Southern Miss, they destroyed them before the lightning delay. And I think we all agree that this team's going to be better than the last team no matter how the schedule, the record looks. I just, I feel like they're in a good spot to open the season. They should dominate them in the trenches.

[Matt Jones]

The Mac has started well though. Ohio played Rutgers right to the end last night.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Buffalo played Minnesota pretty well for, for a little bit there in the Mac as well. So I mean, you know, it's very, not a lot of sample size, but the Mac has, has, has held itself okay so far.

[Ryan Lemond]

Man, I don't care if they win by one point. I just want, they just have to win this game. They cannot lose. They just need to win.

[Shannon]

I don't understand where all the Toledo hype was coming from over the summer. Do they have a top 30 raw talent like Kentucky does? No. Do they have a seven year quarterback like Kentucky does? No. Kentucky's gonna run them well.

[Matt Jones]

Remember Ryan declared they have a Heisman candidate quarterback?

[Shannon]

I might have said that too. But you know what? It doesn't matter. It's not true. That was a video game. We found out. We don't have to talk about that. This is real life and Kentucky is going to beat him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean I feel pretty good about it. I think it's going to be, I think it's going to be nerve wracking for no reason.

[Ryan Lemond]

It'll probably be close for a while.

[Matt Jones]

It'll be a three point game at halftime. We'll all be stressing out. And then I think in the second half they'll, they, they'll pull away. But I do think it'll be, I think it would be a stressful game. I mean, so I'm one of these people for big games and while I don't consider this a big game, I consider it kind of a big game because of what all's at stake. I sit there and think often, okay, what happens with each result? So I remember when we played Oakland in basketball, I sat there and thought before the game, what happens if we lose? Yeah, and I played out what I was going to say, etc. And then it happened. So I have been thinking about what happens if we lose. If we win, we just say, okay, Ole Miss next week can get us ramped up.

[Ryan Lemond]

There we go.

[Matt Jones]

But if we lose, you know, then you have to sit there and think about what's ha. What, what's the thing about the whole.

[Ryan Lemond]

Season as A whole. I think if you lose it, I.

[Matt Jones]

Think you got to think about the whole Stoops era, which is a lot of pressure to put on one game. But I also don't think Drew, that that's ridiculous, do you?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, not at all. We. He's gone back a little bit. I think Mitch called it a one year blip. It's a little bigger than a one year blip. He's backpedaling. But if you lose your home opener to a, to a Mac team, even if it is the Mac favorite this year. Yeah, that's a horrible look. And I mean I'm thinking they've rebuilt this offensive line and we're here and it's supposed to be the big blue wall again. They have a significant size advantage tomorrow. If they don't dominate Toledo, we got big problems on the year. I think so.

[Matt Jones]

I think losing our times though, I mean, we can't lose. Yeah. But there are times where teams can struggle in the first game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean there's a lot of win.

[Matt Jones]

But they've got to win.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, if you turn it over six times or something crazy, maybe it's a fluky game, but Kentucky especially up front should be able to push them around and if they don't, that's going to be a big problem.

[Ryan Lemond]

What happens when Chip training scores a touchdown in this game?

[Matt Jones]

I don't care.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean the best player probably will.

[Matt Jones]

That, that, that's kind of irrelevant to me. I mean the. Now if he scores three touchdowns, we can't stop them and they win by 10. Yeah. Then that matters. But I think if we lose, it's not gonna be because of Chip train them. Right. It's gonna be because of bigger issues.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I think people just be upset if Cleaning never got to see him do his thing here last year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Now if he's Ashton Genti and he never did it last year, Shannon, then that would be frustrating.

[Shannon]

Yeah. He's going to have a touchdown more than likely, but we're gonna have three or four, so what's it matter?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they came here five or six years ago after our big Citrus bowl win, his first season opener. Stoops even admitted he this week he's like, I thought I had a great team. And we went down 70 to Toledo, then 14 to 7 to Toledo and at halftime it was tied. And that what Toledo team wasn't even really where this team was. So it's possible and they've seen it happen before, but maybe that help them be a wake up call. On this one. Well, they, they went on to win that one.

[Matt Jones]

They're taking quite a strategy this summer. Say nothing, do nothing, have fans, know nothing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. No promotion whatsoever.

[Matt Jones]

This is it. I mean, this is like we're, everyone's impression is coming tomorrow and if it's a good impression, I think it buys you, you know, a week. I don't think people, let's say we win 40 to nothing. I don't think people are going to be like, all right, we're great. The decision will be made next week against Ole Miss, but it can go in the wrong direction if things don't work. I'm still excited. I, I love football season. I'm excited for uk. I said this, I've said this. We like. If you are not using your tickets, send them to matt.jones@kentucky sportsradio.com I'll give them away. We'll have people, I'll give them away on the pregame show. I'll give them away to listeners, whatever. We need to have as many people in that stadium as we can have. Yes. If you don't, if you, it's Labor Day weekend. I understand if you can't go, but don't let them go unused. Like, let's, let's, let's pay it forward. I think, I don't remember who, who was it that won it? Steve. Was it Steve? That was, I was given the ticket. Somebody sent me a ticket for him. The guy that wanted to go that had won.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Nobody else. Right. Call unless I ask.

[Drew Franklin]

It's in. Bond that bridge. We'll look it up. Who needed it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, whoever it is, just so you know, somebody said 859-280-2287 text machine is 772-7745254. It is game day eve right here on Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

See, I can see that look on Shannon's face. He's not, he's not.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get that little smirk on his face.

[Matt Jones]

Y' all can't see, right? I can see the look on. She's got that smirk like, all right. Shannon sees a weakness and sees it. Shannon is like, all right, he sees you.

[Shannon]

Okay, just a little jab.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I know. I, I know you like.

[Shannon]

I have a lot of enjoyment out of stirring the pot.

[Matt Jones]

You. No kidding. Shannon, slow down. So I got people predicting scores here. Yeah. I'd like to know what do you think is going to happen to UK Toledo? I'd like to get a sense of where the fan base is. 772-774-5254. Just give me the score and don't be something ridiculous like what you actually think. I'd like to see where fans are and take a little 772-774-5254 while you're doing that One person writes, matt, my dad really wanted to stay with his. My mom. But then the young hot blond came around and he left. But he did really want to stay with her.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And it made my mom feel a lot better when I said his intentions were there.

[Shannon]

I can say the same thing about my parents. It happened to them, too. They wanted to stay together.

[Matt Jones]

You could, but this was a ride. This was a texter. But Shannon's like, I. I know that.

[Shannon]

I can relate to that.

[Matt Jones]

But Shannon.

[Shannon]

Yeah, they wanted.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't really want to stay.

[Shannon]

I mean, they wanted to. They didn't.

[Matt Jones]

But they didn't.

[Shannon]

But they wanted to.

[Matt Jones]

2287. One person writes, Give me one fact as to why Toledo even has a shot. We all act like it's a given, but I haven't heard one fact that would make me care. They came in sixth in the Mac last year. Why does everyone act like Toledo is good? What's the answer to that?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, Toledo and Alabama have the two longest streaks without a losing season. Rich Brooks was the coach the last time at Kentucky. The last time Toledo had a losing season. Just consistent, consistently good. They played two power four teams last year. Beat both of them.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, see, that's a big one to be.

[Drew Franklin]

Went to Starkville. It wasn't like a fluke. They handled them pretty well. Beat Pitt. I mean, their starting running back was just supposed to be your starting running back. You know, he's up to SEC caliber. He was punching in touchdowns for Ohio State. Their court quarterback, although not a Heisman candidate, as said on some shows. Been there a long time, played a lot of football. Their biggest weakness that I've heard is going to be their defense. And then what I said in the first segment, just naturally inside Kentucky just has a huge size advantage on both on offensive and defensive lines.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's go to. I can't lead with him because he'll be negative. Let's go to Tim. Go ahead. Tim.

[Caller]

Who? Which one you guys called the dang Key Anytime touchdowns score history.

[Matt Jones]

Drew did.

[Drew Franklin]

That was me.

[Matt Jones]

I think it was Drew. Yeah.

[Caller]

Shout out to you, my man.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, a little plus 75. You're welcome.

[Caller]

Yeah, in my opinion on the score, I think it'll be a little bit close. Nothing. Nothing crazy. I'd say we win by 13. 13 points. That's just.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well, there you go. Drew's given free draft. Kings wins with his Dane Key Anytime touchdown. But paid well.

[Drew Franklin]

It did, but I got greedy and I also bet two touchdowns, so I made a little bit, but a lot of my earnings went to that.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. Remember tough to me. No. 772-774-5254. What's the. What's the score going to be? I'm kind of trying to get a sense of where the fans are. Let's go to Jay and Lyndon. Go Jay.

[Caller]

Hey, I got two quick things first and I would not ask this if Ryan didn't bring it up, but I want him to answer this after I ask you a question. Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

Dane Key leaving caused a lot of pessimism among the fan base. Does Ryan want to make me feel better or bad about that after I asked you your question? Matt, you always have good betting angles. First couple weeks.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

Do you have any? And I will say this, here's the angle for everybody. The first quarter under last night always be 11 of the 13 teams were under their first quarter total.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's actually a great one. So here's my thing. I usually stay away from week one heavy. I mean we're going to do. We have to do a draft kings parley which we're going to do. I stay away from week one heavy. I go heavy on week two. I go heavy on the overreactions on week one because people put way too much stock. So for instance, just looking at the games last night, I will bet Rutgers against whoever they play next week against the spread because people will think they're no good because they only won by three points. Right. I'll probably bet against Cincinnati cause they played that game close. But I'm not sure that team is any good. But people go, oh, they were close to Nebraska so they must. People overreact to week one. So that's. That's my biggest one and I appreciate the call. I. It's very hard in week one. The one thing that rarely happens though is there are rarely upsets. Major upsets in week one sometimes, but it's rare for a major one. So I'll just take a lot of moneyline favorites, turn it into a parlay and win. Drew because I think it's very hard for a team to in week one. Now week two and week three, you do sometimes see upsets, but you don't see them a ton in week one. Historically, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I probably shouldn't give advice for week one because if it's on my tv, I'm betting it. I mean they're like last night I don't know anything about Rutgers. But yeah, I'm live betting Rutgers while that game's going on. So I'm more of a spray the board type of guy. But in week one I do go for a lot of underdogs to cover the spread.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of games like a 14.

[Drew Franklin]

To 20 type spread.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of the games that happened last night is what happens in week one. You get a team and you go, oh no, Ohio might lose or excuse me, Rutgers might lose. And then they went, oh no, Central Florida's down 10 to 3. But then they come back and win that. That happens a lot in week one. The upsets you do sometimes get is like a top 25 team that's overrated and they go on the road. Boise State is an example of that.

[Drew Franklin]

But they were a 7 point favorite.

[Matt Jones]

And lost by close to 30. The week I've always said the week to make money in sports gambling for me in college football is week two. That's the week where you go, okay, because a perfect example, let's say we beat Toledo by 40. Ole Miss game will get a lot of credit counter that. Let's say we beat Toledo by three, then you play Ole Miss. We might be a two touchdown underdog going into that game and that we should. You know what I mean? So that's the kind of stuff I talk about.

[Ryan Lemond]

You mean answer each other question?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think people that were got pessimistic after Dane left because you know, he's a local kid, he grew up here, his dad played here, he wanted to stay here. So I think him leaving did send shockwaves. I think people are like, well what is wrong if Dane Keys leaving? What is wrong?

[Matt Jones]

I think that was a big part of it. But I will say this. You know, I read Mark Story had an interesting thing in the Herald. He took all the players who left us last year and went somewhere else. There's a really good argument that only like two of them are even going to regularly see the field danky. And then the dude who went to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like Barry on Brown at LSU but he's second string, first string punt returner.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, fine. But I mean I'm talking about in regular offense he was the go to guy. He was the go to guy and he's like going to, he's second string. And then I think a guy that went to USC may be playing a lot but like he, he listed, he went. Most of these guys are playing at schools you haven't heard of or aren't even on the depth charts early on. So the transfers out I think felt really bad. But it'll interesting It'll be interesting to see how many of them even mattered. Dane will matter. It would be better to have Dane than to not. You know, I'd love to have Barry on yeah but, but you know, we. I think we all kind of like well, everyone's leaving. Story's point was a lot of these guys just may not have been very good.

[Drew Franklin]

You know that and I specific to last season, a lot of them needed to go. Not just because performance on the field and maybe their new schools are learning that they got a few bad apples in the locker room too and that's why they're not going to advance at their next spot because it's more culture.

[Matt Jones]

Went to where they were. Their own work ethic ends up hurting us. We'll take a break. I want to talk about the guy driving around Lexington in a couch. Have you seen this guy?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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

[Matt Jones]

This is not what Ryan was singing. It's a great song.

[Shannon]

John Wade.

[Matt Jones]

John Way. I mean I. You get to the chorus. I mean I'm not going to do it here because you know, might as.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well so we get a taste of it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean but when you, when you get to chorus here and he gets into it and he. And like that last version and if I'm in the car, just be ready to hear. Yeah. Falsetto belted out, Let it roll.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Well you're going to be gone for Bourbon and beyond fest. I was going to invite. He's playing there. I was going to invite you.

[Matt Jones]

I would, I would go just to hear that song and then leave. I would. Because I don't know what else he plays. Does he play anything else that matters?

[Shannon]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Probably just going to be sitting there going, come on man, just play this song. Just, just let's go. Yeah, we all know why we're here. Come on.

[Shannon]

Not just him. There's so. Yeah, there's a ton of other bands.

[Matt Jones]

No, I know, I'm just saying but like he for his set, right. I'm just going to be here and just be. Say I'm ready. Ready to miss you turn up. See that's. That's the key. The way they go, the way it's so enunciate since you've been gone and then pause uh huh away like that's why the song works. Don't you agree, Shannon? I don't know how they came up, but, like, that's why it's good. And on podcasts, you're just hearing silence and me saying, that's why it's good. But you know what? What do you want? I can't listen to it live or play in the background. And then you'll. You'll do it. I. I'm not going to dwell on this because it's day before the game, but the Athletic interviewed fan bases of every Power 5 team, and they said, are you optimistic about your football team's future? Some teams, including Louisville, 100% of the fans said yes. They could not find one Louisville fan that says that, did not say they were optimistic about the future. Kentucky, 11%, last place amongst all four teams. Now, that stat stops mattering tomorrow at 12:45. Tomorrow at 12:45, game start. So whatever you think of that stat, it now is irrelevant. But I will note, for UK football, it was a huge failure of your off season that you have your fan base going in with 11%. That's on you all again starting tomorrow. Doesn't matter. But that's a huge mistake. When Minnesota's fan base is more excited than ours, that's a problem. When Vandy's is more excited than ours, That's a problem. 11%. Louisville's is 100%. Tennessee's is 94%. Cincinnati that played last night, that has Scott's Tots as their coach is 45%. Our fan base is 11. That's on y'. All. You guys did that. And so now, hopefully we change it back. But I've never seen. I've done this a long time. Been on the radio 15 years. Never been a time that talking football has been worse to get the fans motivated. I mean, the game's tomorrow and we're talking about it. And even predicting scores, which in basketball, my phone breaks. So many people predict scores. I mean, we've got a bunch, but not like we usually would have. It's just a failure of motivation. It is for a motivated program. It's a failure of motivation again, starting tomorrow. It doesn't matter. That's why I'm dropping this and going on. But when I saw that number, I literally, when I saw the headline of the story, thought, wonder where Kentucky is. But it's towards the bottom. I didn't think it would be last, Shannon, in the entire Big Four. Last.

[Shannon]

Yeah. I wonder exactly who they're finding to interview and to talk to for these.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean, do you know, conversations.

[Shannon]

It doesn't feel like our fan base Is that pessimistic? I mean, they are, but not.

[Matt Jones]

But 89, I think. 89. You see it, Shannon, when we open, when we talk football, the phone's closed. Now I'm gonna talk about couch guy and the phones will get full. Like, that's just. I can look at the text machine. A football segment is the deadest thing I can talk about. And it wasn't always like that. Three years ago, football talk would move the needle more than basketball talk. Just.

[Shannon]

We could do our own poll here with the. With callers and disasters.

[Matt Jones]

All I do have to do is look at this line and I can sit here and see it and I talk about football. And it's like, you know, Jerry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And by the way, Jerry, you didn't have to. I was going to go to you right here, but. But, you know, so I'll drop it. Cause, like, starting tomorrow, it doesn't matter. But I did. I was not surprised to see that. Stat. Now let's move to the guy that's driving around Lexington in a couch. Okay. This video went viral yesterday. A guy set up. What would you call it, Ryan? A living room on a. So I don't know anything about cars, but he's driving around, and instead of a body of a car, it's a couch with he and his wife.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep. It's like he took the base of like a golf cart or something and modified it and put a big couch on it. Made it like he's driving around town, like you said, and he's living.

[Drew Franklin]

But it's also a three wheeler, but.

[Matt Jones]

It also has a steering wheel. Like the. The.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

The end. The table is a steering wheel.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And he's driving it around. I saw two videos. You posted one. And then I saw one on Instagram. What? He was next to Trancy at one of them, and he was like, right down here. He was right there at, you know, next to Triangle park at another one. And he calls it Couch Car. And he and his wife are just sitting on a couch driving through downtown.

[Drew Franklin]

It's awesome. They have a rug under their feet.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Behind their heads, there's lamps and plants on, like a little table.

[Matt Jones]

They.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, it is their whole living room on what looks like a three wheeler.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they have lamps.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a picture of, like, a police officer sitting on it with them. Instagram is up to 45,000 followers.

[Matt Jones]

For couch car.

[Drew Franklin]

For couch car.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Now, a couple things. How's that street legal again? I'm not asking people to arrest them. Shannon. But that can't be legal.

[Shannon]

License plate on the back of it. If you look closely.

[Matt Jones]

So you think they went to the. To the office and said, we have a couch. They go, what model is your car?

[Drew Franklin]

You can drive a three wheeler. The Netflix sec documentary shows Dion driving around in one. So maybe they just took that. They probably have seatbelts on. Is there a law that your seat can't be a couch? I mean, if you got a seatbelt on and a license plate and it's.

[Matt Jones]

Registered, I guess you can have a three wheeler. So that doesn't have a covered top. I don't know that people making the rules found that like thought about a couch.

[Drew Franklin]

I agree.

[Matt Jones]

As a car, you know, maybe they're.

[Ryan Lemond]

Supposed to have a little inspection. Maybe they just didn't do the inspection that day and they go back home and he puts the couch on the car.

[Matt Jones]

Can't get on the interstate, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably not interstate. But in the video I'm watching it again, it has brake lights, tail lights.

[Matt Jones]

Are there different laws Again, I don't know the answer to this. Maybe I should. Are there different laws for driving on. On city streets and on the interstate?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. And like this guy used to just be doing his neighborhood streets over there in Kenwick neighborhood. Just kind of drive around on it. And I think like Drew said he modified it. Got brake lights, got a license plate.

[Matt Jones]

He said, oh, yeah. Do you know that's true?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah. You can't drive a tractor like on an interstate and things like that. There are different rules you can't do on an interstate.

[Matt Jones]

You know that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I. I mean, I. There should be.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Whether. I didn't know, but like, people can ride motorcycles on the interstate, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

These three wheelers on the interstate.

[Matt Jones]

You can ride with three wheelers on the interstate.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like these. What are they? What are they called? I can't think what they're.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, the Polaris. There's a name.

[Matt Jones]

But you can't ride like a ATV on.

[Drew Franklin]

These are built like vehicles.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Okay.

[Shannon]

Just don't take couch car down to State street after a big win or they'll burn it.

[Matt Jones]

So. Good point. This is like gone crazy viral in two days. So would we say couch car? Like he's now famous, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Very famous.

[Matt Jones]

So how can he make money from it? That's the question.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he should be able to drive around Kroger field tomorrow with his Venmo on the back of his big sign.

[Drew Franklin]

I know you rented out. Yeah. Give rides.

[Matt Jones]

He said he should give a ride. Yes. Your couch pulls up. Dude. There you go. You could ride on a couch. Name your price.

[Ryan Lemond]

Perfect.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that's genius. Come like sit at KS Bar parking lot. Drive people to Commonwealth Stadium. Yeah, on a couch.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't put your feet on his table though. Be respectful of his living room.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Take your shoes off.

[Ryan Lemond]

Take your shoes off.

[Matt Jones]

Does the lamp work?

[Drew Franklin]

It looks like it.

[Shannon]

Lit up.

[Matt Jones]

The lamp is lit up.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now that's kind of.

[Shannon]

He's had a leg lamp.

[Matt Jones]

So do you know this person?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I don't know him.

[Drew Franklin]

One of my good friends just said he lives on a street that he's been seeing it kind of come together for 15 years.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he used to drive around.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Seriously? He used to drive around the Kenwick neighborhood for years.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, he just told me the street.

[Matt Jones]

So you knew about this?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So what made it just go off, like just random?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think what Drew said, I think he finally modified it where he could ride on the city streets, not just his neighborhood streets.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Well, couch car is now becoming one of the more famous things in Kentucky. At least in Lexington everybody's talking about couch car.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe we should do our show on it one day.

[Matt Jones]

I bet he would do it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Although you know how it is when we try to get drive around, it doesn't work.

[Drew Franklin]

Adam, stay away from State street if we beat Texas.

[Matt Jones]

That's what Shannon just said.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, he said that. Sorry.

[Matt Jones]

Joke. Adam. Go ahead, Adam.

[Caller]

I feel like a lot of the hype from Toledo is coming from. Yes, they won at Mississippi State last year. Do you all know how bad Mississippi State was? And let me give you a hint. They were worse than Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

They were awful. And by the way, their fans are one of the like two or three that were just above us in the optimistic rate. But yes, they were awful last year.

[Caller]

Mississippi States 2 wins, first game against Eastern Kentucky and they lost every other game until they beat UMass.

[Matt Jones]

So you want.

[Caller]

Right, right. So you know, looking at. I know we. We lost Key and Brown, but just looking at stats, Macklin led us in two games receiving. Willie Rodriguez letting let us in a game receiving. Hardly. Gilmore let us in a game receiving all players that are still on the team. And you know, Key and Brown, as good as they were. We only had two 100 yard receiving games and only two 100 yard rushing games for Wilcox. So I think the stable of the skill players is much better with the depth.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's a respect. Again, I appreciate the call. Do you think it's possible that the receivers could get more production overall than they did last year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. We don't have to say his name, but he's at lsu. We're forcing it to him way too much. Kind of wanted him gone the year before to be honest. That room needed a reset. I love Dane. I think it just needed a reset across the board. I know Macklin's back, Gilmore's back, some freshmen are back. But that I think that wide receiver room was severely mismanaged last year and they just needed a just a fresh start. Yes, Macklin probably should have gotten a lot more targets. We saw when they started going to him at the end of the year it was he looked like one of the better guys. Now he'll have that opportunity from the beginning and then when you go to the running backs, that's where it's the biggest for me. Wilcox was the leading rusher and he is barely going to see the field. As it stands right now he's down to running back four when he he was the guy fans wanted on the field and he had close to 600 yards last year.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's a really good Running.

[Drew Franklin]

Backs have to be better.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. If, if the if your guy starting last year is now four string, that's probably a good thing. For all you know, there are some wild myths floating around about UK Credit union. These myth makers. Let's go out and bust a myth. 1. Do you have to be part of UK to join? No. Myth to joining is an ordeal. Stop. And truth is, a lot of Kentuckians are missing out on great rates and real benefits. Seven local branches are online in under three minutes where you're blue and white or not, you can still do UK Federal Credit Union we're not just for some, we're for everyone. Membership Eligibility required Federally insured by NCUA we'll take a break. We'll be right back. This is ksr.

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Learn more at meaningfulbeauty.com welcome back Techie Sports Radio 859-280-2287. Text Machine 772-774-5254. That's why I like the text machine. Sometimes you get good information. Sometimes you get people who say, this is back to back Text Shannon. Text 1. Ryan is incorrect about driving on the interstate. Why does he say things with such confidence when they're clearly wrong? That's text one.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Text two Ryan is right about the interstate. You ought to listen to him more on some things. He has good information.

[Shannon]

Okay, well, somebody's wrong here.

[Matt Jones]

So they're back. Back to back to back. Both people were outraged. One was outraged at Ryan for being so wrong. One's outrage at me for not believing Ryan and their contract. They're like contract. I don't know which one's correct. There's usually a sign on the interstate though. I remember it's like a little white sign that'll say something like, no. You know, grasshoppers and no. Like, no mopeds. No mopeds and all that. I would assume. I would assume that would include couch cars.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But if they don't specify it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you just take it on out there?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, we probably have more open rules than some places about it. Okay, so we need to do our. We need to pick. We're going to pick a moneyline parlay for DraftKings. All right. Okay. Everything's gotta be. So get. Get on your little app there. Look at the games tomorrow. What do you. Why are you staring at me?

[Ryan Lemond]

I left my phone at home. I can't get on my app.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean you left your phone at home?

[Ryan Lemond]

I was so excited to come in here today. I gotta. Left the house.

[Matt Jones]

He just had a look at me, Shannon, like.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, I. I can't get on my phone.

[Matt Jones]

Like, he didn't. He just was staring at me, mouth agape when I asked him to do that.

[Shannon]

How do you leave a phone?

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you can't. You're basically saying you can't participate.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't participate in this game.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

All right, well, it's probably for the better.

[Matt Jones]

We'll deal with you during the break. Okay. Like, we'll try to. Well, actually, everybody's gonna pick one. I'll tell you what. I will. I will go first. Okay. Since. Since I'm gonna pick. I'm gonna pick Virginia to win at home against Coastal Carolina. I feel like I'm getting better odds because people think Coastal Carolina is good. Virginia at home, actually, you know, I don't want that one. Who wants to root for Virginia football?

[Ryan Lemond]

Wisconsin plays tonight, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, we gotta. Do. We have to do Saturday?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, we're doing.

[Matt Jones]

We'll figure it out. A minute. Let's go to Logan. Go ahead, Logan. Who wants to pick Virginia?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. I'm so tired about hearing about. So tired of hearing about Toledo and how good they're supposed to be. We're gonna run the damn ball. McGowan and Dowdell are gonna have 200 combined rushing yards. We're gonna kick their ass. Bring it, Ole Miss next week. Go Cats.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate it. Is that. That. Is that where our advantage is? It's just kind of running it down their throat.

[Drew Franklin]

Run, run, run. Hey, look, we're going to pass. Nope, just kidding. We're going to run again. That's going to be the offense tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

And that. So we won't have an idea of probably a lot of these receivers, et cetera. We won't really know.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, they'll. They'll take a few shots just to get them going. But I think this is a game and probably a season where Stoops is going to get back to his old ways. And, you know, we were blessed with Benny and C. Rod there for a while, but hopefully this tandem, McGowan and Dowdell and the rest of them can be something similar.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I've got mine, by the way.

[Shannon]

I'm ready.

[Drew Franklin]

I got mine, too.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to go. Northern Illinois beats Holy Cross Current.

[Ryan Lemond]

Illinois had the big win last year.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. And Holy Crosses, they're holy. Well, that's not a negative. That's a positive.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they're very holy.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so I'm going to take Northern Illinois. Shannon, who you got?

[Shannon]

Give me LSU +4. Clemson. I like LSU on the road.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you're gonna. You're given a plus four on our money line.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's.

[Shannon]

Can I not do that or.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, no, but. So are you picking LSU to win or the plus four?

[Shannon]

Plus four. Plus four. LSU.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You're gonna take the LSU plus four. Okay.

[Shannon]

Minus 110 odds.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Well, then I guess you're not doing a money line. That's fine, though. All right, you go ahead. What you got?

[Drew Franklin]

I will do the Tulane money line. They are playing Northwestern in the Louisiana heat. And I will got a couple of former cats on there, including the coach we all know. So I will ride with two lane.

[Matt Jones]

Two lane to win?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I guess so. They're four point favorite, but I'll just do the money line.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right. Ryan, figure this out.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't play. I don't have a phone.

[Shannon]

What about Texas? Ohio State you would like.

[Matt Jones]

What about Texas? Ohio State.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's no way Ohio State loses that first game in their own stadium. No way.

[Matt Jones]

I see you take Ohio State. So you got Ohio State.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You got two lane couple, Northern Illinois and he's got lsu. So those will be our winner. That's. That's, that's a winning ticket right there. The one that's going to lose us is at noon when Texas beats Ohio State.

[Drew Franklin]

When the other two are the three or day.

[Matt Jones]

Other three are day. All right. So it could all come down to LSU at the end. Stephen, go ahead. Stephen. Stephen, Stephen. All right. No, Steven sky gas man. Go ahead. Sky gas man.

[Shannon]

That should be Kentucky gas man. I don't know what.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Kentucky sky gas. Go ahead, Go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, Ryan left his Home. At home. But he really didn't want to leave his home. The phone.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. That's a good one. He didn't. He didn't want to leave his phone at home. Sometimes that just happens. All right, go ahead.

[Caller]

I'm excited, guys, about the game tomorrow. I think Kentucky. It's going to be an offensive game both ways. I think the defensive struggle. Both teams struggle defensively. And I'm gonna say cats 38 to 21. And I. I also want to know what y' all know about the skill positions. Who's gonna be our starters at skill positions tomorrow? Go Cats.

[Matt Jones]

I'll hang out, they said. Or on all of them.

[Shannon]

Or.

[Matt Jones]

Or on all of them, I would assume, Macklin, but I think the other law will be law. And then I. Who knows about the other ones?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Then you got Catus and Rodriguez. Sharon, tight end duties in the running back room is a bit of a committee, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Who knows? I think that's. I think your guess is as good as mine. I'm switching, by the way, because Northern Illinois odds are not good enough. I want to keep it close like y', all, so we get a good payout. I'll take Tulsa over Abilene Christian. They're only a five point favorite. That way we can actually get a payout when we do this.

[Drew Franklin]

Abilene lost its coordinator and its star quarterback.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly what I'm saying. I've been scouting him during the offseason. They're not nearly as scored a lot last year.

[Drew Franklin]

Now they're Hilltoppers.

[Matt Jones]

But did you know Now, Tulsa, Tubby.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Joe Kraft, he hate.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Oklahoma.

[Shannon]

The turnaround.

[Matt Jones]

Turnaround. The game gets to be played on their time.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

On Tulsa time.

[Matt Jones]

Thanks for making that clear. All right, we're going to try to go outside.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who knows if this is going to work.

[Shannon]

I've already been testing the connection. It's not going to work.

[Matt Jones]

It doesn't work.

[Shannon]

No. But go ahead, have fun.

[Matt Jones]

We're going to make it work.

[Shannon]

Okay. See how that works out on the.

[Matt Jones]

Streets with KSR when we come back right here on Kentucky Sports Radio. You don't think this is going to work?

[Shannon]

It hasn't worked during the breaks that I've been checking in with Billy.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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