2025-09-15- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) - September 15, 2025, Hour 1

Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Shannon Dawson
Episode Theme: Kentucky Football's Quarterback Shift, Defensive Concerns, and Weekend Recaps

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on Kentucky's convincing football win over Eastern Michigan, the emergence of Cutter Bowley as the team's likely starting quarterback, and some persistent issues with game management and defense. The KSR crew spends significant time breaking down Bowley’s performance, Mark Stoops' looming quarterback decision, and what the win means going into a bye week before facing South Carolina. The hosts also intersperse NFL player updates, festival stories, and playful banter throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Kentucky vs. Eastern Michigan Recap and the Rise of Cutter Bowley

[03:04–11:15]

• Big Win, Quarterback Questions: Kentucky triumphed 48–23, a feel-good, "get right" game. Early conversation framed this as the start of the "Cutter Bowley era."

  • Matt: “It’s the beginning of the Cutter Bowley era to me. He’s your quarterback. He’s the guy you gotta go with.” [04:49]
  • Ryan: “I’m also excited about the Cutter era. Cutter looked good… He just looks like the better option right now.” [05:40]
  • Shannon: “Overall, I think things were good, not great…Gave up too many first downs, gave up over 300 passing yards…But to your point, I think that probably moving forward, he is going to be the guy.” [06:20]

• Offensive Rhythm & Tight End Utilization: Cutter Bowley showed composure, confidence, and better command of the offense than his predecessor, Zach Calzada.

  • Bush Hamdan (offensive coordinator) called plays that suited Bowley.
  • The offense flowed with fewer mistakes and more rhythm, especially involving tight ends.

2. Mark Stoops’ Quarterback Dilemma

[08:12–11:18]

• Indecision, Delicacy & Strategy: Stoops avoided committing to Bowley as the starter postgame, possibly out of respect for Calzada's journey and to maintain depth in SEC play.

  • Matt: “You want to keep Calzada engaged, but also you want to prop up Cutter and get him confident, especially if he’s your future quarterback…” [09:05]
  • Shannon: “If you truly feel that as Mark Stoops, I think you gotta stop worrying about how Calzada feels. You gotta win games, right?” [09:33]

• Importance of Depth: The hosts highlight that Calzada could be needed due to the physical toll of SEC play, praising Calzada’s sideline support for Bowley.

• Fan and Host Sentiment: Overwhelming support for Bowley starting after the bye week vs. South Carolina, though the need to keep Calzada engaged is acknowledged.

3. Defensive & Game Management Issues

[11:21–13:43]

• End of First Half Collapse: Kentucky surrendered 10 points in the final two minutes of the first half, rekindling old frustrations about Mark Stoops’ end-of-half game management.

  • Matt: “...the defense, they looked kind of their worst right then. Like they just packed it in.” [11:21]
  • Ryan: “…it's happened too many times to blame the defense. This one time…when Eastern Michigan scored…I even tweeted, would anyone be surprised if they got the ball back and scored again?…and they did.” [12:19]
  • Shannon: “I'm just convinced at this point that those things aren’t going to fix themselves and we're just going to have to just somehow find a way to win with in-game poor management basically.” [13:14]

• Recurring Theme: Late-half breakdowns and confusion are seen as consistent weaknesses under Stoops.

4. Offensive Trends: Tight Ends Take Center Stage

[14:04–16:08, 44:10–44:44]

• Statistical Leap: Tight ends had a 34% target rate, a drastic increase and the highest in over a decade.

• Player Highlights:

  • Willie Rodriguez, Josh Cattus, and others had touchdowns. Cattus nearly had two.
  • Matt: “When is the last time two tight ends scored a touchdown in a game? Maybe never.” [14:25]
  • Past tight ends (Jacob Tamme, CJ Conrad, James Whalen, etc.) and their lack of similar opportunities noted humorously.

• Room for Growth: Need to involve wide receivers more; some, like Jamari Macklin, were "non-existent."

5. Weekend Recap: Bourbon & Beyond, Cover Zero, and Fan Anecdotes

[19:11–30:47]

• Concert/Festival Stories: Team attended Bourbon & Beyond, with banter about aging, festival fatigue, and borrowing spouse’s merch.
• Meeting ‘Rick the Legend’: Ryan recounts running into KSR’s producer Rick at the iHeart studios.
• Cover Zero Podcast: NFL pod cast with a segment about host Matt’s humbling yogurt adventure in South Africa. Humorous take on being offered (and declining) an escort just to cross the street.

6. NFL: Kentucky Alumni and Weekend Action

[25:09–39:23]

• KSR “Key” Watch: Matt attended Colts–Broncos to watch Devin Key on special teams; his brother Dane Key is starring at Nebraska.
• NFL Standouts: Wandale Robinson had a huge game. Carrington Valentine (Dru Phillips), had a key interception and a fun rivalry with CeeDee Lamb.
• Wild NFL Endings: Colts–Broncos featured an unusual “leverage” penalty on a game-winning field goal attempt.
• Pat McAfee Jerseys: Surprising amount of McAfee jerseys seen at the game.
  • Matt: “I am not kidding…the Pat McAfee jersey was like the second most jersey I saw at the game.” [33:21]

7. Looking Ahead: South Carolina Preview & Vandy Upset

[45:11–48:21]

• Advantageous Timing: Kentucky faces South Carolina after a bye; SC’s QB injured.

• Vanderbilt’s Rise: Vandy, led by Diego Pavia, shocked South Carolina, prompting fun discussion of the “Theo Von mom date” sideline storyline.

  • Shannon: “Theo Vaughn is tweeting out, ‘where should I take her?’” [47:06]
  • Ryan: “It’s a little weird, but it’s a fun bit for college football. That’s why it’s the best sport.” [47:40]

• KSR Parlay and Pick ‘em Mishaps: Playful ribbing over failed bets, especially over South Carolina–Vandy and Old Dominion.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Bowley Era:
  • Matt: “The Cutter Bowley era is here. Run with it. Make the announcement.” [09:05]
• On Stoops’ Quarterback Handling:
  • Shannon: “You gotta stop worrying about how Calzada feels. It’s kind of blunt, but you gotta win games, right?” [09:33]
• On Defensive Struggles:
  • Shannon: “I'm just convinced at this point that those things aren’t going to fix themselves and we're just going to have to win with in-game poor management.” [13:14]
• Tight End Emergence:
  • Matt: “When is the last time two tight ends scored a touchdown in a game? Maybe never.” [14:25]
• Funniest Sideline Story:
  • Shannon: “Diego Pavia said to Theo Vaughn, ‘if we beat South Carolina, I'll get you a date with my mom.’” [46:42]
• NFL Jersey Sighting:
  • Matt: “The Pat McAfee jersey was like the second most jersey I saw at the game.” [33:21]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:04 – Show opens, big Kentucky win, Bowley era discussion begins
• 05:40 – Ryan and Drew’s first reactions to Cutter Bowley’s play
• 08:12 – Stoops’ delicate quarterback management, keeping Calzada engaged
• 11:21 – First half defensive collapse, game management gripes
• 14:04 – Tight ends shine, discussion of offensive shift
• 19:11 – Bourbon & Beyond festival recaps and studio anecdote
• 21:20 – Yoghurt shop ‘escort’ story from South Africa
• 25:09 – Recapping seeing Devin Key, Nebraska trip for Dane Key
• 32:19 – Peyton Manning & Pat McAfee jersey sighting at Colts game
• 39:23 – NFL: Wandale, Dru Phillips, and Kentucky players’ performances
• 44:10 – Tight end target stats, Kentucky offense historical context
• 45:11 – South Carolina preview and Vanderbilt’s upset
• 46:42 – Theo Vaughn “mom date” viral story from Vandy game
• 48:21 – Finish on KSR Parlay results and playful banter

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Final Takeaways

• The hosts and most Kentucky fans are riding the “start Bowley now” train, believing his upside is too great to ignore.
• Defensive lapses and Stoops’ well-documented game management flaws remain a major talking point and source of frustration.
• The offense’s new tight end focus represents a significant, much-appreciated shift.
• NFL and SEC alumni stories, plus quirky anecdotes (like the Theo Vaughn bit), provide classic KSR flavor and humor.

For more—catch the full podcast or check out the next hour as the KSR crew dives further into fan calls and more SEC football talk!

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

All right. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, grandpa's and grandma's, aunts and uncles, welcome to this Monday morning edition of Kentucky sports radio. It is Monday, September 15th. Cats coming off a big win. How about that? Yeah, off the big win on Saturday, as always, the sponsored by the TJ Smith law office. Call TJ Shannon. What happens?

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[Ryan Lemond]

23 and a half.

[Matt Jones]

23 and a Half. Those of you who wait till kickoff, you Got it at 26. 26 and a half and boop boop, you do. You didn't get the, didn't get the COVID after that late touchdown by Eastern Michigan. Had some people on the, on the post. Game show. Not too happy about it, but I'm going to say what it kind of said on the post game show. Then you guys take it. Your thoughts. Call it a feel good game, call it a get right game. I don't care what you call it. It's the beginning of the Cutter Bowley era to me. He's your quarterback. He's the guy you got to go with. He proved himself enough to me. I believe the Cutterberry cutter bowler area start color Cutter Bowley era started color, color, color. Bola Cutter Bowley era started on Saturday and they just need to hand it over to him and let him go. The defense may be not as good as it's been in recent in the first two games, but we can maybe fix some of that. Drew, what are your thoughts?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm with you. I'm also excited about the color of the era. But no, Cutter looked good. Especially look good getting to the tight ends. That's how you knew he grew up watching Kentucky football. Ryan Lemon is that he got a chance. He got the rock in his hands and he said, where's my tight ends? These guys need the ball. Those are his buddies, his roommates. They each got a touchdown, led the team in receiving. Overall, Cutter just looked a little more composed and comfortable. I mean, he's the red shirt freshman and respectfully, Zach Calzada, he looks like the guy with the most experience. He just, he just looks like the. The better option right now. And even though Stoops wouldn't commit to that, I don't think it's any doubt that it's Cutter going to be the rest of the way or at least for. For the foreseeable future.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon.

[Shannon Dawson]

Overall, I think things were good, not great. Still gave up way too many points to a really bad Eastern Michigan team. Gave up too many first downs, gave up over 300 passing yards to them, which I think is inexcusable for a team like that. Cutter, I thought he looked comfortable. He looked confident out there. Again, I thought he was good. I didn't think he was great. So. But to your point, I think that probably moving forward, he is going to be the guy. So overall, satisfying enough win, but not something that I thought was over the top great. Would you agree with that or do you think?

[Matt Jones]

I agree with that because I think the defense, I mean, I even predicted they were going to throw a shutout. I thought the defense would keep that team out of the end zone, but they got some things they got to work on a little bit and maybe they were trying to prevent some stuff playing this. Prevent D too much. But as far as Cutter goes, I mean, the offense, like you guys kind of said, just seemed to be more in rhythm but more in tune with every. You know, none of this confusion at the line of scrimmage, nothing calling the wrong play. It seemed like not only did Cutter play very well, Bush Hampden called the right plays for Cutter in the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, definitely no turnovers. That was good. There's. If you want to talk about some Bush Hampden, maybe it's Mark Stoops. Didn't love the end of the first half. If I can get a little nitpicky there, but we'll cut her. The offense, it's just night and day difference from those first two games. I think, you know, afterwards, Stoops was like, well, we'll reevaluate and see who will go with South Carolina. You know, I think a lot of people wanted him to just go ahead and commit to Cutter there. I see that as him kind of being delicate with the Calzada situation. I want Cutter, but I feel bad for Calzada. Seven years gone through injuries, he goes down to fcs, works his way back to the SEC after several years, finally gets a shot, gets that didn't go too well first two games. Especially has that shoulder injury. I think. I just think Stoops is kind of being careful of not just flipping the switch to Bowley and saying, sorry about it. Calzada, that's what.

[Matt Jones]

That's going to be a topic of discussion the next two weeks. You know, Kentucky's off this week, so we got a bye week before we play South Carolina. Why not just go ahead, Shannon, and name Cutter your starter? Let us get excited about the future of Kentucky football and name him your starter. But I think Drew's right. I think they want to protect Calzada, keep him engaged. Because in the sec, your quarterback's going to get hit, your quarterback's going to get hurt. You need Calzada to still prepare like he's going to be the starter.

[Shannon Dawson]

And that's what he said. Well, yeah, that. And that's what Cutter Bowley said after the game. He said he prepared every game that, like he was going to be the starting quarterback. And I think that. Yeah, South Carolina game, you got to start Cutter. The question is, and I hate to keep saying this, but I feel like it's a scenario that could happen. What if Cutter doesn't look good against South Carolina? Then what do you do? Do you still stick with Cutter? I think you probably should at this point, but it's a dilemma I think that Stoops is going to have at some point this season.

[Matt Jones]

That's why he gets the $9 million a year. But I'm in the boat. Cutter is our starting quarterback. The Cutter Bowley era is here. Run with it. Make the announcement. Let the fans get excited about it. You got two weeks. Get ready for South Carolina, who lost their starting quarterback, Lenora Sellers, in that game to Vanderbilt, which we'll talk about in a little bit. But I think you wanted to. I know you don't want to. You want to keep Calzada engaged, but also you want to prop up Cutter and get him confident, especially if he's.

[Shannon Dawson]

Your future quarter, if he really future of your program. No offense to Calzada. You're not looking backwards.

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[Shannon Dawson]

You're looking ahead. So if Cutter is your guy and you truly feel that as Mark Stoops, I think you got to stop worrying about how Calzada feels. You know, I mean, it's kind of blunt, but you got to win games, right? If you're Stoops, you got to win games. And I feel like that that's probably what he needs to do is stick with cut.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And I'm with you. It needs to be Cutter. It's not as much Zach's feelings, it's that you don't want him to just, you know, disengage and look at this as a throwaway year because you might need him again. This is SEC play. Even though Cutter looked pretty good against Eastern Michigan, we don't know what he's going to do on the road in the sec. It's probably going to be Cutter the rest of the way, but you don't want Calzada to just scoff and, you know, get disappointed and check out because you might need him. And to his credit, I didn't get to watch the game broadcast. I was there, but I went back and tried to watch as much as I can. There was a lot of you all that watched it on tv. It looked like there was a lot of Calzada helping Boli on the sideline there, which I thought was very good because that's such a tough spot for him, injury. He probably knows that the kids about to take his spot. But at least from the TV broadcast, what I saw of it, he was right there on the bench helping him with everything When. When Cutter was coming off the sideline.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. There was a shot at the end of the game where Calzada came up to Cutter and they're. They're standing there and they're smiling and you can tell Calzada, Calzada's giving him like a, you know, dabbing him up a little bit, patting him on the back, I think complimenting him. That's where Calzada can be valuable to this team. Be a mentor, a coach and be ready. Because like I said, Cutter's going to get hit. There's going to be a time he's going to have to leave the game. You need Calzada to come in and do it. So I think it speaks highly of Calzada's character that he seems to be acting that way. And I hope he does continue to act that way.

[Shannon Dawson]

He's a grown man, you know, he should be mature at this point.

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Dawson]

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[Matt Jones]

Now you did. We do need to talk about what happened at the end of the first half because once again, the final four minutes of the first half, two minute drill. I mean, you're up 28 to 6 and you gave up 10 points in the last two minutes of the first half. So my, my beef with the end of the first half this time, not necessarily with the offense, but with the defense, they looked kind of their worst right then. Like they just packed it in. Thought maybe Eastern Mission was going to settle for a field goal and they end up scoring a touchdown.

[Ryan Lemond]

The defense gave up the big touchdown. They're not. Their hands aren't clean of this. But I'm putting on Mark Stoops in management. I mean, it's. It's happened too many times to blame the defense. This one time, when Eastern Michigan scored the touchdown, you know, there's a minute and change left. I even tweeted, would anyone be surprised if they got the ball back and scored again? Kind of joking, you predict. But also, let's all keep our guard up for this. Nope. So scored right again. Another three points before the half. Didn't Stoops, like, burn a timeout before an extra point?

[Matt Jones]

He did.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, it's not like that where you're just looking at each other like, what in the hell are we doing? Like, why. Why would you even need a timeout before an extra point? What could you possibly have to figure out in that moment? Unless someone just list your guys just ran out there and, you know, just completely didn't know where to be. But that wasn't the case. They just burned a timeout there for nothing at the end of the half.

[Matt Jones]

Game management again, Shannon, kind of reared its ugly head and cost him some points.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yep. And we heard, you know, Stoop saying that those were mistakes that we could throw and I think his words were fixable. But if you're not going to fix them, then it doesn't matter. You know, it's how, how do you go about approaching the mistakes that you made in the previous game and correct them moving forward? And we're still seeing a lot of just game management, boneheaded moves that are frustrating. We've been again, we've been talking about these for years, it feels like, but we still see them game in and game out. And I'm just convinced at this point that those things aren't going to fix themselves and we're just going to have to just somehow find a way to win with in game poor management. Basically.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know the rule on this, but what would happen if with three minutes left, we just went to the locker room and took delay of games? It can't be worse, right?

[Matt Jones]

It can't be worse.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, if you have the ball defensively, you know, you give. But let's just say, you know what, we're, we're, we're going to go on back, get a head start on halftime because obviously we suck at these last couple minutes. Is there any way we could do that? Can you just kind of forfeit a little bit there the last few minutes and come back for the second half? Because I think, I think Kentucky would be a better football team.

[Matt Jones]

I'm sure Luckett or Nick Roush or somebody's probably already done this. The get the score. Kentucky's given up in the last two or three minutes of the first half and the score that they, they scored and they gave up.

[Ryan Lemond]

I started on that project. It's a big project because it spans several years. That's going to take me a while, but I, I have a spreadsheet with the beginnings of trying to track that.

[Matt Jones]

But the offense I think overall seem to be more in rhythm. I think there seemed to be a little more pep. Of course the tight ends are going to love this offense. You know, we've been screaming for years. Started the tight end, started the tight ends. Well, you got it now. Willie Rodriguez catches the touchdown pass, Josh Cattus catches a touchdown pass. And then that other tight end caught one that got called back with Henry Boyer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Almost had three different tight end touchdowns.

[Matt Jones]

When has that ever happened, ever? Three tight end score, touchdown. When is the last time two tight ends scored a touchdown in a game? Maybe never.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I Mean, what do you think happened that got the tight ends going? So has there been anything in that to change lately that would maybe get.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe who's there? Who's been your coach recently?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know what could have possibly changed to get them going, but it's been fun. I will say they need to get the receivers going a little bit with them too. I mean the tight ends good. We like that. But we need a little more out of receivers. Ferrier had a bad drop. You still got the tight ends leading you in catches which is exciting but you don't want that to be all year. Law looks pretty good though. He had got a couple of good touches along rush guys fast, kind of like we expected. Kind of the Barry on Brown role. Just get him, get him the ball and see what he can do in.

[Matt Jones]

The middle of the game. I even said out loud we need to put an all point bulletin out for Jamari Macklin. Like he was non existent. He catches one pass late for like 35 yards, whatever it was. But he's. He's supposed to be the number one guy coming in the season. Non existent. Hester didn't catch a pass. I think Ferrier caught one or two.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he, he. I called out his drop. He did have a big catch too.

[Matt Jones]

So. But yeah, the tight ends, you got to think guys like what Jacob Tammy and CJ Conrad and Ben Bates and these former tight ends. The scream. Where was this when I played? You know Isaiah Cummings who's Zip Duncan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who are some more tight Duncan. My goodness. That's an offensive lineman from the Joker era. What a. Where did you pull that from?

[Matt Jones]

He was. He came as a tight end I think Keaton Upshaw. I thought, I thought that dude was another good one. Yeah. These guys like thinking where is. Where was this last couple years? So.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, as we expected the Bowley. The Bowley buddy system was rewarded. The leading receivers were Gilmore, Rodriguez and Cattus and those are his closest friends.

[Matt Jones]

Cattus made some awesome catches.

[Ryan Lemond]

He got robbed of that touchdown.

[Matt Jones]

He did get robbed of a touchdown. He could have been that DraftKings rare two touchdown game by Josh Cattus.

[Ryan Lemond]

So great Cattus game. He blocked well too. Took a couple heads off.

[Matt Jones]

So that kind of sets the plate. It is a Monday morning quarterback. We want you to call. We'll take as many calls we can today. Kind of pro con. Yes. Cutter. No Cutter. And they got two weeks now. Two weeks. Let Cutter take this is all the snaps with the number with the ones to get ready for South Carolina trip down there a team that lost their quarterback and that lost to Vandy, which we got to talk about that. I can't believe Shannon picked up South Carolina over Vanderbilt. KSR parlay so we'll come back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. We gotta go to a break. Goodbye.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Kentucky Sports Radio. Shannon playing the Beatles. I assume you're playing the Beatles because you saw Ringo star yesterday, was that right?

[Shannon Dawson]

Partly that. And I felt like it was a little better what we saw on Saturday than, you know, what we've seen the first couple of games. But yeah, Ringo was awesome. I was talking during the pre show about that. Like I'm. If you have a moment in your life where you realize it's a special moment as it's happening. And I realized looking up there and seeing Ringo who's 85 years old and doesn't look a day over 40, I was like, you know, this is the first time I've ever seen him. Probably going to be the last time too. So I, I took it all in. It was really cool.

[Matt Jones]

Well, both you and Drew spent time at Bourbon and Beyond. I pulled into town last night at 11 o'. Clock. About to pull into my house. I texted Drew about the show today. He's like, he's still at Bourbon and beyond at 11 o' clock last night. When did you get home last night?

[Ryan Lemond]

Pretty late. Got up at 6. Wasn't a great weekend of sleep for this guy. I think.

[Matt Jones]

Team no sleep.

[Ryan Lemond]

Saturday was a 10am to 2am for the game. Oh, then I spent the whole day at I Heart Louisville yesterday. That was a good time. I, you know, Shannon, I'm not really in there. And yesterday I had to go for cover zero and I went really early to set up. Just make sure I'm good. So I got there like three hours early, watch football. But no one was there. So I was just, it was just me time at the iHeart studio. But then after I'd been there a couple hours, I heard a little, little, little noise in the back, way in the back.

[Matt Jones]

I'm like, oh, somebody's there.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's over. The party's over. Somebody's here. And I kind of give it a minute. I thought might be somebody cleaning. Then I hear a voice and I was like, wait a minute, I think I know that voice. Start walking, trying to find the room. There's all these rooms and studios. I'm like, oh, left, right. I think I'm getting closer. And there he was. Rick. Rick. I've never met Rick in person. So yesterday I got to meet the legend Rick. I didn't get to spend much time with him because he had to produce a show. But there I was having my little I heart party by myself. And then Rick showed up and I finally got to meet him. Felt like I know him because this show, but never met him in person.

[Matt Jones]

I'm sure he's wondering, what the heck are you doing in here on a Sunday afternoon in the Louisville building?

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely. If I'd known he would have been there, I would have brought wine. Could have had a great day. But, yeah, I did all day at I heart and then made it over for the end of Goo Goo Dolls. Walked in right as they started Iris, and then caught Noah Khan and then slept a couple hours, and here we are.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Well, you mentioned cover zero, I guess. Did Matt join you successfully from South Africa?

[Ryan Lemond]

He did, yeah. He. He got linked up, told some fun stories. The flight, it won't surprise anyone. He didn't love the flight. Wasn't a big fan of the flight. He said, however far you think South Africa is in your mind, it's much farther.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yuck.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did tell a good story, though. I guess the area he's in isn't the safest, but he said, directly across the street, there's a yogurt store. Said it looked good. Bright lights. Look like some good looking yogurt.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then he started to leave, and the hotel's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, where you going? He's like, right there to get yogurt. And they're like, let's get someone to.

[Matt Jones]

Walk with you just across the street.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, what? It's right there. I'm a grown man. And they're like, no, no, hang on. He's like, no, this is unnecessary. I can. I'm fully capable of walking to that yogurt shop. Said he crossed the street. It's pretty empty, but he kind of had his guard up. Like, that was weird. Then they got to the yogurt store and they're like, how did you get here? And he's like, what is going on? They ordered his yogurt and they're like, do you need someone to escort you back to the hotel? And at this point, he's like, all right, now my. Now my radar is going off. Like, what's going on? But then he said, no, and he walked back peacefully. He said, it's been fine, and the. The area is fine. But that little incident of like, do you need an escort? He's like, I do. Was a little weird there for a second, but he's enjoying it so far. He's safe. Just had that kind of awkward moment on his yogurt run.

[Matt Jones]

That's all it would take for me.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah. When somebody says to me, if I'm in a part of town, I'm not familiar with and somebody says, do you need an escort?

[Matt Jones]

I'm taking it.

[Shannon Dawson]

The answer is always going to be yes, because I assume that they know what they're talking about and they're asking me that for a reason.

[Matt Jones]

So.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but he's good. Yeah. I don't want to scare anyone. He's already moving on to another area today. Their fellowship, that was like a one off moment. He's in a good area today, but he was like, what is going on down here that I can't walk across to get my strawberry yogurt?

[Matt Jones]

See how the fellowship actually starts. Started yesterday, I think.

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[Matt Jones]

Sunday evening and we'll run all this week and then after that's when he go into his safari. Did he mention if he got his boots? Safari boots. Did he get it though?

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't ask him about the boots and the pants. I assume he did. I did have one moment. I couldn't help myself, Ryan. But I know because Matt and I have been tagged in a lot of tweets about this throughout the weekend. But the secret's out on the Mario impersonation.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's that he's been tagged in too many. I see him, he sees them. I know it. So I asked him if he heard it and he was like, no. But I. Tell me about it because he. He knows it's awful.

[Shannon Dawson]

He doubled and tripled down on the pre show this morning.

[Matt Jones]

I heard him on the pre show do it.

[Shannon Dawson]

Callers were. They're just, they're encouraging him there. People tell him that it's a great impression. So they're, they're enabling Mario to actually think in his mind. He does a great Matt Jones impersonation and I tried to tell him as a friend, look, it's really not that good. But people keep saying it's great and now he's going to keep doing it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Shannon, he did it on our pregame show yesterday. Made his predictions. It wasn't necessarily his impersonation, but his content was really funny. But talking about.

[Shannon Dawson]

But that's half of it, though. Like, yeah, do an impersonation. A lot of people get the voice down but don't have the content. I think Mario's got the content but doesn't have the voice. But you got to have both to make it a good impersonation.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we had quite the pregame show with him giving us asking us our percentage chances of this and percentage chances of that and doing his mat thing. So. But cover zero.

[Ryan Lemond]

The new you recorded should be out right now.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they should be out now already.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's weird. When you work for like a big company like the National Football League, they don't just let you post the podcast. You have to send it to them for them to listen, maybe tell you, hey.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hey. That joke wasn't good. Don't do that. Clean it up a little bit so that there's post production. We've never done that before on our podcast, but it should be up right now. They do that overnight. So if like a team that's up at 3 in the morning that gets all their NFL.

[Matt Jones]

I don't want that job. I do not want that job. So check that out. The new edition of COVID Zero podcast.

[Ryan Lemond]

Speaking of this.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's not happening here. You guys say what you say and it goes right up on the podcast.

[Matt Jones]

There's no thought that go anything out.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I've already. I've already had a joke removed. I thought it was a great joke.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not gonna say it to get me in trouble, but say it on this show. I better not. You had a big day though yesterday too.

[Matt Jones]

I did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Speaking of the NFL, I went to.

[Matt Jones]

The Colts Broncos game in Indianapolis which ended with one of the craziest finishes you're ever going to see. Colts line up for a game winning field goal from 60 yards. Miss it. Broncos are celebrating games over Broncos. When they threw a flag for leverage where they said one of the Broncos defenders like pushed down on one of the Colts linemen and to help him elevate into the into the air, they called leverage on a game winning field goal. So with no time on the clock, they moved the ball 15 yards. This time the dude from Colts kicks it, hits it. Colts win. After the Broncos had already celebrated, thought they had won the game. It was crazy. But I went to see Devin Key.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we don't care about the outcome of the game. We all have espn. Tell us about Devin. How was that?

[Matt Jones]

Devin plays on all the special teams, had like three tackles. He was special team player of the week last week for the Colts. For the Broncos. I'm sorry. And he thinks he may win it again this week because he played well. So yeah, great to kind of spend. After the game we went down in the tunnel and you know, got to hang out with him a little bit. So got to see him. So yeah, the Devin Key fan club who's been on this, I think he got the KSR bump.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Last summer.

[Matt Jones]

Last summer. He was only been on the last two summers. He's played well for the Broncos.

[Ryan Lemond]

So he went to our red state remote.

[Matt Jones]

He did do it. He came to the remote that one time.

[Ryan Lemond]

What about the other key?

[Matt Jones]

He had another big game. He caught a touchdown pass. Three games for that Nebraska, three touchdowns, went over 2,000 yards for his college career. I mean, I'm going this weekend, Nebraska post Michigan this weekend. Undefeated Nebraska playing in Michigan coming in. I'm going because Kentucky's off this weekend, so it kind of works out perfect. So we're going from the Devon key fan club to the Dane key fan club.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pretty awesome. Going back to back on the key trips.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know how the parents keep up with, I don't know, Dante, Nicole, man, they're like, they don't even know what day it is. Sometimes they're just traveling all over the country. But they, you got to. This is, you know, you don't want to miss this, this time in their lives.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, last fall, I was coming back from a trip. I don't remember what random airport. I was in there. They were in full Broncos gear on their way to, like, Seattle or something.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Nicole rolled back with me and Josiah after the Broncos game in Indianapolis. But then on Friday, we're all three on the same flight going to Lincoln for the Nebraska Michigan game. So it is. It's a crazy life that they're living right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

But on Dane, I'm happy for him, but they, they tweeted a picture of him and the crowds all behind him, his arms in the air. And it says like, this dude's built different. Even though I'm happy for him, I.

[Matt Jones]

Was kind of like, I know.

[Ryan Lemond]

And it's just so red. I think it's the red.

[Matt Jones]

It is a lot of red. It is a lot of red. So we'll talk about the receiver woes, but we only got 20 seconds. I got to tell you something else I saw at the Colts Broncos game that kind of really puzzled me, but I want to ask you about it. 859-280-2287. At the Clark's puppy shop phone number, Ryan, Drew, Shannon and Mario, AKA Matt Jones here in the house on Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All from Bourbon and Beyond. Shannon Drew just told a story that he stole his wife's T shirt that he's wearing today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right now.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's all right. I feel like she just bought it.

[Matt Jones]

She just bought it last night. She probably wanted to wear it today.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, yeah. I think it's totally fine to do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. We went to look at merch. She said, do you want anything? I said, no. She bought a Noah Khan shirt. Good for her. This morning I woke up, saw the shirt. It's like, you know what changed my mind? I think I like that shirt and I'm going to wear it today.

[Shannon Dawson]

It's also good when you can fit in your wife's clothes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, she, she likes the big baggy. She loves an XL sweatshirt. I encourage buying those because those, those become. Oh, yeah. Same with the XL T shirt. Thank you, Abby.

[Matt Jones]

So you got your Noah Khan Abby T shirt on. I'm surprised you didn't wear your Tyler Childers Abby hat.

[Ryan Lemond]

Also hers.

[Matt Jones]

Also hers. Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kroger filled Tyler Childers concert. We go to look at merch. You want anything? Who know that's expensive. She buys something, we get home. At that point, the price tag's not on anymore. We already own it. Now it's mine.

[Matt Jones]

So Shannon's got a three day break and then you got Larger than Life coming up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

[Shannon Dawson]

You've already been brainwashed by Matt. It's louder than life.

[Matt Jones]

Louder than life.

[Shannon Dawson]

Here's the thing. I'm to the point in my life to where I've got to be out there for 8 out of 11 days. I know I can't be there from noon till midnight for all eight days. So I just have to kind of pick and choose. And I have to go out there and do the broadcast, obviously. Then I'll stick around for a few bands. Then I'll go home and cut out early because if I'm going to make it for that many days straight, I'm. I can't do 12 hours every day. Like it is exhausting out there. It was hot too. So I know, Drew, you were asking me for recommendations on what to bring. Bring sunscreen because I, I got sunburnt out there. My head got sunburned from just being out there all weekend long. But it's It's a lot of fun. It gets going again on Thursday. And Drew, if you want to come back out, I'll get you tickets. I don't know. Are you a metal guy?

[Ryan Lemond]

I need some recovery.

[Shannon Dawson]

Like. You're a metal guy, though, are you?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm a. I'm an event guy. I'll go to anything. I just like to people watch and have fun. But I'll About Bourbon Beyond. I have one complaint at a great time. Otherwise, didn't really wait in any lines. Traffic was pretty good. I did general parking every night and I was a little worried about getting out. Didn't really have any issues. All smooth except having it on concrete. My goodness, I hurt. I still hurt from Thursday show. I wasn't even there that long just standing on concrete for that long. My lower back is just killing me today, so I didn't have to deal with the heat much. I went at night most nights. I know that was a big problem, but the concrete is what kicked my butt.

[Shannon Dawson]

So what is it about the concrete? Like, is it just because it's. I mean, like, if it were grass, would you not have back problems? The same or. I'm not.

[Ryan Lemond]

I might actually. Honestly, there's just in like, you have to have a pass to bring a chair and there's not like, just seats sitting around. You don't really have an option to sit unless you just want to flop down on the ground. Heck, my back hurts anyway. But I will need several weeks to recover just from doing three hours Thursday and three hours last night. Yeah, fun time, though. Shout out, Bourbon and Beyond. I'll be back. Noah Khan was great. Benson Boone is the greatest entertainer of all time. It's not even close. Great time.

[Shannon Dawson]

Got to see Third Eye Blind out there. Last time I saw those guys, we were playing a show with them.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, that's right. You open for them.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's right. They were great.

[Ryan Lemond]

One of my friends sang with Foreigner yesterday to Corey Hunt. Shout out. Corey Hunt, Kentucky fan. Just saw an Instagram. He's warming up a Foreigner. I didn't get to get there in time, but, you know, sometimes I guess you just got to hop up and sing with foreigner.

[Matt Jones]

859-28-02287 at the Clark's Pump Shop. Phone number. We got a couple of callers we want to get to. But before we stray too far away from the Colts Broncos game was yesterday. I got something happening to ask you guys about. So it was the first time Josiah had been to Lucas Oil Stadium. So we made a lap around the main concourse, just kind of soak it all in. And the number one jersey we saw by far, not even close, was not just a Peyton Manning jersey. Colts Peyton Manning jersey, Broncos. All these. Manning 18, all these Bronco Manning jerseys and Colts Manning jerseys. It was a little weird.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought you were going to tell me it was just a bunch of Daniel Jones jerseys because I believe that too. Yeah, no, he is Peyton Manning, but I didn't think about that connection. Broncos, Colts.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, by far the number one jersey was a Peyton Manning jersey, but you didn't know if it was going to be a Colt jersey or a Bronco jersey.

[Ryan Lemond]

When you and Josiah were walking around Lucas Oil, were you pointing out that this is where Kentucky's going to win their next championship here in coming up.

[Matt Jones]

He saw that. He saw where the Final four is in Lucas Oil this year and he's pointed it out and he goes, oh, the Final Fours are this year. Maybe we can come back, watch a game. Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

We hate that place. But I'd love to get back in the. In April.

[Matt Jones]

So here's the. Here's the other thing. Guess what? The second most jersey I saw, not the Peyton Manual. What's the second most jersey I saw at the Broncos versus the Colts in Indianapolis? Oh, I mean, it's not close.

[Ryan Lemond]

Current player. I don't. Jonathan Taylor. No, I'm going to go. Andrew Luck.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good guess. And you got a guess.

[Shannon Dawson]

Jacob Tammy.

[Matt Jones]

Pat McAfee.

[Shannon Dawson]

Oh, God.

[Matt Jones]

I am not kidding. I am not kidding.

[Shannon Dawson]

I could have done without even talking about that guy.

[Matt Jones]

The former Colts punter. A number one Pat McAfee jersey was like the second most jersey I saw at the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I could have sat here all day guessing. I wouldn't have made that connection.

[Matt Jones]

You know, he was not even that good of a punter, I don't think in the NFL. But he's such a become a superstar now in the media. So the Pat McAfee McAfee jersey was everywhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shane, you said you're not a big Pat guy.

[Shannon Dawson]

No, not at all. Not after he got into that spat with Max.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's true. Don't mess with Max.

[Matt Jones]

Don't mess with Max.

[Shannon Dawson]

Exactly.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did think Pat was pretty good on game day. I don't watch Pat either during the week, but. And he's not core, so. But the way he gets the. He starts like the home crowd's chant and they take it over that. That's pretty neat. I'll give him one compliment.

[Shannon Dawson]

They need that I didn't like him to begin with. Then when he got into that thing with Max, it just put it over the top with me. So I was like, no, I can't. Didn't like him on wwe, which I don't watch anymore anyway, but just. Just not a fan of the guy, really. But I guess he's good at what he does, apparently, or he wouldn't be hired by all these different companies.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287. Let's get our first phone call. Shannon, who we got?

[Shannon Dawson]

Scott.

[Matt Jones]

Scott. Go ahead, Scott.

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[Matt Jones]

Appreciate Scott. I think so. I think Cutter is just. We're just seeing the beginning of what could be a really great SEC quarterback. That's just my. I've been team Cutter all pretty much the whole time, and I just think it's. It's time. Time to give him the keys and say, go do it, son.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. You were way out in front of this. I got to admit. He cut out that call, so I didn't hear his actual question.

[Matt Jones]

I think he's trying to say that Stoops is trying to save his job, also trying to win games. Do you go ahead and even though if your quarterbacks of the future maybe can't win you the games this season.

[Ryan Lemond]

If Stoops were really playing a card game for his job, you would almost save Boli as the end of the year, like, well, I still have this shiny toy over here, but you can't do that at this point. But I have the Cutter excitement. Being in that stadium Saturday and tailgating before, there was Cutter excitement everywhere. He passed that first test. I know there's a few things he can improve on. You know, staring down his own first option several times, kind of held on the ball, little nitpicky things. It's Eastern Michigan, but he. He passed that test. And there's a reset button on that offense and an excitement even though it's week three already hitting reset. But it did cover up some. Some flaws in the first two weeks with Calzada leading the show.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, what do you think.

[Shannon Dawson]

As far as Cutter being the guy moving forward? I think that you probably just stick with them right now until he gives you a reason not to. Right. I mean, why would you take him out and put Calzada in just because he was, you know, your QB one going into the season, but you got Cutter. Who, I mean, again, it's Eastern Michigan, but I think you. You let him roll and go as far as you can with Cutter until he gives you a reason not to.

[Matt Jones]

See, I'm that way. I want to go this back and forth stuff. Give it to Cutter, go through some growing pains if you have to, but just make him the guy. Let's just go with. Go with Cutter now. Let's take another phone call. Who we got? Shannon.

[Shannon Dawson]

Let's go to Joe.

[Matt Jones]

Joe. Go ahead, Joe.

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Hey, guys. I think Cutter's in. Not that the Stoops folds under BBN pressure, but I think the pressure's on for him to put Cutter in. And also, we gotta shore up that defense. We gave up 10 points in the second half, was a minute and 50 seconds. And I know Dupes was boiling over that. But we got Shore up that deep and real quick on the Bengals. I don't know. I saw this clip this morning. I don't know if anybody saw it, but Cohen was trying to get a signal into Trevor Lawrence. Trevor Lawrence turned his head and blew Cohen off. So Cohen might be done in Jacksonville after a season.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate it. Yeah, I saw that video clip where Trevor Lawrence kind of waved off Liam Cohen from the sideline. That's not a good look.

[Ryan Lemond]

No. And I'm an NFL expert, so I'll take this one. I work for the league.

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[Ryan Lemond]

No, I was spying on Jacksonville message boards and social media. Those actually exist. They're very worried about the Cohen Lawrence rift. Like these two. You know, it was so exciting to get an offensive coach.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Try to give Lawrence new life because he kind of hadn't lived up to what they're paying him in the hype. And they thought they had something working here, but those two are fighting all afternoon. At one point, the one that went viral, Cohen's like, slapping his chest. I think he's telling Lawrence to hit his receiver in the chest. He just had a bad throw. They should have included the next clip because Lawrence hit Brian Thomas Jr. Right in the number on the goal line and he dropped it. So Jacksonville is just. They were. They were tripping over each other in a game they nearly won before. Jake Browning led the big Bengals drive.

[Matt Jones]

Crazy week in the NFL. Yeah, of course. You are the NFL expert.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I know. I work for the league.

[Matt Jones]

Run a lot of points. I saw what the lions scored over 50 points. And every score I saw, like, it was lit up the scoreboard.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, if we want to keep it Kentucky related. Our guy Wandell had a big day.

[Matt Jones]

He did have a big day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now I was, I was on the other side of his big day. I was rooting against Wandell and he had a big touchdown that I thought won the game for the Cow or the Giants. Couple minutes left but that game was bananas. They scored two more touchdowns after Wandell's. They had 44 points in the fourth quarter in overtime. And that for everyone that saw it, the Cowboys kicked a 64 yard field go to force overtime. That game was nuts.

[Matt Jones]

But Wandell had like had over 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. We could use a little Wandale somebody in the slot like that and so we'll get. That's something that somebody sent me a note last night. Why not try the Quizzenberry kid in the slot, see if he can get with just what he can do. See if he can get open and do some things that Wondell used to do. The kind of the same type of player. Do you. Is it time to maybe move on and give the young guys a little shot?

[Ryan Lemond]

Everyone in that room should be getting looks because no one has created any separation yet. So sure, try somebody out. Like I said. Log They've been adding to him his workload a little more each week after we didn't hear from him the first week. I think we're going to keep seeing more of him. One more shout out from the Giants game. I don't want to skip Drew Phillips. Did you see he and CD Lamb have like a rivalry? CD Lamb said, I've got something for Drew Phillips today.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Ryan Lemond]

Drew Phillips heard him in another game and then Drew Phillips, like tell him I got some for him. And he picked off a Dak Prescott pass. We got a cat beefing with one of the best receivers in the NFL. And even though he didn't win the game, Drew Phillips got a pick yesterday. So two former Kentucky players making plays for the Giants in that loss in.

[Matt Jones]

The loss to the Cowboys. All right, we'll take our break. Come back. Go Back to phone lines 859-280-2287. We're kind of playing Monday morning quarterbacks. If you got a thought about the cats, they got two weeks off now, so they play at South Carolina. 859-280-2287. Ryan, Drew and Shannon. We'll be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Shannon did you hear Drew crying and whining about his bad back hurts? I wonder how he can get that repaired and fixed.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

K O R T. Okay, Ryan, Drew and Shannon here. Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Our boy Van Hyles, who is on, like every media platform now, I guess, has just retweeted this. The target rate over the last decade for tight ends. Up until this season, the highest target rate was in 2020 at 19%. The target rate for tight ends right now, 34%.

[Ryan Lemond]

I like it.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. We've been. We've been screaming about it for years, but of course, you know, like we said, are the tight ends of the past probably screaming like, why wasn't this available? A couple of people tweeted in on the aviation glass text machine. We forgot James Whalen, great tight end. I saw somebody even on the text machine tweeted in Matt Lucas. When Matt Lucas was a Kentucky tight.

[Ryan Lemond]

End in the 80s, back in the day, the hits.

[Matt Jones]

So. But yeah, I mean, that's not going to change. I mean, whatever. Cutter has got a comfortable, comfortable ability. Comfortable. He feels comfortable with the tight ends.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go. You mentioned Brendan Bates who just played at Kentucky. I mean, he was here four years, played a lot, maybe had two touchdowns. He plays for the Cleveland Browns now, was on the Bears as an undrafted rookie, made some catches. I mean, it's like we've had the talent, just hadn't worked him in. But now, whether it's Bowley forcing it to his best friends or Hampden's offense, it's nice to finally see some tight ends getting some catches around here.

[Matt Jones]

You know, I saw Jordan Dingle playing for South Carolina. I'd forgotten he transferred to South Carolina and he was on the field, so. So let's talk about that South Carolina game for just a minute. Kentucky's got two weeks off. They got the bye week this week, South Carolina, their quarterback got hurt, Lenora Sellers. I don't know if he's going to be back, but it's almost like you're catching South Carolina at the right time. If you got two weeks to prepare. Cutter now has two straight weeks to go with the Ones kind of get more comfortable with the offense and get them in rhythm with these receivers. And you may be going into a South Carolina team that's kind of coming in limping into the game because they looked awful against Vanderbilt.

[Ryan Lemond]

They did. It was a head injury for Sellers. So, you know, we'll see how that goes. The game's two weeks away. He might be back, but that was an unexpected result. Even with with him out. Almost makes me worry that South Carolina will lock in and get laser focused for a bounce back against Kentucky. I guess they'll have a game coming up, but I almost wish that South Carolina were still ranked. I mean, if we're going to beat him, let's go down there and beat a good team. My story, my takeaway from that game was how dangerous Vandy looks and having to make that trip later in the year. Diego Pavia, I thought he was going to take a step back this season. Man, he's fun. I don't know if you saw that block he made on the reverse, but he's just out there having, having a time of his life playing quarterback for them.

[Matt Jones]

There's a great story from the game and Shannon Mario already talked about on the pre show, but we got to talk about it on this show. Vaughn, what's his name Podcast like a.

[Shannon Dawson]

Million million followers on social media so people know who he is.

[Matt Jones]

Tell the story, Shannon, because I love this story.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, so it was during the game, I think it was the third quarter. Theo Vaughn is just over on the sideline. I think it was Cole Kublick who went. It was cold cubic and talked to him. And Diego Pavia said to Theo Vaughn, hey, if we beat South Carolina, I'll get you a date with my mom. Now, some people probably don't. I think a lot of people probably don't watch Vandy games. So you may not know, but Diego Pavia's mom is Mommy Squami.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon Dawson]

As Ryan Lemon would put it, mommy Squami. A lot of guys think she's a beautiful woman and would love to take her out on a date. Theo Vaughn, I guess is one of those. Vandy demolishes South Carolina and now Theo Vaughn is tweeting out, where should I take her? So that's the story.

[Matt Jones]

I love that part of the story and the fact that he's talking to Cole Kubik about it and it becomes, you know, a topic of conversation in a game that's a blowout because Vanderbilt won the game. So now the ovong is to take Diego Pave the star quarterback. His mom out on a date, as promised by his son.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Good for Cole Kublick to bring that in. The bright. A lot of people wouldn't have touched that. No, they even show him he's kind of like pointed Theo when he's on camera, like he's about to do it. Theo leaned into it, especially with the tweet after the game, like, where are we going? It's a little weird, but it's a fun bit for college football. That's why it's the best sport. There's just stuff like this every weekend. That's outrageous.

[Shannon Dawson]

And then Diego is going to have to call Theo dad if it works out in the end, you know, could you imagine that?

[Matt Jones]

Well, they always show Diego Pavia's mom usually in the crowd. So if you watch a Vanderbilt game, you know, and she's an attractive lady, so I can see why Theo, maybe they may just have a love match right there. Right on the sideline of the Vanderbilt game.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, I guess that's one way of putting it. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I can't believe, by the way, Drew Shannon picked Vanderbilt.

[Shannon Dawson]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who's awful to lose that game.

[Shannon Dawson]

Here's the thing. Yes, I will admit the Virginia Tech pick was a stupid, horrible pick, but it's Old Dominion. When I didn't think Old Dominion had any kind of football team. Apparently Virginia Tech doesn't either, because Old Dominion blew him out. All right, that's a bad pick. But everybody's glossing over the fact that Ryan picked South Carolina minus three over Vanderbilt and Vandy won by a thousand. So that was just as bad a pick as mine. So, yeah, you and I are both to blame this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought Shannon gave you that pick.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan Shannon told me to pick South Carolina over Vanderbilt, so I picked South Carolina over Vanderbilt.

[Shannon Dawson]

So I think Drew said somebody.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, you said I can't pick against Vanderbilt. Right. Mario's agreeing with me.

[Shannon Dawson]

I cannot pick against Vanderbilt. But you could pick it if you want to.

[Matt Jones]

We all. We were all happy with our picks on Friday. We made them. Drew is supporting my South Carolina pick over Vanderbilt. But I knew your Virginia Tech over smu. Old Dominion was a bad pick. I just knew that was a bad pick. Well, I didn't want to make you.

[Shannon Dawson]

Look bad about Old Dominion football. Tell me they're good.

[Matt Jones]

They're good. This year. One player, Frank Jones.

[Shannon Dawson]

Frank Jones does not play on there. And if Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

There's Matt Jones on every team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Am I carrying the parlay all season? I'm 3 and R I'm 3 and.

[Shannon Dawson]

I'm 2 and 1. Ryan's 031 and 2.

[Matt Jones]

We'll be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Don't go away.

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