2025-09-17- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio — Hour 2

Episode Date: September 17, 2025
Host: Matt Jones
Co-hosts: Ryan Lemond, Shannon the Dude, Lee K. Howard, Mario Maitland
Podcast: KSR (iHeartPodcasts & Sports Talk 790 WKRD-AM)

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Episode Overview

The second hour of KSR centers around Kentucky sports news, with a spirited discussion among the hosts about UK’s greatest athletes, standout moments from the university’s track and field program, and updates on Kentucky basketball and football. The hour also delivers the usual blend of offbeat humor, listener calls, and inside stories that are a KSR trademark.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

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1. Studio Technical Hijinks & On-Air Banter

[01:03 – 03:15]

• The show opens with confusion about broadcast timing and commercials bleeding in, leading to on-air jokes about sabotage and the Bobby Perry Band (now Commonwealth Band).
• Casual ribbing: Mario Maitland is teased as a "young guy" for not knowing UK alumnus Bobby Perry.
• Inside jokes about “yoga girls” and Shannon opting to stay at a hotel.

"Somebody — Tom Jurich — must have snuck into the iHeart building and tried to sabotage our show this morning."
— Matt Jones [01:49]

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2. Correcting the Mark Pope Surgery Story

[03:37 – 04:30]

• Matt addresses a previous caller’s claim: Head coach Mark Pope did not talk a doctor through surgery on his daughter Avery in El Salvador.
• Clarifies Pope only spoke to the doctor to feel confident, not to guide the surgery.

"Totally false. The article says Pope talked to the doctor, but didn’t talk him through the surgery."
— Matt Jones [03:49]

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3. Netflix’s “Unknown Number” & Catfishing Stories

[04:30 – 05:53]

• Matt raves about the new Netflix documentary “Unknown Number,” centered on a disturbing catfishing case involving Michigan high schoolers.
• Comparison to the Manti Te’o story is made, highlighting the ongoing relevance and dangers of catfishing.

"It’s freaky. I mean, it’s definitely worth it … I wish we could talk about it with somebody because it’s freaky."
— Matt Jones [04:55]

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4. UK Track & Field’s Legendary Status & Sydney McLaughlin

[06:11 – 10:10]

• The crew sings the praises of Sydney McLaughlin, calling her arguably the greatest athlete in UK history after her latest American record in the 400 meters:
  – She’s broken records in both the 400 hurdles and 400 meters
  – Multiple Olympic gold medals
• Discussion spotlights other UK track and field Olympians and the growing prestige—and underappreciation—of UK’s track program.

"Legend. Sydney McLaughlin is going to end up being the best athlete ever to wear the blue and white. She now is the fastest woman in the world in two of the hardest events ever."
— Matt Jones [06:15]

"She’s at a different level. She’s definitely on a different level … I went to school with Sydney McLaughlin. I can say that."
— Ryan Lemond [07:07]

"I think back at some of the interviews I’ve done with athletes at UK over the years and she might be at the top of the list."
— Lee K. Howard [07:44]

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5. Debate: Best All-Time UK Athletes

[10:40 – 16:30]

• Open call for nominations: Wawa Jones (starred in football, basketball, and baseball), Anthony Davis, Dan Issel, John Wall, Shane Boyd (football/baseball), Rondo (flag football), Tim Couch, and more.
• Fun hypothetical: Could Matt beat Sydney McLaughlin in a 100m or 200m footrace if she ran 400m at the same time?
• Listeners chime in: Jared Lorenzen, Lynn Bowden, Jenny Hansen, Pookie Jones, and others are added to the greatest-athletes debate.

"How do you not mention Jared Lorenzen when talking about all-time UK athletes?"
— Lee K. Howard [16:06]

• Announcement: KSR will do a show from Fort Thomas Highlands High, honoring Jared Lorenzen and spotlighting his son, current football star Tate Lorenzen.
  — [16:30 – 17:08]

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6. Listener Calls: Football & Multi-Sport Legends

[18:22 – 22:13]

• Caller “Hunter” predicts UK’s Cutter Boley will amass better stats in 10 games than Texas QB Arch Manning in 12.
• “Bob” remembers Kenny Coons, a Louisville Mail grad and tri-sport all-state star, lamenting modern sports specialization.
• Conversation about Tyron Stokes, top basketball recruit (from Louisville, now at Prolific Prep in California), who’s planning to play football his senior year.

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7. Keeneland, Horses, and Kentucky Traditions

[25:54 – 26:43], [38:42 – 39:14]

• Matt admits he’s “not a horse guy”—calls Keeneland (the famed Lexington racetrack) “overrated.”
• Banter about the difficulty and crowds of Keeneland, with Lee warning of potential backlash against that opinion.
• Listener “Seth” shares horses to watch (Tommy Joe, Tap It Legacy) and memories of track star Sonny Collins.

"Keeneland’s one of the most overrated things in America."
— Matt Jones [26:05]

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8. UK Basketball Recruiting & Practice Insights

[27:15 – 33:59]

• Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey’s recruiting success is discussed—both regarded as potentially Final Four coaches.
• Recap of the “Field of 68” and “Sources Say” practice videos:
  • Jaden Quaintance is “huge”—reportedly put on 40 pounds of muscle.
  • Jasper Johnson now up to 190 pounds.
  • Diabate and Ilija Milijaevic offer contrasting styles at the 4—physicality vs. shooting.
• High praise for both Kentucky and Louisville basketball: "Final Four or bust" attitudes.

"Jaden Quaintance, they said, has gotten that much bigger … Goodman and Doster don’t doubt it at all."
— Matt Jones [28:18]

"Last year’s Kentucky team really missed that dog, that guy who got in there. They needed toughness."
— Lee K. Howard [32:23]

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9. Big Games: Rivalries and Road Trips

[29:57 – 31:13]

• Most-anticipated UK basketball games this season:
  • Louisville rivalry (though earlier than usual—Matt isn’t a fan)
  • Indiana matchup at Rupp Arena
  • CBS Sports Classic vs. St. John’s in Atlanta (planned KSR road trip, hopefully veering “through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Austin, Texas”—jokingly)

"The younger generation doesn’t understand what that [UK-Indiana] rivalry means."
— Matt Jones [30:13]

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10. More Listener Engagement & UK Trivia

[37:08–41:15]

• Some humorous/irreverent listener calls: birthday wishes, questions about local commercials, predictions about Indiana football.
• Additional mentions of all-time UK greats—e.g., Willie Cauley-Stein’s high school football prowess.

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11. UK News, Life Updates & Community Events

[41:15–42:55]

• KSR plugs upcoming remote broadcasts:
  • Mount Vernon’s Community Trust Bank for Christian Appalachian Project’s Hunger Walk (with ticket giveaways).
  • Wild Eggs in Tate’s Creek, Lexington (more giveaways).
• Congratulations to Lee K. Howard for promotion to WKYT sports director.
• Lighthearted discussion of Lee teaching journalism at UK—"It’s going to be really hard to fail this class if you just show up."

— Lee K. Howard [42:36]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

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• On Sydney McLaughlin’s Dominance:
  "She will be remembered as the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Kentucky."
  — Matt Jones [06:47]

• On Athlete Versatility:
  "Wawa Jones … played football, basketball, and baseball, and I believe played professional football and professional basketball."
  — Matt Jones [10:41]

• On UK’s Track and Field Ascendance:
  "It has developed into one of the best programs on campus that we don’t talk about."
  — Matt Jones [09:54]

• On the Louisville Rivalry Date Change:
  "I hate that it’s early in November … before the football game, for crying out loud. I don’t like it at all."
  — Matt Jones [29:38]

• Listener Humor:
  "Remember he got thrown into the mud puddle? That’s why he hates Derby."
  — Shannon the Dude, on Matt’s aversion to the Kentucky Derby [39:03]

• Life at UK:
  "I told the students the first day of school … it’s going to be really hard to fail this class if you just show up."
  — Lee K. Howard [42:36]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Studio Chaos & Bobby Perry Band Banter: [01:03–03:15]
• Mark Pope Surgery Rumor Clarification: [03:37–04:30]
• Netflix “Unknown Number” / Catfishing: [04:30–05:53]
• Sydney McLaughlin & UK Track Greats: [06:11–10:10]
• Best UK Athletes Debate: [10:40–16:30]
• Show Announcement: Live at Highlands HS: [16:30–17:08]
• Listener Calls: Football & Multi-Sport Stars: [18:22–22:13]
• Horse Racing & Keeneland Banter: [25:54–26:43], [38:42–39:14]
• Basketball Recruiting & Practice Review: [27:15–33:59]
• Upcoming Basketball Matchups: [29:57–31:13]
• Listener Engagement & UK Trivia: [37:08–41:15]
• Show Plugs & Lee K. Howard Promotion: [41:15–42:55]

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Structure & Style

• The conversation is energetic, local, and playful, with authentic fan excitement and inside jokes.
• Multiple topics and tangents, with sports fandom and Kentucky’s sports culture at the center.
• Listener calls add real-time humor and local flavor.

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Summary Takeaways

• Sydney McLaughlin has etched herself as the greatest UK athlete, and the track program at UK is flourishing but still underappreciated.
• The “greatest athlete” discussion remains open, with input on multi-sport legends and new UK stars like Jaden Quaintance and Diabate stepping up.
• Matt Jones’ infamous takes on Keeneland add comic spice to the usual sports talk.
• KSR keeps it community-focused, plugging live events and listener engagement throughout the episode.
• The team teases big basketball expectations—UK and Louisville could genuinely be Final Four contenders.
• Lighthearted classroom banter and show-planning keep the mood upbeat and inclusive.

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Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon the Dude]

What are you guys doing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, man.

[Matt Jones]

So somebody back at the station must have re switched our access because we were hearing a commercial. It was definitely a Louisville bass station.

[Lee K. Howard]

Oh yeah, we heard Mario's with us now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Mario.

[Matt Jones]

Mario Maitland joins us. So somebody Tom Jurich must have snuck into the I Heart Building and try to sabotage our show this morning.

[Shannon the Dude]

Shannon, I don't know what was going on, but the music was playing and you guys were talking about the Bobby Perry Band. And I'm going, I don't think these guys even know they're on the air.

[Matt Jones]

Right? No, we didn't. We were hearing a commercial about for wlky.

[Lee K. Howard]

The important thing is Shannon didn't yell at me this time.

[Matt Jones]

That's true.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, no, no. I was yelling. You guys just couldn't hear me.

[Ryan Lemond]

We did not hear you at all.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't hear him one time, did we?

[Ryan Lemond]

The commercial was just playing in the background and we were just talking about Bobby.

[Shannon the Dude]

The show goes on at 1103. So when it's 1105.

[Ryan Lemond]

We definitely knew cuz Lee literally asked.

[Shannon the Dude]

Think that maybe you should call and see what's going on.

[Matt Jones]

We talking about the Bobby Perry Band?

[Shannon the Dude]

I was trying to call Ryan's phone. Ryan wasn't answering, of course.

[Matt Jones]

Did you call me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, I called even though you called him.

[Lee K. Howard]

I'm glad we weren't. I'm glad we weren't further discussing your. Your plans with yoga girls. So that's good.

[Matt Jones]

I'm glad. That is very true. I tried invited Shannon to my house. He said I'm staying a hotel. You stay at my house tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

Man, I forgot we were on a radio show for.

[Lee K. Howard]

So anyway, shout out Bobby Perry.

[Matt Jones]

See, I. I have a BPB shirt on, right? You guys asked me, what the heck is that Bobby Perry band. They're now the Commonwealth band, but for many years they were the Bobby Perry band. And Mario goes, who's Bobby Perry?

[Lee K. Howard]

That's okay. Mario's a young guy. He's.

[Matt Jones]

Does that make him young?

[Lee K. Howard]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm a young folk man.

[Matt Jones]

You're a young guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good to see you though, man. I've seen you everywhere, man. How was. I saw you were hosting everyday Kentucky the other day. How was it?

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, you know, I'm trying to. I'm trying to branch out. Trying to. I was talking like non sports topics.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. A little bit different.

[Lee K. Howard]

Kyt, which is a little different. I got to talk about current events and stuff like that. So now here today, you wear a lot of hats. Yeah. Gonna talk with Tom Leach tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Branching out a little.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you're a regular on the Tom Leach Leach report. So I hear you all the time.

[Lee K. Howard]

I always enjoy talking to Tom.

[Matt Jones]

We do need to clear up something. The cut. The last caller we had said that Mark Pope tried to talk the doctor through the surgery. That. That was in the KSR report on. On three. Totally false.

[Lee K. Howard]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Totally false.

[Shannon the Dude]

The guy called back and said that Mark Pope actually said that in the video. No, I didn't see the video. Did you. Did you see the video of the interview?

[Matt Jones]

I have not seen the video.

[Shannon the Dude]

Mario. Have you?

[Ryan Lemond]

I haven't seen that part.

[Matt Jones]

The. The. I think the article says Pope talked to the doctor.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But didn't talk him through the surgery. I guess was felt confident after talking to the doctor he could do it with his daughter Avery down there in El Salvador.

[Lee K. Howard]

Okay, that makes sense. I mean, with his kind of background that. I mean, I think most fathers would want to talk to the doctor, first of all.

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely.

[Lee K. Howard]

But then with Pope's kind of expertise, maybe he was just checking the guy out, making sure that they were kind of on the same page.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. That's our Clark's pump phone number. We have added Mario Maitland here with Lee K. Howard and Shannon the dude. Couple. Couple topics let's hit on before we go shift back into basketball. Shannon, I guess you need to answer this one first. There's a new show on Netflix called Unknown Number about catfishing. Yeah, Billy was trying to get Shannon to watch it. Watch it?

[Shannon the Dude]

I haven't watched it yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's about catfishing.

[Matt Jones]

I watched it last night. It's freaky. I mean, it's definitely worth it. I don't know. I can't spoil it for you.

[Shannon the Dude]

Can I get your login? Because I don't have Netflix. That's one of the reasons.

[Matt Jones]

Sure, yeah. Netflix doesn't care.

[Shannon the Dude]

Just go and put that on the air too. While you're talking about the Bobby Perry band, just go and air out everything else you got.

[Matt Jones]

Well, have you seen it? Are you know anything about it? No, it's a true story.

[Lee K. Howard]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

That happened in Michigan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

About some high school kids getting catfished. And I wish we could talk about with somebody because it's. It's freaky.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, give us a.

[Matt Jones]

Give us a can. I don't want to give it away.

[Shannon the Dude]

We'll watch it tonight. You give me your login for Netflix. I'll. Okay, tonight while I'm at the date.

[Matt Jones]

If you stay at my house. You're just gonna stay at my house tonight? It's gonna be right there.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, yeah. Okay, we'll do that then. That's fine. I'll watch it.

[Lee K. Howard]

Is it a series or is it just a show?

[Matt Jones]

Just one show. It's a documentary. But it's only like one episode.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, one EP episode?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

You watch it on one episode?

[Lee K. Howard]

What was it? I'm. I'm blanking the name of the Notre.

[Matt Jones]

Dame football player for Mantay Teo.

[Lee K. Howard]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Who got catfished for over a year, fell in love with a woman just via online social media contact. Turned out to be a guy in, like, Kansas or something.

[Shannon the Dude]

What else is there to do in Kansas? You know, let's catfish a guy from Notre Dame.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that sucks. All right.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-22-287. Gotta talk about Sydney McLaughlin.

[Lee K. Howard]

Oh, man.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Legend Sidney McLaughlin is going to end up being the best athlete ever to wear the blue and white. And I don't even think it's going to be close. She now is the fastest woman in the world in two of the hardest events ever.

[Ryan Lemond]

She's a legend.

[Matt Jones]

The 400 hurdles is considered the hardest event in track and field. She smashed every American record, every US record. So if that's not good enough, then she just starts running. The 400 meters breaks the American record this week. I mean, she is going. She will be remembered as the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Kentucky.

[Lee K. Howard]

I think her record, the American record that she broke the other day was like 48.29 seconds. And I was watching the race and it looked like she let up a little bit. I mean that's the thing about when you watch her. It looks like she's out there competing with a bunch of like JV athletes. I mean she's like running.

[Matt Jones]

These are world class athletes and they're the other athletes.

[Ryan Lemond]

She's at a different level. She's definitely on a different level. I can't believe she went here. Like she's from, like she's went to the University of Kentucky, man. Like I went to school with her, so I think that's cool, man. I was, I got a chance to go with, go to school with Sydney McLaughlin. I can say that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they kind of became hurdle you there for a while. Some of the Olympic champions were hurdlers that came through uk. She was at the forefront of it.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. Kenny Harrison was another one who's. Who's done really well. Jasmine Camacho Quinn. I think she ran in the Olympics for the Puerto Rico, I believe. But yeah, Cindy McLaughlin. I think back at like some of the interviews that I've been able to do with athletes at UK over the years and she might be at the top of the list.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Lee K. Howard]

I got to do just a one on one interview with her in her year that she was at Kentucky and she was smashing SEC records and college, college track and field records. And that has just continued. And the crazy thing now is like, it's almost like she's challenging herself. She's got two gold medals in the 400 hurdles.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

She has two gold medals in the 4 by 400 relay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

And now she's on her way to setting the world record in the 400 Open. I mean, I think at this point she needs to take on like javelin and pole vault and really. And really challenge. Challenge herself a little.

[Ryan Lemond]

Challenge her. So can we talk about like just track and field, the program itself at uk, like how big it's gotten. Like, we talk about volleyball, we talk about baseball, basketball, football, of course. But track and Field is kind of like underrated. I mean, masai Russell, Sydney McLaughlin, Ashley Holmes. I believe she participated in the Olympics as well. And then you can look at the guy side as well. We have a lot of guys that, that went through the track and field program. I feel like that Kentucky athletics has done a great job with the, the UK track and field program and doesn't really get talked about a lot.

[Lee K. Howard]

Here's my question for you, Ryan. Do you think a race between you and Sidney McLaughlin, if you ran the 100 and she ran the 400, who's finishing first?

[Matt Jones]

I would win at 100.

[Lee K. Howard]

Okay, what about 200?

[Matt Jones]

200. I could probably make it in under 30 seconds.

[Ryan Lemond]

You would not win at 100.

[Matt Jones]

100 I could run up. No, you like 15, 16. I used to run. My best time was 11.3, I think when I was in high school. Of course, that was 40 years ago.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you wouldn't do it.

[Lee K. Howard]

What about the 200? That might be 200.

[Matt Jones]

I can run it in probably 30, 35 seconds.

[Lee K. Howard]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

So we got to the race is 3/4 3. She runs the full 400.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sydney's beating him.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, I think so. Because she's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Regardless of what he's doing, she's going.

[Lee K. Howard]

To run a sub 48, I think on Thursday in the final. So if. Can you, you can run a 200.

[Matt Jones]

I can run a 230. 35 seconds.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, no.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, no.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. But if we're Talking about a 3, we used to call it a 330, I guess probably a 300 meters.

[Ryan Lemond]

I would love to see you sprint. Yeah, we gotta, we gotta do a video.

[Matt Jones]

You want a little chubby, little white guy running down the track?

[Lee K. Howard]

He's got some wheels.

[Matt Jones]

But you mentioned the UK track and field. You know, they got the new complex over there, the new field house. They got all this. They're putting a lot of money into the program because it has developed into one of the best programs on campus that we don't talk about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't talk about it enough. Man. They're definitely doing big things over there at the track and field program.

[Matt Jones]

Well, she was just inducted into the hall of Fame, I think. Was it last year? Yeah, last year she was here. She was inducted into the hall of Fame. So she continues to help support uk. They'll use her in recruiting for years and years to come.

[Ryan Lemond]

She's the face of UK track.

[Matt Jones]

She, she. And she may end up being the face of UK athletics, period.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's a fact.

[Lee K. Howard]

I, I literally, I literally Said on my sportscast yesterday that when we think of the most dominant athletes to ever compete at the University of Kentucky, it's hard to find one that is more dominant in their sport.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

Than senior.

[Matt Jones]

That's. That's true. So let's just spitball it. Who would be in the argument of some of the best athletes ever at Kentucky? I didn't even thought about this, but I know one that comes to mind way before all of our times, but Wawa Jones, I don't know who that is. Played football, basketball, and baseball, and I believe played professional football and professional basketball.

[Ryan Lemond]

When was this? What? Eric?

[Matt Jones]

Late 40s.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, my goodness. Late 40s.

[Matt Jones]

Late 40s. Before even I was born.

[Ryan Lemond]

19. Does that really count?

[Matt Jones]

But think about it. Even in the 40s, he played professional basketball and professional football.

[Lee K. Howard]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

So was got to be on the list.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. And, you know, there's plenty of basketball players that were dominant in their sport. Like you, obviously, the. The year that Anthony Davis had.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

Dominant. Dan Issel was. Was dominant. But, you know, I'm just trying to think of, like, athletes that were just dominant in their field. Not only, you know, John Wall's the.

[Matt Jones]

Fastest dude I've ever seen from baseline to baseline.

[Ryan Lemond]

I. I wish, I. I wish I would have got a chance to see him in person. It was on tv. He looked fast. I can only imagine what he looked like in person.

[Matt Jones]

I got one for you. I just thought of, okay, Shane Boyd was a starting quarterback for the Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC and also got drafted by the Minnesota Twins in baseball.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

How about that one?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's pretty cool.

[Lee K. Howard]

You're just saying, like, overall great athletes, someone's gonna. Someone's gonna call in and tell us who we're missing.

[Matt Jones]

I guess Rajan Rondo is trying to be all star quarterback in flag football.

[Ryan Lemond]

Seen that. He looked pretty good, too.

[Matt Jones]

He was a stud quarterback in high school. He played quarterback in high school. Anthony Epps played quarterback in high school.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

A lot of you see a lot of, like, basketball, football. That seems like a natural.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can cross over.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, yeah, it seems like a natural thing. Like, Tim Couch was a great basketball player in high school.

[Ryan Lemond]

He played basketball, too.

[Caller]

I didn't know that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he led the state in scoring as a junior at, like, 35 points a game, and then didn't even play basketball his senior year.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's crazy. That's crazy.

[Matt Jones]

If he did, he would have probably won Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball if he played basketball.

[Lee K. Howard]

You know what? By the way, Kentucky's got the quarterback Kid from Molar Ponotoski.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Lee K. Howard]

Next year.

[Matt Jones]

Baseball stud.

[Lee K. Howard]

He was baseball and football stud. Yeah, I think he was Mr. Football in Mr. Baseball and Mr. Football as a junior.

[Matt Jones]

As a junior in Ohio. Oh, wow. No kidding. Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, if you got a suggestion for somebody we can't think of, give us a call. 859-280-2287. Ryan, Shannon, Lee K. And we've got Mario for this hour right here on Kentucky sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

This is a good song.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know this song?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I do. This plays in a lot of movies.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Shannon brought the point. He probably wasn't the first guy to sing this song. I think this is probably a cover. Shannon is my guess.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, I think this is an older song in the 70s, but I'll be sitting there rocking.

[Matt Jones]

I'll be in this, in my seat, standing up, snapping my fingers, doing the white man dance. The white man overbite dance.

[Ryan Lemond]

I could tell he's so happy today because it's yoga girl's birthday. He has a little pep in his step.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I even shaved this morning. I've been up since 7:30.

[Lee K. Howard]

I thought you look good.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you.

[Lee K. Howard]

You always look good.

[Matt Jones]

Well, thank you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Special day for Ryan Lemon today.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon the Dude]

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[Matt Jones]

Right. I got a couple other good athletes in UK sports history. Pookie Jones, quarterback on the football team, played on the baseball team. That's a good one. Jenny HANSEN, in the 90s, she was the best gymnast in all of college gymnastics. She won the all around title.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cool.

[Matt Jones]

She definitely got to be one of. One of the top. And then somebody suggested Lynn Bowden.

[Ryan Lemond]

Lynn Bowden. Yeah. For you. Forgotten about.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Because he was a basketball, big basketball player in high school.

[Ryan Lemond]

I played him multiple times in basketball. Yeah. He's. He's legit play. He can play.

[Lee K. Howard]

Someone text me and said for his size. Jared Lorenzen.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's a great choice. Just an athlete because Jared always said if he'd stayed with baseball, he would have got drafted as a pitcher because, you know, he's got a cannon for an arm. He led Fort Thomas Highlands to the Sweet 16 semifinals, I think in basketball.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then, of course, we did in football. That's really. We should have thought of him first.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. He's kind of like a unicorn in the way that.

[Ryan Lemond]

The way he moves.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

The way he moved. He played that position.

[Matt Jones]

So I guess we can announce now, Mario. Monday.

[Ryan Lemond]

You scare me when you say that. Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

Monday. Shannon. Shannon knows this. I think we're doing the show at Fort Thomas Highlands High School, Jerry Lorenzens alma mater.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because his son is now a football star at Fort Thomas Highlands. Tate Lorenzo.

[Ryan Lemond]

Look at that.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, you know what? I did not know that. You didn't tell me that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, yeah. Secrets out. Yeah. It's not a public show. You can't come to the school and watch the show. But we're gonna go up there, do the show up there so we can talk to Tayden and catch up with him a little bit. Because he's. He's really having a good season this year for. For Thomas Islands.

[Lee K. Howard]

And it's cool, too, because he's. He wears number 22.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Lee K. Howard]

Like his dad. And we see some of the big kids. I've seen some of the highlights. Yeah, he's a. He's a big kid, but he moves.

[Ryan Lemond]

This is the same. Kind of like his dad.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, kind of like. I mean, it's. It's pretty neat to see. By the way. We talked about this while ago, Ryan. Remember? Do you remember when you and I did a photo shoot with Jared years ago?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know why they picked Lee K. Howard, me, Jared Lorenzen, and Dead Air Dennis.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

To go do a photo shoot for, like, a triathlon contest of some sort outside at the Kentucky Horse Park.

[Lee K. Howard]

I still don't know why we were invited to, like, talk about.

[Matt Jones]

I don't either.

[Lee K. Howard]

Four awkward dudes. Let's, like, we were grouped together for a photo shoot, and I don't even know. I don't know if it helped them promote their event or they were just. I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

There are some great photos out there. Maybe Cory Price could find.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to see those.

[Matt Jones]

Because they are some great photos.

[Ryan Lemond]

How long ago is this?

[Lee K. Howard]

Oh, geez.

[Matt Jones]

This had to be over 15 years ago.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have to. I have to see it.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. Because you, like, jumped on Jared's shoulder.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

And we had one picture that they used, like, in a magazine or something, and it looked like the. The album cover of a really bad rock band.

[Matt Jones]

Good rock band.

[Lee K. Howard]

I don't know. It was bad, but.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I have to see that.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. We got some phone calls. Who we got?

[Shannon the Dude]

Shannon Hunter.

[Matt Jones]

Hunter. Go ahead, Hunter.

[Caller]

Hey, Ryan. First off, I think you do a great job whenever you get the chance to host, so appreciate that, brother. I've got a statement for football, but it's also kind of like a. Disagree. Agree. Whatever. If Cutter gets to start the next 10 games or if he will start 10 games, I believe that his stats across the board will be better than Arch Manning's 12 games.

[Matt Jones]

Not.

[Caller]

Not the down Arch. I think he's got a lot of pressure on him, but I think it's a phrase, the Cutter's confidence and just stepping up there and being a playmaker, I'll hang up and listen.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate that. Well, Lee K. If that is what's going to happen, Kentucky's going to surprise some people, win some games they probably shouldn't.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. And I think the, the upside for Cutter is great and I think that's why that the staff has decided at this point to go with him. They've not said it, but I do think that Cutter is kind of the quarterback going forward and he's a guy who's not afraid to make mistakes. So.

[Ryan Lemond]

Confident kid.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, he's a confident kid. So if he can get in there, make the passes, you know, limit the, the turnovers, maybe he does end up with a better season than Arch.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think he just needs reps. He needs in game reps. That's why.

[Matt Jones]

They left him in so long against Eastern Michigan, just to get him some.

[Ryan Lemond]

Reps. Yeah, he needs to play, but yeah, he's a confident dude, man.

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next? Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

Let's go to Bob.

[Matt Jones]

Bob, go ahead, Bob.

[Caller]

Good morning, guys. This getting back to my days of sports. Now back in 50 years ago, we had an all around player came out of Louisville, Kenny Coon. He was an all stater in three sports and could have went to any major college. And I don't read today about anybody's being an all around sport. They weren't specialized. But he got drafted into the majors right out of high school in the baseball and played with Indians. He set two years behind Louisville Drill.

[Matt Jones]

And we believe you, Bob. I don't doubt you. What was it, what was the guy's name again?

[Caller]

Kenny Coons. Kenny Coons came out of Loyal mail back in the 50s.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right, we'll look him up. I appreciate it, Bob. Bob's right. They just don't. You specialize now. Yeah, even the good kids in high school don't even play the other, other sports they like in high school though I did see though tailing. Not Kaylin, Kenny, the kid out in California, he's gonna play football. The number one recruit in the class.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, is it Stokes?

[Matt Jones]

Tyron Stokes? Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

The kid from Louisville?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he's from Louisville. Tyron Stokes. He's gonna play. They say he's gonna play football this year. He's the number one recruit in America for basketball.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I don't know about that. I feel like he's made it in basketball. Why not keep it going, right? I don't know, maybe he wants the experience for a different sport.

[Matt Jones]

You know, you grow up with your buddies, they're out there playing football, you want to play. They also, I think, I mean when.

[Lee K. Howard]

We all played all the sports. Yeah, I mean any sport that you could make the team you would play and now it's all specialized and I. I have a son who's in first grade and a lot of those kids are like almost specialized. They're playing year round baseball or year round, whatever.

[Matt Jones]

I. But that's when you see him get burned out. By the time they get to high school, like, man, I'm done playing. I've been traveling for 10 years.

[Ryan Lemond]

I do regret that I was only strictly basketball. I'd ever tried football or anything like that. So. Yeah, I agree. You should definitely try other sports. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we got just a minute, but I do want to throw out. We mentioned Tylan Kenny. He's at Arkansas today visiting with John Caliperi. Everybody thought he was gonna be a lean to Kentucky or Louisville, Kansas has kind of snuck in there recently. But now he's at Arkansas today and he makes his announcement. I think like next week.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, the 28th, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Is that it?

[Lee K. Howard]

The 28th? 28th, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

You think Kyle steals them?

[Matt Jones]

I won't be shocked.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's capable.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, Tyler Kenny grew up in Newport, Kentucky, when Cal was during his heyday. Tylen Kenny's been in this bar. I've talked to him in here before.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

So Mario, is he the 6, 7?

[Ryan Lemond]

He's the 6 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6,.

[Caller]

7.

[Matt Jones]

So. All right, we'll take a break. Come back. Ryan Shannon, the dude. Mario and Lee K. Howard right here on Kentucky Sports Radio. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon the Dude]

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

[Matt Jones]

Those who listen on podcast don't know why we're clapping.

[Ryan Lemond]

They can't hear it either. They can't hear the music.

[Matt Jones]

This is Tyler Childers, All Yarn. I asked Shannon to play this because you know our I Heart studios downtown Lexington on the seventh floor of the City center building. The new building where they had the big hole in the ground. They built the city center there? Yeah, we're on the seventh floor. As you look out the windows, you can see the rooftops of a lot of buildings downtown right now. At this moment. There is. Somebody had to. Has taken their like towels or clothes and spelled out all yarn on the rooftop. It's. It's the guy, the rooftop that has the pool. Have you seen like these little inflatable pool he's got on his rooftop out there?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think so. I think so. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, the pool is gone, but he's spelled out all your all.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, this is happening right now.

[Matt Jones]

It was there yesterday.

[Lee K. Howard]

You got a picture of it?

[Ryan Lemond]

I must have missed it.

[Matt Jones]

I do Have a picture of it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Using what now? Clothes.

[Matt Jones]

You said doing clothes. I'll tweet it out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Tweet it out.

[Shannon the Dude]

You should do that for yoga girl tonight for a birthday.

[Matt Jones]

Put it on the bed.

[Shannon the Dude]

Put all yn.

[Matt Jones]

All y on the bed. Shannon, I really like that idea. I could use like my dirty socks or some socks. Put it on there.

[Caller]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287 is a phone number if you want to call and get on board real quick. Before we get out of here, I do need to read a who. This segment is sponsored by. It's sponsored by Commonwealth causes. Lift a glass to the cats this football season. This may be the last chance to get your hands on Club Blue Bourbon. These bottles aren't just bourbon, they're true collectors items. And once they're gone, they may be gone for good. So level up your tailgate with Club Blue's white and blue label bourbons or hunt down the ultra premium black label bourbon and the limited edition basketball bottle. Find them at Liquor Barn, Kroger, Justin's House of Bourbon and other select retailers across the state. Cheer on the cats in style this fall with Club Blue Bourbon. Ryan Lemon, Shannon the Dude, Lee K. Howard and Mario Maitland here. Who's our next caller? Shannon.

[Shannon the Dude]

Go to Seth.

[Matt Jones]

Seth, go ahead, Seth.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How you doing? Baby boy?

[Matt Jones]

How are you, Seth? Baby boy.

[Caller]

Good. I got a couple horses, two year olds.

[Matt Jones]

Couple two year old horses for us. Okay.

[Caller]

Once Tommy Joe. That's the Philly.

[Matt Jones]

Tommy Joe, the Philly, she's got a.

[Caller]

Good turn of foot on six and a half furlongs.

[Matt Jones]

Good turn of foot.

[Caller]

The other one's tapping legacy, the coldest tactic. Legacy. And so if they don't go to Breeders cup, they should drop in at Kingland. And I'm gonna say one more thing and get off here Sunday. College Sunday. Collins grew up a couple blocks away from me, Madisonville. And yes, sir. Yeah, I wish Drew was here. I miss Drewy. But they won the 4 by 100 meters in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

Sonny was the last leg with the anchor leg, but my brother Johnny, my brother Johnny, he died of cancer. He was on the first leg and no one ever beat. Beat him.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's awesome.

[Caller]

And I'm just gonna leave you with. I'm just gonna leave you guys with that. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Seth, we appreciate the phone call. Gave us a couple horses to keep our eye on Tap its legacy and the Philly.

[Lee K. Howard]

You big horse guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gotta write that down.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not. Yeah. I mean, I lived in this town for for 30 years, and I'm still not a horse guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hates Keeneland.

[Matt Jones]

I think Keeneland's one of the most overrated things in America.

[Lee K. Howard]

Keeneland's awesome.

[Matt Jones]

You gotta wait in line to park. You gotta park. You gotta wait in line to take a trolley. Gotta wait in line, use the bathroom. You gotta wait in line to get something.

[Ryan Lemond]

You like the actual race, though?

[Matt Jones]

I never win any money there. I lose my money.

[Lee K. Howard]

Listen, with. With the Ryan Lemon VIP status, I would think that they would just pull you right up to the door.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no.

[Lee K. Howard]

And pull you up to the track.

[Matt Jones]

I'm parking down by the airport and walking over. So far away.

[Ryan Lemond]

You just hate the things that. The little things. You like the actual race, though, don't you?

[Matt Jones]

I like watching the race, but there's, like, what, you know, 45 minutes between races and what are you gonna do? You're gonna stand in line. Stand in line for this.

[Shannon the Dude]

Buy a $20 drink.

[Matt Jones]

Buy a $20 drink. That's exactly right. One.

[Lee K. Howard]

One thing here real quick. Shannon, you and Mario. Since I won't be with you guys tomorrow, I do want you guys to hold Ryan to reporting on how the date with yoga girl went. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm sure I'll be really tired when the show tomorrow. From the date night tonight you're hosting.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to carry the ship.

[Matt Jones]

So we are in Mount Vernon tomorrow. We'll tell you about that before we get out of the show. But everybody in the Mount Vernon area, Rock Castle county, we're coming down tomorrow, so come out and see us and join us. I got all kinds of tickets to give away too.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you got a few fun ideas that I can't wait.

[Matt Jones]

We're gonna do. We're gonna try something. We're gonna try some new ideas out there for everybody at the show. I do want to get on a couple things that they Phillips 68 guys talked about from the basketball practice before this show's over. Which way? Somebody said on the aviation glass text machine. How the hell you been on an hour? Acting like you watched the field of 68 video and you haven't watched it. I watched the Jack Pilgrim video. The sources say video. I didn't watch Goodman's video.

[Ryan Lemond]

Goodman's video was really long. So the field of 68, it's like an hour and 53 minutes for the entire episode.

[Matt Jones]

That's a long time. Jack pilgrims was like 29 minutes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah, I've seen Jax, but the Goodman's, I've seen about half of it.

[Lee K. Howard]

So, yeah, I saw the Otaga.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was really.

[Lee K. Howard]

I saw that part of the field.

[Matt Jones]

So I guess on the Goodman Duster Duster interview, that's where maybe Coach Pope said something about the surgery.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of good news in that interview.

[Matt Jones]

All right. They talked a lot about Jake Jaden. Quaintance. JQ Huge.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you see him on the live stream? He looked. Doesn't he look bigger, Lee?

[Lee K. Howard]

Well, I was going to say the one or two times that I've seen him in person, he looks big to begin with. So now I'm trying to picture him even bigger.

[Matt Jones]

Bigger. Yeah, they were. You know, the word was he'd put on £40. Goodman and Duster, don't doubt it at all. They said he's gotten that much bigger.

[Ryan Lemond]

He looks big, Jasper. Speaking of pounds, Jasper Johnson, he's 190 now, 20 pounds.

[Matt Jones]

So he needed to. He needed to get more physical, bigger, stronger. So that's just something they work on you once you get to get on campus.

[Lee K. Howard]

And we've seen these guys over the years that once they get on campus, how they change their body because. Because they're not only lifting weights, obviously, but they're also changing their. Their eating habits and what they're doing. And, you know, at my age, it's easy to put on £40, but it's not the good kind of £40.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love the way the. Mark Pope, basically, he was talking a little bit about Louisville in the interview, and he said that Louisville, or I guess Goodman was saying it, Louisville and Kentucky both can be final four teams. And I agree with that.

[Matt Jones]

Legit.

[Ryan Lemond]

I agree with that.

[Matt Jones]

Goodman sat right there where you're at. Lee Kane said they both. It's final four or bust for those two teams.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. I mean, the way that both of those. The Pat Kelsey and. And Mark Pope have recruited, it's. It's fun. Like, I know that people don't want to see Louisville have success, go for the sport. But it's great for the sport when. When both teams, you know, how many years ago was that when they met in the Final Four? I mean, that was crazy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

So, I mean, when. When Louisville is good, it makes that rivalry.

[Ryan Lemond]

How are we feeling about the matchup in November versus Louisville? Are we feeling.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, I hate it that it's early in November.

[Ryan Lemond]

So early.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, before the football game, for crying out. I don't like it. I don't like it at all that they moved it up to early November.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. I don't think there's A chance that they have Jaden at that point. I still think it's. It's further down the road, maybe December, before Quentin's actually steps on the floor. But I have seen pictures of him out there doing like non contact stuff. So it's good to see he's at least out there on the floor.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is there a one game that you guys are like, look, what's the game you guys are looking forward to the most out of this season? Mine is Louisville. I want to see the Louisville game.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Lee K. Howard]

Mine's going to be different. It may be in line with yours. I want to see the Indiana game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Rupp Arena.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know Ryan does too.

[Matt Jones]

See, that's. I grew up in that Kentucky Indiana rivalry, man. Us old guys, Oscar Combs talked about it a lot, you know, when it went away. The younger generation doesn't understand what that rivalry means.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I don't know that rivalry like that.

[Lee K. Howard]

My, my thing is I grew up, like I said, in Texas, in New Mexico, but my distant relatives are my grandma's from Indiana. And so I grew up hearing about the Kentucky Indiana rivalry.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

And I know that Indiana is not Indiana anymore. And they're not that. They're.

[Ryan Lemond]

They got Wilkerson, though. Wilkerson. Your guy, Ryan.

[Lee K. Howard]

But they're not going to be the best team.

[Matt Jones]

I knew he was going to Indiana all along. What about the St. John's game in Atlanta?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I forgot about that. There's schedule. This schedule is going to be crazy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Aren't we going to be at that game? Is that not going to be our.

[Ryan Lemond]

Trip that we're making be our road trip?

[Matt Jones]

That's allegedly our road trip. We're going to go from Lexington to Atlanta, but veer through Louisiana, Mississippi, Austin. Austin, Texas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, we're going to Austin, Texas.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Matt's in charge, of course. We'll probably go to Austin.

[Ryan Lemond]

I love Austin. Well, I've never been. I've heard good things about Austin, Texas.

[Lee K. Howard]

I'll be at that game, too. That's the CBS Sports classic game. So yes, I'll be in Atlanta.

[Matt Jones]

So another thing about Jake for we get off of him. He did admit that his chess record against mark pope is 4 and 1. I believe he said he's 4 and 1 against in chess. And I think he challenged.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did he not say Jack Lee?

[Lee K. Howard]

I was waiting to hear it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was so confused.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You know, it's kind of like checkers. It's check. And I think they challenged Rob Dog. He challenged Rob Doster to a chess match. So like he like, he's, he's legit good. And they, they just kept talking about how great a kid he was, let alone he's 611 going to be an NBA basketball player. He's just a great kid.

[Ryan Lemond]

Seems like a smart kid too, man. And all the interviews that I've seen, even before he got the uk when he would get interview out, I've noticed, I'm like, he's very like, well spoken, very smart, very smart dude. Seems like a smart kid.

[Matt Jones]

The other guy that we really haven't talked about that they spent a lot of time talking about was Diabate. So if you're looking at the 4, you can go with the 610 shooter in yellow Vic, or you can go with the toughness rebounder leader in Diabate. And they, I think it was, Goodman said they'll probably play both, but that's two different styles, two different units put out there depending on who plays the four.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah. Can you imagine being an opposing team and you're preparing for Kentucky?

[Matt Jones]

It's a nightmare.

[Lee K. Howard]

And you've got to prepare for Yellowvich and Diabate at that position. So in one thing I think that last year's Kentucky team was really missing was kind of that physicalness that, that dog, that guy who just, you know, got in there. They needed that.

[Ryan Lemond]

They needed toughness. They didn't have that last.

[Lee K. Howard]

They did. And Diabate could be that guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

They and Jalen Lowe, people have said that he's tough too, as a point guys at the tough point guard. Yeah, I haven't seen him play, but at least that's what I'm hearing from, you know, those interviews yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you couldn't help but get excited with the interview that they had, what they did with us yesterday and then what they did with Jack in the car driving to the airport. They could tell they were just really impressed with everything they saw at practice.

[Lee K. Howard]

And I also think this is important to keep in mind too. Kentucky is going to be in the mix I think at the end of the season and there's not another just dominant college basketball team this year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Lee K. Howard]

So I think it's more wide open. I think there's an opportunity for Kentucky or Louisville or, you know, anybody to kind of take off and be that number one team in the country.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think they said like the Purdue's one, Houston's two, and then there's about five or six teams that are all kind about the same. So even though they had Kentucky ranked what, sixth or seventh, they felt like, you know, it could be 5A and 5B. It could be 4A and 4B. You know, that's how they're all kind of lumped in together there.

[Ryan Lemond]

I really enjoyed that. I don't know about you guys, but I enjoyed their little practice, their interview at the practice session. You can see live play in the background. Yeah, I thought it was really, really cool. I love the way that Jeff Goodman kind of made a comparison. He said, like Cal's practices is more like tough love compared to the Pope. He's more like, more like positive reinforcement kind of guy. That's so I, I like, I like how they set the whole thing up at that Joe Craft Center. I thought that was really cool.

[Matt Jones]

All right, we'll take our final break. Come back. Our final segment, 859-280-2287. Ryan, Shannon, Mario and Lee K. Howard. By the way, congratulations. The new sports director at wkyt. I didn't know it had been officially announced yet. Congratulations. Well deserved. As soon as Brian Milam decided to leave, I told Mario so I said, well, they need to give it to Lee K. Lee K. You.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's been saying that two, three weeks before it happened.

[Lee K. Howard]

Well, I appreciate that, Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

So congratulations. All right, we'll take our final break. Come back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

The cars. I was a big cars guy in the 80s for sure.

[Shannon the Dude]

Didn't this song have some sort of significance in your life or.

[Matt Jones]

No, not this song, but there is a car song that did when little Ryan became a man one night.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay, I wasn't. I didn't know it was that. I thought it was touch and go.

[Matt Jones]

No. Who's going to drive you home.

[Ryan Lemond]

We have kids listening at home and.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, that's a good thing to talk about on yoga girl's birthday. 859-280-2287. Who's this segment? F our final segment. Who's our sponsor?

[Shannon the Dude]

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[Matt Jones]

Court.com Appreciate it, Shannon. Well, we forgot an athlete and we're going to be smacking ourselves when I tell you the one we forgot. This is one of the greatest athletes in UK history. I don't know if you know this or not, but he also played football in high school. Willie Collie Stein.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, really?

[Matt Jones]

Played. You know, they never. Tennis.

[Lee K. Howard]

That was. They never said anything.

[Matt Jones]

I wish the announcers of the broadcast would have brought that up. Yeah, let people know that he didn't play football.

[Lee K. Howard]

Did he play wide receiver?

[Matt Jones]

I'm guessing maybe. I guess we have to research that on there because I never heard anybody talk about him in high school.

[Ryan Lemond]

Quarterback and wide receiver.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So Willie Collinstein, 859-280-2287. Who we got? Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

Go to Brian.

[Matt Jones]

Brian. Go ahead, Brian.

[Caller]

Hey, I want to say happy birthday to yoga girl.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Hey, is this Ask Anything Wednesday?

[Matt Jones]

Sure it is.

[Caller]

Hey, I want to know when that global, global, global commercial is going to be taken off the air. Driving me crazy.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Shannon the Dude]

No idea.

[Matt Jones]

It may be a little something in your local area. I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[Lee K. Howard]

Who's it advertising for?

[Shannon the Dude]

He's gone.

[Matt Jones]

Hell, he's gone. All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate the call.

[Shannon the Dude]

Complain about our advertisers. Come on.

[Matt Jones]

That was our whiskey thief call of the day right there. Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

Kevin.

[Matt Jones]

Kevin. Go ahead, Kevin.

[Caller]

Okay, my question is for Shannon. Hey, dude, what do you think the over under for Ozzy tributes at Louder than Life this weekend? I'm thinking it's somewhere like at least 30.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, well, there's 175 bands, so 30 is probably a good number. Yeah, There will be a lot of those. Thanks for the call.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate 859-28-2287. I just tweeted out the picture of the all yorn picture taken from the city center window overlooking some of the buildings in downtown Lexington. So it's. It's one of the buildings across from the two twin courthouses. I know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. But all you're using, like, what is dolls or clothes? I'm guessing. I don't know really what that is.

[Lee K. Howard]

Did he do this? Like, when. When Tyler was in town?

[Matt Jones]

I think he just did it like yesterday in the last couple days. So I do have another a vision glass text that I need to read.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan Lemon with the worst take ever. Keeneland is the best place on earth.

[Ryan Lemond]

Best places.

[Lee K. Howard]

I'm telling you, I Learned real quick 15 years ago when I moved to Kentucky, that horse people, they're very protective.

[Ryan Lemond]

They are passionate about 100.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

So do you like Derby? You like Kentucky Derby?

[Matt Jones]

I hate it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Remember he got thrown into the mud puddle?

[Matt Jones]

He wasn't like, my first derby, they picked me up, everybody slammed me in a mud puddle. So, yeah, I. I don't like anything about. 859-280-2287. We got another caller. Shannon, who we got.

[Shannon the Dude]

Let's finish on the truth.

[Matt Jones]

The truth. Yes. How are you, Truth?

[Caller]

How you doing? Are there Brian Lemons and KSR game? I'm gonna throw this in here. I gotta. Will y' all bet this week? Indiana 46 and Eleanor 20. What you think about that brand? Put that in your piece.

[Matt Jones]

Smoke it. You know, Illinois is ranked in the top 10. Truth? You think Indiana is going to knock off the top 10 Illini?

[Caller]

Why not? We brought the Bryce the Bison back, and the truth's going to be there. And we go. We're not going to sing the old Kentucky home song. We're going to sing the Indiana home and Bob Knight going to get out of his grave and put a national champion like. Can you dig that up?

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Did he say the right word? Okay, okay, okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. 859-280-2287.

[Caller]

Whoa.

[Shannon the Dude]

Does not cuss. He has never cussed. In all the years. He's never dropped any kind of word. He shouldn't have.

[Matt Jones]

No, he hasn't. He's even like some sort of a pastor or something in his church.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, is he a pastor?

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

He definitely didn't say that.

[Lee K. Howard]

Brian Lemon.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, he's called me that Brian 15 years.

[Lee K. Howard]

He's a big Indiana fan.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. He's from Henderson, Kentucky, but he's a big Indiana fan. He lives, I think, in Evansville most of the time.

[Lee K. Howard]

My one Indiana interaction was when I was in junior high, was visiting family in Indiana, and they took me to a car dealership and I got Damon Bailey's autograph.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, that was big deal. Yeah, yeah. Big, big, big.

[Lee K. Howard]

That was when Indiana was. Was Indiana. And it's been since then, since they were actually good.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they've had a couple games. I've talked about this before where, like, you know, Michael had one year, I think, but yeah, they had RCA done was half red, half blue. Those were the days when they were both top 10, top five programs. And it was awesome. Do you say we're about out of time? Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

We got a couple more minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, go. We got another phone call. No, I couldn't hear what you were saying.

[Shannon the Dude]

I didn't say anything.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Lee K. Howard]

He was talking to you, Brian.

[Matt Jones]

All right, before we get out here, let's plug our two shows we got coming up tomorrow. We're in Mount Vernon.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Community Trust bank on Main Street. They have a tent set up. They have chairs set up. It's the Christian Appalachian Project Hunger Walk.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hunger Walk? Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

They're gonna start the Hunger Walk right there, I think, right when we start our show. So come out and support the Christian Appalachian Project. They do great things. Help feed the families of Appalachia that need help. A lot of them desperately need help. We've got tickets to give away to Louder Than Life.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon Life tickets.

[Matt Jones]

I also have Eric Church concert tickets to give away tomorrow. So we got all kind of.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of giveaways. Yeah, a lot of giveaways and.

[Matt Jones]

But that's not all. On Friday, we're back here for another live show at Wild Eggs in Hamburg. Their new location. Is it in Hamburg?

[Shannon the Dude]

Sorry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Tate's Creek.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know why I said Hamburg. The new Wild Eggs in Tate's Creek. We're going to be there. I've got more Louder Than Life tickets. I've got more Eric Church tickets to give away. A lot of generous. Well, so come on out and see us. You get to eat. Josiah may even be there working. They're trying to work it out. He'd have to skip class. You have Josiah in your class. You said you're teaching at uk?

[Lee K. Howard]

No, he's not in my class. No.

[Matt Jones]

You know who he's got? He's got Jennifer Smith.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, yeah. Jen's great.

[Matt Jones]

Jim teaches some journalism class.

[Lee K. Howard]

I'm teaching one journalism class one day a week. So maybe Josiah will eventually be in my class.

[Ryan Lemond]

I gotta ask you, man.

[Matt Jones]

You're.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're a professor now, are you. Are you a big syllabus guy?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Lee K. Howard]

I told the students the first day of school. I was like, look, it's gonna be really hard to fail this class if you just show up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are you an icebreaker guy? First day. Icebreakers. Please say no.

[Lee K. Howard]

Yeah, I had him say their name.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, thanks for coming in, Lee Kay. Appreciate it. Congratulations on your promotion. Welcome to Lexington, dude. You've been here for 15 years now. You're a lifer. There you go.

[Lee K. Howard]

Thanks, guys.

[Matt Jones]

Lee K. Howard. We're live in Mount Vernon tomorrow. We'll see you then.

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