2025-09-24- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

Date: September 24, 2025
Hosts: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon Davis
Location: KS Bar and Grill
Theme: SEC Football Schedule Shake-Up, UK Fan Travel, and SEC Off-Field Drama

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Overview

Hour 1 of this KSR episode dives deep into the Kentucky Wildcats' newly announced SEC football schedule for the next four years, exploring both the challenges and unique quirks it brings. The crew also discusses the lighter and more dramatic side of SEC life—including a headline-grabbing story about Lane Kiffin’s daughter dating LSU’s star linebacker. Throughout, the segment remains true to KSR’s tone—cutting, humorous, and always fan-focused, with plenty of banter about road trips, rivalry relationships, and a touch of personal history.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Breaking Down Kentucky’s Upcoming SEC Football Schedule

[03:09–13:03]

• Schedule Announced: Kentucky’s SEC opponents for the next four years were released, revealing both expected and surprising matchups.

  • Three permanent opponents: South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.
  • Kentucky will play at South Carolina three out of the next four years.
  • Florida visits Lexington three in the next four years.
  • Introduction of Texas A&M and Oklahoma into regular rotation.
  • Transition to a nine-game SEC schedule, with years alternating between five and four home games.

• Fan Reactions & Analysis:

  • Drew Franklin: "What a gauntlet Kentucky has to go through...it was just a big wow seeing it all put together last night." [05:22]
  • Ryan Lemond: "It is kind of sticker shock. Like Drew said, when you see who you've got to...it's kind of like you do have sticker shock." [06:05]
  • Shannon Davis: "That's life in the SEC. You just got to get used to it. Going to nine games in the SEC now...I don't know, are they going to keep these in order?" [06:14]

• Key Quirks:

  • Odd rotations: e.g., Texas A&M will make their first appearance at Kroger Field in 2028—over a decade after joining the SEC. [09:44]
  • Schedule can create "Murderers Row" road stretches, notably 2028's at-Tennessee, at-Alabama, at-LSU, at-South Carolina run.
  • Every two years, home-and-home switches occur with non-permanents.

• Favorite Road Trips/Bucket List:

  • Drew Franklin: "I gotta get to Baton Rouge." [13:21]
  • Shannon Davis: "Texas A and M would probably be my pick for next year." [14:09]
  • Ryan Lemond: "I've still not been to Oxford the last two years." [13:26]
  • Austin, TX praised for atmosphere: "I've never been anything like that that didn't feel like Kentucky athletics plays the same sport as that school." [14:35]

2. Fan Life: House Divided and Rival Relationships

[19:00–27:38]

• Lane Kiffin’s Daughter & LSU Linebacker Whit Weeks: The surprising news that Ole Miss’ head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter, Landry, is dating LSU’s defensive star Whit Weeks, just as the teams are about to play each other.

  • Drew Franklin: "The heart wants what it wants. So congratulations to the happy couple. Can be a little awkward at home..." [20:19]
  • Kiffin’s reaction—tweeting “take the over”—is interpreted as both a joke and possible gamesmanship.
  • Panel jokes about inside info, family drama, and "gamesmanship on another level." [21:11]
  • Discussion about who has more to prove: Kiffin or Weeks.
  • Imagining awkward family gatherings if the relationship gets serious and the game results are brought up:
    Shannon Davis: "If ... Whit Weeks ends up marrying Lane Kiffin's daughter, he's going to have this over his stepdad for the rest of their life." [24:05]

• Rivalry in Relationships:

  • The hosts joke about whether they could ever date or marry someone from a rival school or with divided sports loyalties. (“Couldn’t do it,” says Drew. [25:55])
  • Personal stories about dating in high school and navigating rivalries.
  • Ryan Lemond: "It was just a little weird when we played that team and she was sitting with her classmates from her school." [26:46]

3. Listener Calls and Old School UK Trivia

[30:48–38:52]

• Callers reminisce about historical UK games:

  • Gene notes Kentucky played Oklahoma at Commonwealth Stadium in 1982; personal anecdote about attending on his wife's due date. [30:48]
  • Discussion of basketball player Trent Noah’s likely breakout year and Mark Pope's coaching philosophy on player development.

• Fan Question: Why is the schedule so quirky (e.g., back-to-back home or away games against the same teams)?

  • Drew Franklin: Emphasizes it’s a “hard reset,” not based on recent history. Every SEC school has odd repeats; admin did the best possible figuring out the puzzle. [38:17]

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Notable Quotes

• Drew Franklin:

  • "What a gauntlet Kentucky has to go through...it was just a big wow seeing it all put together last night." [05:22]
  • "I enjoy hosting [LSU] a lot more than playing there, but that is one I want to get to in 2028." [33:35]
  • "The heart wants what it wants. So congratulations to the happy couple. Can be a little awkward at home." [20:19]
  • "I couldn't do it. Mine would be at home when you want to watch the game. And I don't want that on the tv." [25:55]

• Ryan Lemond:

  • "It is kind of sticker shock. Like Drew said, when you see who you've got...it's kind of like you do have sticker shock." [06:05]
  • "I've still not been to Oxford the last two years. ..." [13:26]
  • "I may be the only guy who's actually called hogs." [49:55]

• Shannon Davis:

  • "That's life in the SEC. You just got to get used to it. Going to nine games in the SEC now..." [06:14]
  • "Texas A and M would probably be my pick for next year." [14:09]
  • "If ... Whit Weeks ends up marrying Lane Kiffin's daughter...he's going to have this over his stepdad for the rest of their life." [24:05]

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Fun Moments & Memorable Segments

• Bucket List Road Trips:

  • Around [13:10] the panel gets personal (“Which one would you pull off?”), sparking a run of favorite stadium tales and aims to finally see Cats play in Baton Rouge or Oxford.

• Coach Kiffin’s Daughter & SEC "Espionage":

  • Joking about Lane’s daughter potentially spying for Ole Miss or dating for “inside scoop.” “That's gamesmanship on another level, is it not?” [21:11]
  • Panel laughs about social media “hard launches” and whether the whole thing is a Kiffin hype stunt. “This is just another Lane doing something online is what I see.” [29:24]

• Relationship Rivalry Stories:

  • “Did you date a school girl in high school that went to a rival high school?” [25:20] leads to funny, slightly awkward adolescence memories.

• Listener "Fun Fact" Call:

  • Gene recalls his wife’s due date at the Oklahoma game. “She was there on her due date...next weekend she actually had the baby.” [30:48]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• SEC Football Schedule Reaction: [03:09–13:03]
• SEC Away Game Road Trip Wish List: [13:03–15:15]
• Lane Kiffin’s Daughter vs. LSU Drama: [19:00–24:05]
• Rival Relationships & Fan Rivalry Talk: [24:05–27:38]
• Listener Call: UK vs. Oklahoma History: [30:48–31:44]
• Basketball Practice & Trent Noah Segment: [34:23–36:50]
• Schedule Quirks & SEC Admin Challenges: [38:17–39:19]
• Upcoming Remote Shows and KSR Events: [47:59–51:25]

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Tone & Style

Conversational, playful, and slightly irreverent, the hosts blend fan empathy with humor, taking shots at SEC quirks while revealing their own fan and life stories. Quotes are often tongue-in-cheek or self-deprecating, as the hosts both commiserate and poke fun at what it means to root for Kentucky in this new era of the SEC.

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Conclusion

This hour of KSR is essential listening for any Kentucky fan wanting a breakdown of the new SEC football schedule and insight into the life of a traveling (and sometimes long-suffering) Big Blue Nation member. It also provides a look at the SEC’s wild off-field stories and how fandom and rivalry sneak into every part of life—be it personal relationships or family dinners after the big game. The episode perfectly captures why KSR remains Kentucky’s top destination for sports news, fan camaraderie, and unfiltered UK talk.

Transcript

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[Shannon Davis]

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[Ryan Lemond]

All right, welcome. Good morning. It is Wednesday morning, September 24th.

[Shannon Davis]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Shannon Davis]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. There we go. We are like I said at KS Bar and Grill today, it is wings day. We'll open the doors here in about an hour for lunch. So come on out and get your dollar wings, dollar per wing. Not all your wings for a dollar dollar per wing. But we've got a lot to talk about today. Kind of going a newsy afternoon after we cut off the show yesterday. And of course the big story was SEC football schedule. We already knew Drew, our three common opponents for the next four years was South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida. The next four years they're going to be on the schedule but then they came out with the rest of the schedule and there's some quirks in it. We got I think it'll be fun to talk about some of the quirks in it. Like for example, like they're going to play at South Carolina three in the next four years. Playing at South Carolina Saturday, playing out South Carolina again next year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I thought we'd get away from some of the common ones to welcome in things like an A and M and others that we'll get to. But that was one of the early surprises keeping that going. But they are one of the one of the permanents.

[Ryan Lemond]

But the down the flip side is Florida's playing here in Lexington 3 in the next four years. You got Florida at home this year, Florida at home next year and hopefully.

[Drew Franklin]

Like this year we can get them in November. We'll see how that goes this, this upcoming game. It's first time that's happened since like the 80s. But if they're going to give us Florida at home, I hope we can get them as cold as possible.

[Ryan Lemond]

So what the SEC did, they came out with your, your opponents over the next four years, they've not set the dates or the times or anything, just your opponents. And since there's now going to the nine game schedule, one year you're going to have five home games, the next year you're going to have four home games and then five and then four. So the years that they've got four home games, that's when Louisville will be home. They have five home games. That's when the Louis will be on the road. You like that?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Yeah. My big takeaway was just like, we, we know that the teams in the SEC are hard and we know we're about to play them all eventually. We knew this was coming. But when that came out and just the visual of all those logos, it was just like, oh my God, what a gauntlet Kentucky has to go through. Coming up, none of it was surprises that you're gonna have Alabama and LSU and in Texas again, we knew that was coming.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just.

[Drew Franklin]

But just seeing it handed to us, some of the stuff that Kentucky's gonna have to go through coming up was just kind of like a wow moment for me yesterday, how things have changed. It's not, it's not getting those teams from the east every year anymore. It's. We're playing like, I don't wanna get too far ahead, but on down there, one of the years, it's just an absolute murderer's row of teams. And it was just a big wow seeing it all put together last night on that show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, it is kind of sticker shock. Like Drew said, when you see who you've got to like, okay, let's look at next year. Like, oh, that doesn't get any better. It's kind of like you do have like sticker shock.

[Shannon Davis]

That's life in the sec. You just got to get used to it. Going to nine games in the SEC now and you know, just looking at some of the teams you got to play, I don't know, are they going to keep these in order as they are on the graphic? Like, will we start with Florida, then go so they can. So it could be in any combination?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon Davis]

So, yeah, because I was looking, going, okay, we want, we don't want Alabama, LSU back to back. So there's a good chance that it won't be like that. So I think depending on how it is aligned and who you play when, I mean, that could also make it either more difficult or maybe easier, depending on the order that you play them in.

[Drew Franklin]

We were just so used to it for many years and for many years the west was a lot more dominant. I mean we had Florida and you know, Tennessee's had our number a while but these were still a little easier. And then our, our permanent was Mississippi.

[Ryan Lemond]

State couldn't have asked for a better.

[Drew Franklin]

So yes, every once in a while Alabama would come to town or every once in a while you get the LSU game. And that was fun but now they will just give it to you all at once. Like just this upcoming season Host Bama and lsu, two of the biggest logos in the sec. We've never really had that, it's never been that way before, but that's what we're gonna have to buckle up, get used to. That's why as you called it sticker shock yesterday it was just kind of like oh yeah, this is for real. It's. They're really mixing it up and we're gonna get everybody.

[Ryan Lemond]

So next year they'll have four SEC home games and Louisville will be home. So the four SEC home games are Florida again got Florida this year, Florida next year, Alabama, lsu, Vanderbilt, and then they go on the road to South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, back to Texas A and M and for the first time we'll play Oklahoma at Oklahoma next year.

[Drew Franklin]

I think we got that. That might be our best of the bunch. Alabama, who knows, they could have a new coach. Who knows.

[Ryan Lemond]

Very true.

[Drew Franklin]

Who knows what's going to happen with Alabama next season. They're obviously not loving Caitlin DeBoer right now. LSU will be good, but Vandy hopefully Pavia won't have another some kind of loophole where he can play a night.

[Ryan Lemond]

See it was tooting the Vandy horn on the pre show today but they'll.

[Drew Franklin]

Be probably hitting reset a little bit. And then Oklahoma, they still haven't quite figured out the SEC yet even though they just got a big win. So next year actually don't hate it. It's the ones on down the road and yeah, you know, we don't know what those teams will look like either. But at least we're getting in Alabama where there might be some question marks.

[Ryan Lemond]

So they've got it set up where it's on a two year rotation. So these schools we just playing Alabama, lsu, Vanderbilt at home in two years, those will be the road games and then at Missouri, at Texas A and M at Oklahoma in two years those will be the three home games out of that group right there. I do like how they do that. So every two years you're playing each team home and away.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. The season after next we get to go to Oxford Again, I complained that there was like a 14 year drought where I didn't get to go to the Grove during the years when you can really enjoy the Grove. But the SEC is now giving us. That will end up up being like three trips in six or seven years when you get to that. But it's the 2028 season. That kind of had a little knot in my throat when that popped up on the screen. Where you go at Tennessee, at Alabama, at lsu, at South Carolina, there's not going to be a harder road schedule possible than that. And not even knowing what those teams will be. But those are just four of the absolute toughest places to play, especially Alabama and lsu. And you're going to both of them.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you're a fan, Shannon, and you see that makes you throw up, you're like, oh my goodness, that is just like Drew said, that's Murderers Row right there.

[Shannon Davis]

You gotta hope that it by 2028. Some of these teams have just taken a big step back.

[Ryan Lemond]

Much true.

[Shannon Davis]

We had a guy that called in on the pre show that said that Texas A and M hasn't played a football game in Kroger Field since joining the truth. That true?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true.

[Shannon Davis]

So 2028 will be the first time that will happen.

[Ryan Lemond]

2028, Texas A and M comes to Kroger Field for the first time and then in. Where's the Oklahoma home game? The Oklahoma game that's also in 2020.

[Drew Franklin]

It should be the same.

[Ryan Lemond]

So Texas A and M and Oklahoma make their first appearances in Kroger Field, both the same season in 2028. I mean, you know, fans, fans love that. You know, especially fans from opposing teams. If it's a game in October, they'll come up and go to Keeneland, go to the, go to the football game. I look forward to Texas A and M and Oklahoma coming in.

[Drew Franklin]

To be honest, I'm surprised they waited so long to get A and M here. Yeah, I don't know why they didn't just flip it. I mean we've only been A and M once. It's crazy. They've even played one time since they've been in the conference. That one was a little surprising. Also, you mentioned that gauntlet. It's not just that the teams are hard. Those are trips you want to make. And not a lot of people can pack up and go to Baton Rouge one week, then the next week hit Tuscaloosa and you know, Tennessee. The others involved, I mean there's some jam packed road trips in these, whereas ones we've wanted to do forever. They're bucket list trips there. Especially in 2020, 2028. They're so thrown together. It's just gonna be tough being a fan to hit them all.

[Ryan Lemond]

So just looking at the schedule, do you prefer the 26 and 28 lineups or the 27, 29?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm a one, I'm a one game at a time guy. I'm just looking at 2026.

[Ryan Lemond]

I like that I got 2025 to go through yet.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I know that's true. One game at a time. South Carolina. But just, just for this exercise with the years. I like what we have next season and we'll worry about on down the road later because you know, who knows what Alabama will be. A lot of these teams are hitting reset next year and you're getting them at home. And then of course the, the three regular opponents are what they are.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, what about you?

[Shannon Davis]

Yeah, I guess next year being able to host Alabama and lsu. Not that playing at home has really been to Kentucky's advantage at all but you know, if you're looking at just the big time programs coming into Kroger field. I like Alabama and LSU coming next year.

[Drew Franklin]

You know the fact be John some raws Alabama coming into Lexington.

[Ryan Lemond]

True. Or John Sumrall's Florida. Your Florida is your common opponent. You're kind of catching them at a good time. You know, they may be a couple years before they get back on their feet again with if they make a coaching change and everything. So you got Florida at home three in the next four years.

[Drew Franklin]

As a. As a lifelong Kentucky fan, it's weird to not even really fear the Florida game anymore. But that's kind of the spot we've been in. How things have turned lately going back to when Stoops first broke the streak. I mean Florida's still tough and that you, you count all the winds you can. But we've been spoiled to have a little more in the last five or six seasons but have been three in the last six, I think.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And South Carolina, you're st with them again for the next four years. They've kind of had your number the last couple years. Maybe things can turn around this weekend. You catch them at the right time, but you got to go on the road. One of the toughest environments in the conference to play at South Carolina. Three in the next four years.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but that's just. It is what it is. I mean we've been playing them forever. That's why the Florida. I don't even Just gloss right over that. That's. I've only known playing Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina, so those are just. That's nothing new to me. It's the. The. My eyes popped a little bit seeing LSU and Alabama listed next to each.

[Ryan Lemond]

Other when they're listening back to back.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Hopefully they'll space them out. Yeah. But at least on the graphic, there was a. Oh, okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then that year in 2028, when you got to play on their field at Alabama, at lsu, at Tennessee, then at South Carolina, all in one season.

[Drew Franklin]

How many of you? I mean, I don't get to go to many football games. I've been to a lot of the basketball. How many of these have you actually done? The road trips?

[Ryan Lemond]

I've been to Florida. I've been to South Carolina. I've been to Tennessee. I've been to Alabama. I've been to Georgia, been to Mississippi State.

[Drew Franklin]

So which one. Which one would you try to pull off that you haven't done? I gotta get to Baton Rouge.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I wanted to. I've still not been to Oxford the last two years. We've been to Oxford. I've tried to go down there because Dane was playing and it just didn't work out. With the Frederick Douglass schedule and our schedule here at ksr, if you're going.

[Drew Franklin]

To Oxford, you have to get your hotel maybe the moment it opens, because. Yeah. Because you end up staying an hour and a half away if you're not prepared.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, what about you?

[Shannon Davis]

What would you do as far as. What, the trips.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon Davis]

For next year. Well, we've been to Oklahoma.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Shannon Davis]

We've been there. I mean, we've been in the state of Oklahoma. Yeah, necessarily.

[Drew Franklin]

Not for a game.

[Shannon Davis]

Not for a game, but we've been in the state of Oklahoma. Texas A M, I think, would be fun.

[Ryan Lemond]

You went to Texas A and M game, didn't you?

[Drew Franklin]

I went to Texas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, the Texas game. That's right. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I've only done Nayland in Texas. I haven't done in Vanity.

[Shannon Davis]

I feel like Nayland Stadium would just be too much. Like, it's just too much orange, too over the top. Their fans are crazy. I don't know if I would enjoy that. Texas A and M would probably be my pick for next year.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know the Kentucky fans that went to the Texas A and M game, Kentucky game down there came back just raving how awesome it was. They were treated nice. The fans were great down there. Even though they won, you know, Kentucky lost the game and one. They were really, I think, impressed by the graciousness of everybody down there.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I loved Austin. That was just last season. I'm glad we get to go back here in a couple years. I will do that one again for sure. That was a, I've never been anything like that that didn't feel like. Kentucky athletics plays the same sport as that school. And that's no offense to uk. I mean, Texas has all the money in the world. They're big power. But that was an unbelievable game day atmosphere. And there's a lot of Kentucky fans down there too, because we had never made that trip. So we, we carved out our own little spot for pre and post game.

[Ryan Lemond]

I really feel like the Texas game here at Kroger in a couple weeks, it's gonna be the opposite me, a lot of, a lot of Texas fans there that weekend.

[Drew Franklin]

And it's Keeneland.

[Ryan Lemond]

And it's Keeneland. They're gonna, they're gonna overtake the town. A lot of that burnt orange all over the place. So that's what I expect to see. All right, so, so there you go. There's our opening segment talking about the SEC football schedule. 859-280-2287. We will make this Ask Anything Wednesday if you want to. We got to talk about Matt's Cincinnati Reds. We've got some other fun topics I want. I can't wait to ask you this one question, though, Drew. So we'll take our break, come back, phone lines will be open. 859-280-2287. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, this is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan Drew and Shannon here, 859-280-2287. It's Ask Anything Wednesday. It's also Wings Day here at KS Bar and Grill. I got Drew, I got this one topic on here I can't wait to talk to you about. I'm. Go ahead and get to it.

[Drew Franklin]

Do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was going to save it for later in the show, but I can't wait. We just went over the whole SEC football schedule for the next four years.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's not the big story in the sec. Kentucky plays South Carolina Saturday. Down at South Carolina, Big game. Mark Stoop doesn't like Shane Beamer. Shane Beamer doesn't like Mark Stoops. That's not the big story this weekend. Georgia plays Alabama. That's not the big story this weekend. The big story has to be. Ole Miss is getting ready to play lsu. And it comes out yesterday that Lane Kiffin's daughter is dating LSU star linebacker Whit Weeks. If you saw the Saturday down south thing they had this summer about SEC football, he was a big star that for LSU. Lane Kiffin's daughter said again, daughter is dating LSU's star linebacker and they play each other this weekend in Oxford Fairfoul.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you know, I'm a big fan of love. I love love. And the heart wants what it wants. So congratulations to the happy couple. Can be a little awkward at home. I was confused. Lane replied and said take the over was his kind of statement when that came out. I don't really know what Lane was telling us with that does that.

[Shannon Davis]

I think that means he's going to run the points up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah, we're going to run over the defense. Weeks is a captain of his daughter, Landry.

[Drew Franklin]

They're very close. They tick tock together. They do get. Get Ready with me videos. They have pretty big. Lane and his daughter have a big social presence on there. I. I wonder if maybe also maybe she's just kind of taking one for the team here and getting. Getting a little bit of playbook.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, you think that's why she's really.

[Drew Franklin]

Leaning in the over? Maybe. I mean, dad's her first love, you know, maybe. Hey, dad, watch out for this. You know they're gonna be running this. I think there might be a little of that going on too, Shannon.

[Shannon Davis]

Well, we always talk about gamesmanship. I think this is gamesmanship on another level, is it not? But if you're wit Weeks, I don't know if you want to rock the boat too much when you got Link Kiffin, you're about to play and, you know, like Drew just said, I mean, he may be running the score up on these guys. If Ole Miss gets a lead. So I like it, though. I like it. It's good controversy. It's good talking points for us. But I wonder, do you think Lane Kiffin knew about this relationship before this week or.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. That's a great question.

[Shannon Davis]

That he found out along with all of us.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a great question. Yeah. Well, she's secretly dating Whit Weeks, the LSU linebacker, behind his back. And then it comes out on game week, the week they play each other, they post the picture all snuggly bugly together, and here we come. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm just saying, if you're him, I mean, there's a lot of fish in the sea and you're a star football player at lsu. This is a big gamble. A rival coach's daughter. I mean, he's. He's risking it all with this one. I mean.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, he is.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. If this doesn't work out, you know, this. This one probably won't go away.

[Shannon Davis]

So then LSU's got South Carolina after the Shane Beamer have a daughter next.

[Ryan Lemond]

Week, you know, well, the. That Saturday down south documentary they did on SEC football, he, Whit Weeks became a very likable character for lsu. I mean, they went to him a lot. He was. Came across as a very likable guy. He's obviously one of the best players on their defense. But it is kind of a. Kind of a boss move to date the daughter of the team you're getting ready to play this week. I mean, to publicly make it the announcement you're dating the opposing coach's daughter.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. The timing and you know, Lane trolls. It's like I said, his daughter always goofing off on the Internet. I would expect Lane knew about this in the hard launch, as the kids call it. It was very intentional being this. I think everyone would be in on the joke. If not Lane, Lane be wildly distracted here and probably a little over motivated. I'd be. I'd be checking Lane's emotions, getting ready for this week if he truly didn't know his daughter was dating his opponents. Star defensive player.

[Ryan Lemond]

So, Shannon, who's it more emphasis on Lane Kiffin trying to prove something to LSU or Whit Weeks trying to prove something to Lane Kiffin. I almost leaned that way more.

[Shannon Davis]

Weeks kind of fired the first shot. So now it's on Lane Kiffin to respond like, wait a minute, you're dating my dog? Yeah. You can date, I guess, whoever you want.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Shannon Davis]

But I just think it's. It's great that it's coming out the week of just a couple of days before these, these two teams play each other and it comes out so I love it. I think it's. I think it's great.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, Lane's not afraid of an age gap does we'd have a sister. Any relatives they might need to watch out. Lane might fire back.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's very true.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh Joey Freshwater or whatever his nickname used to be.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I guarantee you he is going to try everything he can to put a lot of points on that LSU defense. Like prove a point to the the future son in law. Possibly.

[Drew Franklin]

Not that we need another reason to watch this game because this is going to be an exciting game, but it does. Your eyeballs are going to look a little closer knowing what's going on behind the scenes or no longer behind the scenes.

[Shannon Davis]

Think about it like this. If let's say Wit Weeks and LSU beats LSU and let's say that Whit Weeks ends up marrying Lane Kiffin's daughter, he's going to have this over his stepdad for the rest of their life. Every Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas, family get together, family reunion. He's going to be able to hold this over Lane Kiffin said what is vice versa?

[Drew Franklin]

What does she wear to the game?

[Ryan Lemond]

Where does she sit?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, you sit. Where's your loyalty sit with dad and the fam. You do one of those half jerseys. Well, she probably does one of those half jerseys.

[Ryan Lemond]

What if she sits on the Ole Miss side with the family but wears a week's jersey?

[Drew Franklin]

That you can't do that. That's, that's, that's too far.

[Shannon Davis]

Well, she's sitting in his lap in this picture. Maybe she's weeks lap on the sideline.

[Drew Franklin]

Who knows if she wears a Wit Weeks jersey, she needs to be on the LSU side. Can't be sit in the family seats wearing the other guy's jersey.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't even know where she, if she would sit in the with the family. Would she sit with wits family? I think serious they are.

[Drew Franklin]

I would assume Lane was in on this with the way it came out this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I liked his tweet where he said take the over because I think he's gonna try to put a lot of points in. So my question for you guys is, have you ever dated a girl that maybe was a fan or went to a rival school or anything like that? Ever?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh God no.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you date a school girl in high school that went to a rival high school or another high school?

[Drew Franklin]

No. Anyone when I was a kid that said they Dated the girl at the rival school. They were making them up. That was there at the other school. My boyfriend, girlfriend, they go over there. We usually, you know, Madisonville, it's not, we're not like a big city where these schools everywhere, we had, we had our county schools. So I didn't date outside the circle.

[Ryan Lemond]

That is true.

[Drew Franklin]

I could never date it to your original question. I couldn't fake it with a Louisville fan or Tennessee fan.

[Ryan Lemond]

But we see it all the time. People that are married to a Louisville fan, they walk holding hands and got the Kentucky shirt on. With the Louisville shirt on. They're holding hands and that's cute.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I couldn't do it. Mine would be at home when you want to watch the game. And I don't want that on the tv.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like you can't watch the game together.

[Drew Franklin]

We're not, we're not gonna have a flag. I don't want to see your, your clothes, your orange or red clothes. I couldn't do it. I know people pull it off and they got their nice little house divided bumper stickers and flags out front. That's cute. But me personally, I couldn't do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon Drew and I both grew up in rural areas. You grew up in the big city. You grew up in Mount Washington. Bullet East.

[Shannon Davis]

Washington is not a big city. You're about to find that out next week. No, I didn't date anybody outside of Bullet East. All the pretty girls in Bullock county went to Bullet East. You didn't date in the Bullet Central or North Bullet. All the good looking women were in were at Bullet East. This is the way Bullet counties divided up now.

[Ryan Lemond]

I gotta admit, the pickings were slim at Pike Central High School in Pike County, Indiana. So I dated a girl from a rival high school for a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Was that trouble?

[Ryan Lemond]

It was just a little weird when we played that team and she was sitting with her classmates from her school. You know what I mean?

[Drew Franklin]

What about when you were on the field? Was she supporting you or her high school?

[Ryan Lemond]

Her high school. That's what I mean. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought you were saying, like you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Said, we played that team sheep set on the school of her high school.

[Drew Franklin]

What about when you all went to like a game that you weren't a part of or something? Did you, did you mingle with that side or make her come over to your side?

[Ryan Lemond]

I mingled on that side.

[Drew Franklin]

Any sports that you didn't play if.

[Ryan Lemond]

You were going to a football game? Yeah, or I went to her side a little bit.

[Shannon Davis]

I don't think is this the same girl that called in when we were at the speedway?

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

Darlene?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, that was Carlene.

[Drew Franklin]

Carlene.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's when. That's when Carlene and I were on a break.

[Shannon Davis]

High school sweetheart.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon Davis]

This is.

[Ryan Lemond]

This was Shannon Davis from Washington High School.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, we're just calling him out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I dated a Shannon. Yes.

[Shannon Davis]

That's not awkward at all.

[Drew Franklin]

It's weird for all of us.

[Ryan Lemond]

So if you have. Are you. If you're a house divided, how do you handle it? Tennessee Kentucky fan? Tennessee Louisville fan. Bellarmine, Kentucky Wesleyan, whatever it is. 859-280-2287. That's a Clark's Puppy Shop phone number. You want to call and give us a board? Get on board. We'll. We'll get you. We do. We do have a lot of stuff. Updates about Matt. Is there an update on Matt right now?

[Drew Franklin]

We're doing our podcast today, so I'll have more.

[Ryan Lemond]

But I thought you're supposed to do it yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it got pushed to today. We were. Yep, that happened. No, I'll talk to my friend.

[Ryan Lemond]

What happened? What happened yesterday?

[Drew Franklin]

We're supposed to want it yesterday. Mario, were you laughing at it Got pushed back today. We're doing two today, immediately after this. I'm doing the NFL show at noon. Logistically, I don't know how that's possible. And then his podcast at 1:30.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you're doing two hours of KSR one hour cover 01 hour of his podcast, all back to back to back.

[Drew Franklin]

What's that face for, Mario? Yeah, well, I'll have mad updates tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Updates tomorrow.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

He still doesn't have the phone.

[Drew Franklin]

No phone. No phone. I don't even know how he got that out. To message us to us before the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Today we'll take our break, come back. Go to the phone lines. 859-280-2287. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, this is Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Shannon Davis]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Podcast listeners can't hear that. Where Shannon played. I fell in love with the farmer's daughter. Fell in love with Lane Kiffin's daughter. Yeah.

[Shannon Davis]

There's not a song that says that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I told Drew during the break. I love everything about that story. I love the fact they waited till game week to live to come out. I love the fact she's sitting on his lap. I love the fact that Kiffin tweeted out. Take the over. I love everything about it. And then you said there may be a reason for all this publicity.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's all marketing. He's got like, well, the game. I think they have a documentary coming out. I mean, he and his daughter, they pop up on a tick tock all the time. This is just another lane doing something online is what I see. I would be shocked if that surprised him. I would say this is pretty choreographed.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they did.

[Drew Franklin]

Not to take away your, your excitement in it, but this, this is probably. He was probably well aware that this was coming.

[Ryan Lemond]

The fact that they did it on game week either. Yeah, it was total on purpose or a complete set up, you know.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, there's like a. I can't remember, it's a 30 for 30 or there's some ESPN documentary online coming out like tonight or tomorrow, so. But the love is real, though. Ryan, looking heartbroken. I know you're a big believer in love. The love is real. I just think the timing and all that is probably pretty choreographed.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Kentucky sports radio. Clark's Puppet shop phone Number is open. 859-280-2287. It's Ask Anything Wednesday. We got a couple callers we want to get to Shannon. So who we got first?

[Shannon Davis]

Gene.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gene. Go ahead, Gene. Yes, sir. We played Oklahoma at Commonwealth Stadium, September 18, 1982. I'll be dang. Claiborne spurs season. Okay, very good. I didn't know that. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but it was, it wasn't Kroger Field.

[Ryan Lemond]

You guys said Kroger Field. But we did play them at Commonwealth State and we lost. Well, Gina, I appreciate that. My wife's due date was that day and we were both there for the game. She was there on her due date. Yes, she was and she was. The next weekend she actually had the baby. We played either Kansas or Kansas State and we tied that game and Jerry Claiborne went 0, 10 and 1. I remember that season. And that was the game he tied. All right, Appreciate it, Gene. Thanks for the phone call. All right, thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

Fun fact, we lost 29 to 8 and to Oklahoma year for that. We lost 29 to 7. Oklahoma at Oklahoma.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't realize Oklahoma ever played here.

[Drew Franklin]

Got one one point better.

[Shannon Davis]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

So it's a home and home series, I guess with Oklahoma.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. 29 to 7 and we turned around and made a little closer, 29 to 8.

[Ryan Lemond]

I. If I could have predicted, I would have predicted that Oklahoma would be in our schedule. I just felt like next season, I just felt like with Texas these first two years where we would get Oklahoma then and this new rotation coming up.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's still like going through teams. They still didn't feel like they're in the conference rooms. We haven't really had much of a connection to them other than the away buzzer beaters and basketball. We just haven't had that run in yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

That is true with both basketball games this year. OA beat both. Beat them both times on a buzzer beater, including down at the SEC tournament. One of the best finishes in a long time.

[Drew Franklin]

And Shannon mentioned this. We've been through Norman. I know their game day atmosphere is big, but of all the ones on my bucket list, I'm. I'm still much more excited to get to Baton Rouge. I know many Kentucky fans have already been there because we've played there several times, but I haven't done that one. And Tuscaloosa being on the schedule, we don't get that often.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, the night game at LSU that Dennis Johnson was talking about yesterday, when they kicked the last second field goal to win, you know, down in Death Valley at night and under the lights with the tiger being pulled around the field in his cage, that was. That was a big win for the program back then.

[Drew Franklin]

The one I remember is being down by 50 and Dorian Baker hitting a guy and flexing and I was at home watching, like just come on home, we're down 50. Why are we flexing at LSU? That was. That was not too long ago, but I wasn't able to pull that trip off.

[Ryan Lemond]

There was a game at LSU that Rich. Rich Brooks team lost pretty bad and that started a lot of the ditch. Rich and that other son of a blank.

[Drew Franklin]

What did that say?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, it wasn't very good. But then they kind of rallied after that. That was kind of their last loss and they kind of rallied and got hot after that. I remember.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but good memories playing them here in Lexington. What do we won the last two.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. No kidding.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I enjoy hosting him a lot more than playing there, but that is one I want to get to in 2028.

[Ryan Lemond]

859-280-2287. Who's next? Shannon.

[Shannon Davis]

Dan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Dan. Go ahead, Dan.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, guys. Hope y' all have a good day. I'm long time. You take fan back from the days of Sonny Collins and Art Steel and Jimmy Dan, all them boys. What I'm wondering is, we started having this on TV every year of the Big Blue Madness, and this year seems like it's going online again. I want to know what happened there. And I also want to give a shout out to my man. I'm from Harlan County. Go Mountain Mamba. This year, we're all behind you, Trent. Have a great year, man. And thank you guys for the call.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you. Appreciate the phone call. Yeah, I think Trent gonna. I think surprise, surprise people last year. He's gonna surprise more people this year on the basketball court.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, he's gonna make it impossible for him to sit on the bench. You know, when they built this roster, he looked like he'd be an odd man out. But as the summer workouts went on and the few practices we've heard from so far, it's gonna be impossible not to put Trent no on the court. Anytime they put out a highlight video, it seems they include him hitting a corner three in it too.

[Ryan Lemond]

The TBT guys this summer talked about, we asked them, you know, who were they most impressed with? Trent Noah was one guy they all talked about.

[Drew Franklin]

And Pope said that just naturally in his system, what he asked of guys, there's always a huge jump from year one to year two. I mean, that's not unique to Pope system. But he says, especially in his. The way he coaches them, that there's still a lot of, you know, doing things for the first time as a freshman. It's obvious. But he said second year guys, going back to, you know, his Utah Valley days, he has. There's several examples of guys having big jumps in that one to two gap, and he expects that of Noah and Chandler this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's what you. Chandler's been the guy you've said all along. You expect a big jump from him.

[Drew Franklin]

Definitely. I think that thing, both of them, that's why the depth is so good. It's gonna be hard to guess, you know, who's really gonna get the minutes or who's gonna be standing out overall, but both of those guys as sophomores haven't really turned it on late in the year. I mean, they hit some big shots in the tournament as freshmen. I don't think there's any way they'll go off quietly. And as sophomores, they're gonna be in the mix.

[Ryan Lemond]

So we, since we're talking basketball, they've kind of leaked out some clips from practice. I mean, I know we all get excited. We see the clips or just like a minute clips of highlights and stuff, but anything your. Your takeaway, anything that you've seen so far.

[Drew Franklin]

On Monday, I mentioned this, but Malachi Marino had a pretty filthy dunk. That's another one that. Just because of the roster construction and him being a freshman and so many bigs, I wondered about him. I know he's a freshman All American, but you think, is he gonna be like 13th? But in the clips you see, he and Garrison have been going at it. You still got to get quite as healthy. And Yellowvich is just getting here. But of watching the practice clips, that stood out to me. There's been a lot of good Chandler highlights. Of the notes and things we hear the most exciting is just that Lowe. Any concerns people had about Lowe, you can kind of dial back any worries a little bit. It's looking like he's going to be really good at running the show. Him and O way as a 1, 2, and whatever you put around him could be about as good as anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Jeff Goodman said that when he was on with us. Like him, he said, make no mistake about it, this is Lowe's team. He's the leader, he's a floor director. They're going to go as he goes.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And it was no secret when they got him out of the portal that they had two other guys that they were going after first. It was, you know, covered pretty well. You lose one to UCLA and it kind of looks like he's a third option. And then people bring up his efficiency numbers at Pitt and how the team stunk. So there were some people when you, when you get low, you're like, oh, is this really going to work out? But since he's been on campus, we've heard nothing but great things about him as being a leader and just a point guard, and that the efficiency stuff will be a little better now that he actually has good players around him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's go back to Clark, Puppy Shop, phone line. Shannon, who we got?

[Shannon Davis]

Dennis.

[Ryan Lemond]

Dennis. Go ahead, Dennis.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I want to know how the.

[Ryan Lemond]

SEC.

[Drew Franklin]

Football did such a beautiful job of next year's schedule.

[Ryan Lemond]

For example, we gotta go to South.

[Drew Franklin]

Carolina back to back years. Florida has to come Here back to back years. I mean I don't understand why.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why they well had that appreciate gene and that is kind of a quirk in the schedule. They had already made the schedule up for the last two seasons where we kind of had the home and home with these teams not going to change. They had to redo everything starting next season with the four common opponent. The three common opponents for the next four years. And it's just kind of a quirk where they got Florida at home in back to back years and on the road at South Carolina in back to back years.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm sure they did whatever they could. I mean this is not an easy task. And they just hit a hard reset. They didn't really consider recent. You know, they wouldn't have Ole Miss us going Ole Miss next year if they consider recent. We've done that a lot lately. This was a complete hard reset to see. We think about what Kentucky's done recently. I mean, do you know Florida, do you know Alabama? Do you know these other schedules? I mean this is one big puzzle piece they had to put together and they're. I can't imagine there was a perfect solution to make it completely fair across the border. They would have done it.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a good way to put it. It was a hard reset. You didn't. They didn't consider what had been happening the last two seasons. They had to completely. Because they're added a nine game schedule.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, and South Carolina coming to your back. Is that the worst thing? I mean, we play them every year. It's just this is a brand new thing they're starting up. They couldn't have gone team by team and said, oh, you went there last year. Well, we can't do that again. That would have been impossible for every team in the league. I know at Kentucky we say, oh, we just did that. Every school probably has a couple of those. It's not easy. Every school.

[Ryan Lemond]

You look at the schedule. Probably there's every school that are repeating a game from the year.

[Drew Franklin]

They've been working on this quite a while. I'm going to assume they did the best they could and probably had a lot of brains in that room.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's get another call. Shannon, who we got?

[Shannon Davis]

Aaron.

[Ryan Lemond]

Aaron. Go ahead, Aaron.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, Ryan Lemon.

[Ryan Lemond]

What's going on? How are you, Aaron? I'm good. I'm at work just now turned y' all on.

[Drew Franklin]

I've been busy all morning blowing off leaves. But what.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think our chances of going to Columbia Saturday and winning? Not My prediction, I think we go.

[Drew Franklin]

Down there at least coverage for it.

[Ryan Lemond]

If not win well appreciate. Aaron, hold that thought because Jojo Kemp's here. In the whole second hour, we're going to talk about South Carolina. He knows a little bit about how to beat South Carolina.

[Drew Franklin]

I'd say he knows a lot about it.

[Ryan Lemond]

So. So Jojo's here. We're gonna talk a lot of football in the next hour. So we'll get to that question a little bit. So let's take our break. We'll come back, go back to the phone line for one more segment. Then Jojo's gonna join us. He's here over under. Whether he's gonna make it or not by 11 o' clock was not good.

[Drew Franklin]

He made it. I had no early got his cat's gear on too.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll take our break, come back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

All right, welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan Drew and Shannon JoJo Kemp's going to join us for the whole second hour. Talk a lot of UK football. We'll get to all that.

[Drew Franklin]

I feel like I just did half the show them over here talking off there already talking about South Carolina.

[Ryan Lemond]

Corey Price is unbelievable.

[Drew Franklin]

He is.

[Ryan Lemond]

He found the high school, my high school senior picture and Shannon Davis's high school senior picture at the rival high school. Oh wow, look at that.

[Shannon Davis]

The thing that stands out to me is you both have the same haircut.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was. That was the 80s, man. You get the hair, you fluff it back. Wavy hair. Yeah, for sure. I had all kinds of hair back then.

[Drew Franklin]

It looks like she's on a swing. At first I thought she was a golf caddy, like she's holding the flag there. Didn't know what was going.

[Ryan Lemond]

I Guess she is on a swing.

[Drew Franklin]

Good job. Corey Price.

[Ryan Lemond]

Corey Price. Unbelievable.

[Drew Franklin]

So all right you just calling out high school sweethearts on on there several years later by name, first name last.

[Ryan Lemond]

She was a naughty, naughty girl. All right, 2287 that's our Clark's puppy shop phone number. Before JoJo gets here let's go ahead and get our red segment out of the way because if Matt was here we probably would have led with the Cincinnati Reds. They going into last night they were tied for the wild card but they were gonna actually had the edge because they own the tiebreaker against the Mets. All they did was go out and lose and all the Mets did was win go out and win. So right now going into tonight the Mets have a one game lead over the Reds in that final wild card spot with five games left. Shannon, I believe is that right games.

[Shannon Davis]

That's right, yeah. Yeah. I still think all the pressure I said this on the pre show I feel like all the pressure is still on the Mets because the Mets have to win it outright. All the Reds have to do is just tie and they're going to get in. So I think it's still, you know, the pressure still rides on the mets.

[Drew Franklin]

Right now ESPN I'm looking at it gives him a 36% chance.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well tonight whether you're a baseball fan, I mean a Reds fan or a Pirates fan or not, tonight's game could be awesome because Hunter Green is pitching for the Reds and Paul Skeens is pitching for the Pirates. I mean this. Yeah this is a game seven type matchup. Your two great pitcher schemes ERA is like somewhere around two greens is not is just a little higher than that. These two guys have had a great season. I don't know what the over under is on runs but I'm going the under in this game because this could be an awesome pitching duel that means a lot for the Reds.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you think the Reds get it done though with Skeins being on the other end?

[Ryan Lemond]

Hunter Green has been awesome. Shannon. I mean if there's one picture you want going against Paul Skeens is Hunter Green but Cincinnati's offense is just not the most potent. So I would, I would probably bet the under and bet Pittsburgh.

[Shannon Davis]

Well I mean we touched on this a little bit yesterday. I mean the schedule plays into the Reds favor Pirates not with schemes. They should have gotten the one last night. That's the one you needed to get if you were going to get two out of three. This one's going to be tough tonight but then You've also got the brewers coming up after the Pirates. They're already. The brewers are already in the playoffs, so you have to think they're going to be playing, you know, a lot of their backups.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure.

[Shannon Davis]

I still feel like the power are the. The Reds have a good chance of getting in.

[Drew Franklin]

So you're going under the. It's a low number at seven. You still going under seven?

[Ryan Lemond]

I probably still would in this game because this could be like a two to nothing type game between Skiings and Hunter Green. What do you feel like?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll be rooting for the Reds. I caught a little bit of last night. You know, they've been. I've kind of had them back in. Like many people. That was pretty disappointing. I have a lot of Reds friends. The group text was going crazy. I think they get it done tonight, but without any real analysis behind.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon's kind of a secret Pittsburgh Pirate fan.

[Drew Franklin]

He's got a hat.

[Ryan Lemond]

I've seen it. Yeah.

[Shannon Davis]

Where's that fan? I mean, they're my secondary team, but the Pirates don't have a chance to make the playoffs, so I'm pulling for the Reds to get in.

[Drew Franklin]

I just really like chaos and I want them to get in while Matt's on a zebra's back with nine women and can't watch the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, he woke up this morning and immediately went to the box school to see how they did. Well, how did he do it?

[Drew Franklin]

He immediately went to the front desk and said, do you all have a newspaper? I need to check the red score. I think that's what he did. But it's on his mind for sure. And it's killing him that they got hot right as he left. This happened last year when he went to. To wherever he went all over Europe. And then Kentucky baseball gets hot and goes to Omaha. This is what his baseball teams do when he goes international.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't think there's. That's a coincidence. The baseball UK team went to the World Series and now the Reds have a chance to playoffs when he's out of the country.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So I'm rooting for that chaos.

[Ryan Lemond]

We do take tomorrow. We are at Ham Days in Lebanon. We were down there last year. We're going back this year right there in downtown Lebanon. But I guess we got a little controversy going on because instead of doing a hay bale toss, we're doing a hog calling contest.

[Drew Franklin]

We aren't doing anything. Shannon, what's up? We get a message last night from Billy that says we're all Calling the hogs tomorrow.

[Shannon Davis]

I blame Billy.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't call hogs.

[Shannon Davis]

Billy won the hay bale toss last year and now he's too chicken to defend that. So he called up the people at Ham days. He said, please come up. Create any kind of contest you can. Just so I don't have to defend my little trophy that I carry in my back pocket everywhere I go. So they decided to come up with a hog calling contest. And I'm not so sure that any of us really want to do it because it's a very Arkansas Razorback thing to do.

[Drew Franklin]

I make fun of Cal for calling the hall. We're in. I don't know if you'll notice, we're in a bit of a rivalry with Arkansas. Yeah, they even mail us their Razorback nuggets here occasionally. I think if we go on the air and have a hog calling contest, we're just giving them, you know, y' all want to. Now you want to do an L's up contest too.

[Shannon Davis]

You can sing Rocky Top the best. Make a cat calling contest. Billy says you can't do that. That's not politically correct to do a cat call. But I don't know. I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I say we all just like forfeit and Billy becomes the two time champion of ham days. And we, you know, we know how much Billy loves this moment.

[Shannon Davis]

Oh, yeah, He's.

[Drew Franklin]

He has the. I think the trophy's here now.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's in my car.

[Shannon Davis]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't want it. Why don't we just. We let Billy call the hogs. He's the two time ham because we love him days. This is nothing against them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Very true.

[Drew Franklin]

But I just can't be hog calling on ksr. That's what we make fun of now.

[Ryan Lemond]

This. The way Arkansas calls the hogs is not the way you call the hogs out on the farm.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay?

[Ryan Lemond]

So I think that's what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to do the way you call hogs out on the farm, not in Arkansas.

[Drew Franklin]

All right. I just. Sometimes I think our self awareness needs to get a little higher. And, you know, we make fun of hog calling. You know, am I wrong?

[Ryan Lemond]

I may be the only guy who's actually called hogs.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, how does it go? Tell me, because I only know their way.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here's how. If you're. Get your practice, okay? If you're on a farm and you're calling the hogs, it's like this.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what Arkansas does. Am I crazy? Isn't that what Arkansas does?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, Arkansas does that Pig suey.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, same same thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pig sue. That's how they do. It's not right.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, but they're still. We're still suing in both of them.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're still suing?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I'm going to have to sleep on this one. I feel very uncomfortable. I would rather throw the hay bales again or anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I put the hay bale trophy in my car to make sure we could have it for Billy's humble brag. When we're down there tomorrow, he may walk by home with two trophies.

[Drew Franklin]

Now, I'm telling you, I'm excited to get some of the country ham down there, though I'm still figuring out my hog calling situation. That's one of my favorite places to go.

[Ryan Lemond]

So come see us tomorrow. We'll be at ham days in Lebanon. Last year it was raining, so we went inside the gym there, the community center, the gym right there. So we'll see what the weather does whether we're gonna be inside or outside. We were just down in Lebanon at the cornbread hemp fields down there. So we're going Johnny Rocker, country Johnny. Johnny Rocker is a sponsor of the show tomorrow. You know, Johnny Rocker, role player of the game has come a. It's a huge hit on the KSR pregame show.

[Drew Franklin]

He gave us those nice bottles of bourbon last year. Mario wears his Lebanon shirt like every other day that we got last year. So Mario is the most excited.

[Ryan Lemond]

So come on out, see us in Lebanon with heim days. And then Friday we're at Bywater Farm in Georgetown. So back to back remote shows this weekend, Thursday and Friday, it's another one we've done.

[Drew Franklin]

Seems like forever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Love that show, too. So. All right, we'll take a break. We come back. Jojo Kip's going to join us. We're going to talk UK football. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

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