2025-10-07- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) — Hour 1 Summary

Date: October 7, 2025
Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin
Location: KS Bar & Grill, Lexington, KY
Episode Focus: Updates and lively debate on the state of UK football and basketball, reflections on team culture, fan engagement, and behind-the-scenes insights from basketball media day.

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Episode Overview

This episode welcomes Matt Jones back to Lexington after several weeks away, and finds the KSR crew at KS Bar & Grill discussing recent UK football woes, the unexpectedly vibrant team culture of UK basketball under Mark Pope, and exciting changes in fan engagement from the athletic department. Listeners get a heartfelt—and at times comical—look at the personalities and issues shaping Kentucky sports right now.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Team Atmosphere (02:40–04:20)

• Matt returns after a 3.5 week absence to a rainy Lexington, observing the mix of fans from across Kentucky and Tennessee present at the bar.
• Anecdote about fans who attend UK–Tennessee games in separate cars due to nerves and split fandoms—UK fan can't watch when losing.
  • “That's devotion. Love conquers all.” — Matt Jones (04:15)
  • The crew jokes about divided license plates and game day superstitions.

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2. UK Basketball Media Day: A New Era (04:20–07:14; 10:15–12:24; 22:49–32:04)

• Matt and Drew reflect on basketball media day, their tiredness, and the oddity of “media day with no basketball players” being available, leading to slap-happy moments.
• The personality of the team is highlighted: older, much more open and talkative than usual, with diverse off-court interests:
  • Interests listed: Chess, anime, poetry, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Spider-Man.
  • “That is not what you think of when you think of a basketball team… but that's unique.” — Matt Jones (05:02)
  • Ryan observes the maturity and likability of the group: “It’s just a different game these days… this group seems as fun as any we’ve had in a long time.” (05:42)
• Mark Pope’s recruiting strategy is discussed; his players display intellectual and quirky interests that break the athlete stereotype.

Standout Player Personalities (28:21–32:24)

• Jaylen Lowe: Huge Spider-Man fan, specifically Andrew Garfield’s version.

• Jaden Quaintance: Enjoys chess (mentions a specific move) and anime (“Death Note”).

• Cam Williams: Avid gamer, 2K champion among the team.

• Mohamed Diabate: Writes poetry, idolizes Maya Angelou (“the Poet” suggested as a nickname).

• Yellovich: Plays Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

• Stories about Big Z and American food mishaps—Papa John’s every day for two weeks.

• “This is a team of dorks...I love dorks...but we have Yu-Gi-Oh!, anime, poetry, chess. This is a team...of athletic dorks.” — Matt Jones (34:22)

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3. Football’s Downturn & Program Concerns (07:14–11:14; 13:18–16:58)

• The crew addresses Kentucky football's struggles, post-Georgia, noting the team’s SEC record:
  • “There's what, two and 14 in their last 16 SEC games? That's not good.” — Matt Jones (08:24–08:28)
  • Fans’ general mood is sadness about the program’s decline, not animosity.
  • Diminished hope for keeping the current staff unless “something dramatic” changes.
  • Discussion turns to Coach Stoops’ public withdrawal (no call-in show) and how this mirrors Calipari’s retreat in prior years.
  • “This is a terrible way to do it, Ryan.” — Matt Jones on Stoops isolating from the fan base (09:22)
  • “It’s like a breakup...not gonna work, but it’s sad.” — Matt Jones (14:04)

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4. Fan Engagement: Basketball vs. Football (11:14–12:24; 16:58–17:26)

• Huge praise for basketball’s new free Fan Fest before Big Blue Madness, offering autographs and coach meet-and-greets—no NIL donation needed.
  • Drew: “Basketball team reads the room. They really get it...” (12:20)
  • “They deserve all the praise for this. I hope people go...if we’re going to say they need to do stuff like this, people need to go when they do it.” — Matt Jones (11:43)
• Comparison drawn to football’s avoidance of such open fan gestures amid apathy and poor results.

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5. Coach Mark Pope’s Confidence—Roster & Outlook (22:49–27:43)

• Matt notes he could “read” Calipari’s real feelings on teams, and believes Pope, while less transparent, is “supremely confident” in this roster’s athleticism and versatility.
  • Pope clearly recruited with defensive needs and SEC athleticism in mind.
  • Media is shown team “shot charts” with high three-point percentages.
• Pro Day is promoted (Tuesday, 5:30 PM), with a promise of a real practice, a shift from earlier combine-style events.
• Discussion on the SEC adjustment last year: “He got to SEC play last year and was like, ‘Oh, my model isn’t really equipped for this.’”
• The crew is struck by how much more “physically mature” and athletic this year’s team looks compared to last.

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6. Cultural Fit & Recruiting Philosophy (36:08–38:01)

• Caller Jackie shares that players are literally graded for positive energy and support of teammates in practice—a Pope and Coach Brooks policy, mirroring trends in the NBA.

• Pope’s willingness to walk away from recruits who don’t fit his cultural model is highlighted; creating “a Pope archetype of player.”

  • “So many kids will say I need 15 shots...sounds like Pope’s going to be the type that, if you’re not fitting into what he’s doing...he'll shake your hand and let the next coach come in and talk to you.” — Ryan Lemond (37:48)

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7. Community & Lighter Moments (21:23–22:24; 32:24–35:14; 42:42–45:16)

• Jokes about plastic vs. paper straws at KS Bar and Matt’s “MAGA straw” stance.
• Debates about the best lasagna in Lexington, with informal rankings read live.
• Discussion about quirky off-the-court hobbies of the basketball team, with fond reminiscence about other past “dorky” UK players (e.g., Brandon Knight, Willie Cauley-Stein).

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8. Upcoming Events & Basketball Optimism (38:01–39:17)

• Excitement as basketball season officially ramps up:
  • Pro Day (Tuesday, 5:30 PM, streaming)
  • Big Blue Madness (Saturday), plus all-day Fan Fest (free, Rupp Arena)
  • Blue-White Game and exhibition versus Purdue
• “Basketball is here...every Friday or Saturday from now until Christmas, there’s basketball.” — Matt Jones (38:53)

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9. Listener Calls & Feedback (35:24–38:01; 45:25–49:54)

• Callers and text messages add humor and insight (advice on watching anime, best lasagna recommendations, reminders of past UK players with nerdy hobbies).
• Minor NHL talk/laughs on predictably poor hockey picks.
• Closing out with appreciation for youthful enthusiasm and a return to light, community-driven radio.

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• “This is a team of dorks. I just want to be clear...we have Yu-Gi-Oh, anime, poetry, chess...athletic dorks.”
  — Matt Jones (34:22)

• “There's what, two and 14 in their last 16 SEC games? That's not good.”
  — Matt Jones (08:24)

• “I kind of feel like that's what this is. It's a relationship that...it's not gonna work, but it's sad.”
  — Matt Jones (14:04) on the fan/football program breakdown

• “Basketball team reads the room. They really get it.”
  — Drew Franklin (12:20)

• “You ask them a question and it’s five minutes before it’s time to ask another one. They're very, very fun to talk to.”
  — Ryan Lemond (04:51) on basketball’s new openness

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:40 — Show opens, fans at KS Bar, Matt’s return, rain banter
• 04:20–07:14 — Basketball media day: player personalities and maturity
• 07:14–11:14 — UK football recap, program malaise, coaching staff future
• 10:15–12:24 — Basketball fan fest free event, contrast with football
• 13:18–16:58 — Stoops parallels to Calipari’s recent years, fan disengagement
• 22:49–27:43 — Mark Pope’s team-building, confidence, Pro Day preview
• 28:21–32:24 — New players’ off-court interests, interviews, food stories
• 36:08–38:01 — Caller Jackie details “enthusiasm grading” and Pope’s recruiting fit
• 38:01–39:17 — UK basketball schedule rundown, basketball season excitement
• 42:42–45:16 — Listener banter: paper straws, favorite lasagna, quirky team culture

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Tone and Style

The tone throughout is friendly, open, at times sentimental (especially in discussing football’s decline), and welcomes playful rambling and in-jokes. The hosts’ authenticity and casual camaraderie make this episode feel like an inviting community forum for Kentucky sports fans.

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Conclusion

Hour 1 of KSR on October 7, 2025, provides an enlivening contrast between the declining football mood and the optimism surrounding new UK basketball coach Mark Pope’s approach. The basketball team’s quirky, intelligent cast and promising fan initiatives set a hopeful tone, while the candid assessment of football ensures the show remains grounded and relevant. For listeners, this episode offers laughs, poignant sports insight, and a sense that, at least in UK basketball, a genuinely new era has begun.

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Tuesday, October 7th. I'm Matt Jones here on a rainy, nasty, nasty day in Lexington, Kentucky. But we are at the KS Bar and Grill and got a bunch of folks here this morning ready to go. I haven't been here in three and a half weeks but I'm here today and be here tomorrow and Thursday. You can shout the Clark's puppet Shop phone line 2287 a Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the T.J. smith Law Office, call TJO. Make them pay. All right, so we got folks here from I think Mount Sterling, E town Kings port in all parts around the state. Kingsports Tennessee. That's a Kentucky and Tennessee fan. You know what they said to me, Ryan?

[Drew Franklin]

What'd they say?

[Matt Jones]

One of them Kentucky fan one's a tense fan. The Kentucky fan gets so nervous during games can't watch it. Which I've been there. I know what that's like.

[Drew Franklin]

Sounds familiar.

[Matt Jones]

But when they go to Kentucky Tennessee football games at Neon Stadium, they take two cars so he can leave. Ryan. If Kentucky's losing, which is almost every single time.

[Drew Franklin]

That's a brave man sitting there. Mary doing a some of the big orange shouldn't have any chewing tobacco in her mouth.

[Matt Jones]

What is it with you in the chewing. I knew he was going to say that. He has like six things that come out in those situations.

[Drew Franklin]

Shut up.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like the. Do you like the having to go in separate cars?

[Ryan Lemond]

I do. I love that actually. And I parked next to them here and they have a license plate that's divided. It's a half Tennessee logo, half uk. So I didn't even know we were going to bring this up, but I know exactly which vehicle is. There's outside too.

[Matt Jones]

Half Tennessee, half Kentucky license plate. That's. Well, that's. That's devotion. Love conquers all. Doesn't is a terrible day outside. Absolutely terrible. But that's all right because I hear you all had great weather while I was gone. Drew and I did media day yesterday. We'll talk about that in a minute. Drew, overall, this team very likable guys. Maybe the most talkative guys that I can remember in a long, long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And that's the nature of the team. Just getting a little older. You know, we loved a lot of cows players but they were freshmen and weren't ready to have cameras put in their face.

[Matt Jones]

Scared to death usually.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, we're getting used to 12 sentence answers which is fine. You know, not a huge deal. But now we're getting all these old heads. You ask them a question and it's five minutes for it's time to ask another one. They're very, very fun to Talk to.

[Matt Jones]

Well, even last year, I mean, those guys were all older and nice, but they just kind of tended to be quiet. This group is a talkative group with, I mean, interest ranging from chess to anime to poetry to yugi. You can tell Mark Pope is he recruits a different kind of guy. Like, I mean, literally, I asked all of them, give me something interesting about you outside of basketball. And the answers were anime, spider Man, Yu Gi. Oh, poetry and chess. That is not what you think of when you think of a basketball team. Right? But they were all. But that's unique.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a very mature bunch. They're all probably, if curfew is 11, they're all probably home by 9:30 asleep. It's just, just a different, different game these days with it being much older across the board in this group seems as fun as any we've had in a long time.

[Matt Jones]

It's good to see you. How are things in your world?

[Drew Franklin]

Good. Can we talk about you guys yesterday on the show?

[Matt Jones]

You can if you want.

[Drew Franklin]

You guys were funny. It's like you're at the end of a week long road trip. You were slap happy, tired. And it was just the thought of the two of you sitting in Memorial Coliseum with nobody else in there. You guys just.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, they told us the night before, by the way, we're not gonna be able to get you anybody. And so it was like, well, okay, you're media day with no basketball media day. But there's nobody there. So, you know, you make the best of it. Drew, you and I had been up talking literally to each other eight hours before.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just took a couple hour nap. Just turn those mics back on. Yeah, it helped that Billy was wearing khaki pants.

[Matt Jones]

Keeping us professional, Billy literally is going to cost us Darren Rippon. He was sitting there walking with his khaki pants. There's. I mean, If Darren Rippy Jr. Doesn't come, it's Billy, our sports. Because I looked at him, he had a look of awe in his face at the building, the coaches. And then the moment he saw Billy's khaki pants, he was like, oh, he.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thought he's in North Carolina.

[Matt Jones]

This is not what we're supposed to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was also fun. I love awkward moments. Like the more awkward and uncomfortable. I love to live in that I'm weird.

[Matt Jones]

You like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

So being critical of the athletic department when I know a lot of them listen and we're just on the other side of the wall, that was kind of fun too.

[Matt Jones]

It was a tough. I Mean stuff because you had to talk about the football situation. Speaking of the football situation, I've spoken about it multiple times. So is Drew. You have not. Because you have not been on the broadcast since we lost to Georgia. Where are you on all things UK football right now?

[Drew Franklin]

I really, from the Georgia game, I saw a big step up and Cutter Bowley, I mean, I know there's a lot of negative to talk about, but I saw a big step up in him going against one of the best teams in the country and he seemed to like just grow as the game went on. Now defense is a different story. I thought our defense was going to be elite this year and they could not get off the field on third down. Just could not get off the field on third.

[Matt Jones]

What about overall, though? Like, what about overall with the, you know, your guy cut man had reports that got refuted. What do you think about overall with the program?

[Drew Franklin]

I kind of agree with you guys. Said Yesterday they go 3 and 9. You, you have to make a difference decision. 4, 9, probably 4 and 8. But then if you get to 5 and 7, then it gets a little dicey and where the program is right now, it's not, it's not gone forward in two and a half years. I mean, this is not just a one year thing. This has been coming for the last three seasons.

[Matt Jones]

What are they?

[Drew Franklin]

There's what, two and 14 in their last 16 SEC games.

[Matt Jones]

That's not good.

[Drew Franklin]

That's crazy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Haven't had two touchdowns in 12 games.

[Drew Franklin]

So this is not just a one off. This is the program issue.

[Matt Jones]

So. Yeah, we, we. Nobody lost their job yesterday. Correct. So right now everybody is still employed, I'm assuming. I mean, don't they do football practice in the morning? So if anything was happening by.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, by the way, we didn't get touched. This stoops not doing his call in show last night. You know, I mean, I was critical of Cal.

[Matt Jones]

I'm still repeating. Are we repeating the calendar?

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to do the, you got to read the room. I know it's a bye week and you've done this in the past. You even had Bush Hampden do it a few weeks ago during that bye week. But you got to look around at the situation and know that people don't want to hear.

[Matt Jones]

So this is like repeating. I mean, the Caliperi formula is being repeated 100% detached, loses contact with fans, retreats. I mean, we're basically getting the Caliperi formula again. And we saw how it worked out and Cal Peri had had a lot more success than, than Stoops. It's just. This is a terrible way to do it, Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

It is too eerily familiar. We saw the Caliper's legacy kind of tarnishes last couple years and my heart hurts because we're seeing the exact same thing with Stoops right now.

[Matt Jones]

It is the exact same thing. And it, and I don't know. I just don't know how it switches. And I think the fact that we had basketball media day afterwards honestly was like, oh, this is how it's supposed to be. Okay, let's go back to football media day. That was the first time we'd seen any of the players. First time I'd heard of most the players. We had a great interview with Shiash Pete. That was good. Yesterday, though, two things. First of all, what an engaging group. This, this fan base is going to fall in love with this basketball team. I mean, they're going, everybody's going to like Jalen Lowe. Such a likable kid. Jaden Quaintance. Such a likable kid. Mohammed Diabate kind of feels older than he is, but seems smart and mature. Cam Williams is of a wild card. I think he's gonna be funny to see. I think he's gonna end up saying something crazy, some game. And that's gonna be exciting. Like all. I just thought, man, this, this fan base is gonna love this group. And then we find out when it's over that UK is doing something that I can't believe they're doing. And congrats to them. I've been, I've been preaching about this stuff for years. Saturday before Big Blue Madness, they are going to have a fan fest that is free. You do not have to pay, you do not have to donate to NIL. But down there at Rupp arena from noon to 4:30, the men's basketball team, Pope. The women's basketball team, Kenny Brooks. Free autographs. Meet the get to meet the players, hopefully meet the coaches, depending on how many people come free for the people who can't get into Big Blue Madness. I mean, like I've been saying stuff like this for years and they're doing it. And then you sit there and think about what football did. Like basketball didn't even need to do that. And they're doing it. And then football, we had nothing like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's awesome that they're doing that, especially at a time now where every direction you look, somebody's got their hand out exactly right asking for another dollar for them. To have a free event like that, that's just awesome, awesome, awesome for them to do that.

[Matt Jones]

I really am. I. I am very critical and have been critical of the fan engagement part of UK athletics. And I've talked about how Mitch I didn't think was connected the average fan. This is. They deserve all the praise for this. I hope people go. I mean, one of the things is if we're going to say they need to do stuff like this, people need to go when they do it. But I think they will. And, you know, this is a great chance wherever you are in the state. Like, this is a time you don't have to spend a dollar beyond the gas money to get here and you can actually meet your basketball team and you can potentially meet your coach. I don't know how you can be. I don't know how you can be anything but happy about that.

[Drew Franklin]

Early on the show, you said something about reading the room. Basketball team reads the room.

[Matt Jones]

They really do.

[Drew Franklin]

They really. They get it. That fan engagement. This is exactly what the football team should have done this year of all years. With the apathy setting in, they should have done something like this.

[Matt Jones]

Why are you sitting on the floor?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, what's he doing over there?

[Matt Jones]

Okay, what have we talked to. But Mario about angle.

[Drew Franklin]

High angle.

[Matt Jones]

I always say to you, shoot from either eye level or high angle. And you're down on the floor. You're literally. First of all, you're sitting on the floor and you're. Are you trying to give us triple chins? Like, what is your goal?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm worried about a basic instinct situation here. He's so low. Keep it above the table.

[Matt Jones]

Mario, it's the first time I've ever seen you sit on the floor. But yes, so 859-280-2287. Have you met one person since the game Saturday that is excited about potentially running it back next year with this coaching staff?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no, no, not at all.

[Drew Franklin]

And like I said earlier, breaks my heart. I mean, I love coach Dubs we've ever had here.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Drew Franklin]

It's just kind of sad to see the way it's kind of falling apart here right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Outside of the people that are just ugly and nasty online, I mostly hear that, like, I hate that I'm this way because he did so much, but it just has to happen. It's like they're sad saying it, but they're saying it.

[Matt Jones]

It's. It's like a. It's like a breakup. Well, okay, so everybody breaks up in divorces in different ways. Right. I know people who, when they break up, like, you have to hide the furniture because they're throwing it at each other. But oftentimes, at least in my life, the breakups have just been like, we have to do this. But it's sad. Like, like, like it's sad like it's not gonna work, but it's sad. I kind of feel like that's what this is. It's a relationship that I don't think there's any animosity, at least in most crowds, but it's sad. And I think unless you win three games outside of Tennessee Tech the rest of the year, it's going to be one of those. It's not you, it's me. But we have to do it, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep. I think I said this off the air yesterday, not on the air, but I think the best case scenario, I'm assuming they don't get an SEC loss, is fire up the victory cigar in Louisville's locker room one last time, win the Governor's cup, and then that's the. That's the send off. You beat Vince.

[Matt Jones]

You beat Vince. You walk down.

[Ryan Lemond]

He walked off the field down. We all get to.

[Matt Jones]

We won't be there, but we also know Stoops a lot. He's not walking.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, the thing, the thing. This is where personality comes in. Right. So the difference between Cal and Stoops is Cal was going to go out defiantly. Right. He wanted to be one of those, I'm breaking up with you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

That was Cal.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't fire me.

[Matt Jones]

You don't get to fire me. I'm breaking up with you. And that's why it worked out so well that Arkansas came, because he got to walk away and said, I broke up with you. Stoopz is not going to be like that. I don't think he's going to. I don't think he is going to have any, like, vengeance. But I do think there's going to be a sense of Stoops very much takes the view of, all right, fine, but I'm getting my money. Like, like that's gonna be his view. Do you agree with that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I mean, we joke about, I always says back to work, but he's just gonna keep showing up at work until there's.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, no, I think you're right. He's gonna be like George Costanza. He's just gonna keep coming into the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, this is my job.

[Matt Jones]

This is my job. And we agreed you're gonna give me this Money. And I think that's its own kind of difficulty.

[Drew Franklin]

All the pressure about the future of this program is shifted from Mark Stoops, I think now to Mitch Barnhart. What is he gonna do? What will he do?

[Matt Jones]

Mitch Barhardt didn't show up. I mean, not no appearance yesterday. And there have been media days where he's there. There have been media days where he's not. So I'm not saying that that's. But I didn't even see his face in the building yesterday. Usually at least in me. Like he'll just sit and watch the press conference, at least to see his coat. Like he'll, he'll come in there and just want to see how Mark didn't seem yesterday. And I don't think you're going to see him at all. I mean, I, Mitch talks to the media what, twice a year, maybe once a year.

[Ryan Lemond]

Usually he'll do the football media day. That's usually the one we know is on the schedule.

[Matt Jones]

But you know, I mean that's, I've always thought that was poor form because, you know, or he'll do an official one with the JMI broadcast. But no one's going to ask a tough question in that scenario. I think Mitch probably ought to talk now. He can't. There's not a lot he can say right now. I get it. But people, you know, there's a lot happening in college sports and it would be nice to hear what his take is on some of it. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can only imagine what his inbox looks like recently from what's been going on over here at the football stadium too. So he knows we know we don't think he engages with the fans much, but he knows right now how mad people are.

[Matt Jones]

He does. Well, we're going to talk a little basketball media day. I thought there were some interesting things that came up. Mark Pope seems. Well, we'll talk about Mark Pope. I don't know him well, but I think I could read some of his comments yesterday and I think he's pretty excited about this group. We'll take a break, be right back to Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

My man Conway Twitty in the house. Hey, Shannon. You know, been a while since we.

[Ryan Lemond]

Play some Conway on this show.

[Matt Jones]

It's true. Well, because it creeps everybody out when we play it. This is one of his ones that's not really creepy. I don't think that's my job. Yeah, yeah, I think that one's pretty normal. It's about like his dad or whatever, right? 859-280-2287 we are back at KS Bar. Since I've been gone, you know, I didn't. I didn't have a phone. I came home to all these messages on the text machine. Lots of really good messages. You know, when we were open before we took our summer break, we sold like wings to burgers. Was like three to one. So like 75% wings, 25% burgers. Now it's 50 50. And the burgers just keep growing. Like people seem to like people. The wings are the same. So like they're. But the burgers are taking over.

[Ryan Lemond]

Steve Grissom.

[Matt Jones]

No Chay. Linda Farms. Shout out y'. All. Y' all did it. And our new smash burger technique. So try now. I do need to apologize to people.

[Drew Franklin]

Here we go.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I think it's very important when you're in charge of something to acknowledge when we, when we had a mistake and it's going to be rectified. But there are paper straws right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Boop boopy doo.

[Matt Jones]

A KS Bar. They sent us the wrong ones. Listen, I know a lot. I know a lot of people like, oh, Matt, you dirty liberal. My liberalness stops at straws. I'm. I'm a MAGA straw person. So we made a mistake. So we have to run through these. Then we'll be back to the plastic ones. But I don't want you all to think like I've gotten. I'm hippie liberal on love but not on this plastic straw. So we would. That was one screw up. Just so people know it's not a. This will be a temporary thing. Hopefully we'll be through the paper ones. By the by, Big Blue Madness Saturday.

[Ryan Lemond]

I saw last Wednesday morning is when I first saw the first paper straw in here. And I immediately went to Monique and was like, we cannot have this. We have to get all of these out of the building before he lands from South Africa. So just now when I went to get my drink, I casually knocked one of the boxes into the trash can just a little put on the Spill sheet.

[Matt Jones]

Whoops. Hopefully my big blue badness will be through with those. We can get to the. Back to the plastic ones. Like I said, plastic. I know it's not great, but paper straws are. Are just a non, non go for me.

[Drew Franklin]

It's almost a blessing in disguise that you didn't have your phone, because if you'd have known that.

[Matt Jones]

No, I would. I wouldn't have enjoyed the trip. Yeah, I would have spent all 16 hours on the flight going, where do we have plastic straws somewhere? All right, let's talk about the team for a second. When Cal was here, I used to kind of be, I thought, like, a cow whisperer ride. I could. I could hear his comments, and I could tell how good he really thought the team was. There were t. I mean, he would always say, I love this group, but especially in the preseason, you could see when you. When he thought he was sitting on a Ferrari and when he thought he was sitting on a fixer upper, you know, Camry. Right? Like, he knew. And generally speaking, he was right. With a couple of exceptions. I'm not a Pope whisperer yet. I can't. I don't. I can't read everything he says, but I can tell you this. I was there last year. I'm there this year, and it's clear he thinks his team's a lot better than last year. Like, you can just tell. I mean, you can tell he thinks I have got a group. And he says it in so many words, but you can also just see it in his actions. Like, a couple people brought up things like, are you worried about this? And he was just like, no, no, I'm not worried. I think Ryan, he thinks he's got a chance to have a powerhouse squad.

[Drew Franklin]

Just listening to him yesterday, it's almost like he looked at what. What was missing from last year's team, the weaknesses of last year's team, and then went and got somebody to fill those voids on this team. Like, there was no missing link at all in this year's team.

[Matt Jones]

He said something like, drew, last year, we were kind of able to scheme our way defensively to hide some of our problems. And then he was like. And then all of a sudden, that went away. When we played more, he basically was like, when we got to the sec, they were too athletic for us. And I think he took the view of, I ain't letting that happen again. And I think he thinks he's got a lot of guys who can play defense.

[Ryan Lemond]

Definitely. You mentioned a Camry. That was my first car Camry's are great.

[Matt Jones]

I drove a Camry out throughout law school, so I'm good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shout out Georgetown and Toyota Thon. To your point about them him being a little more excited. I asked OWE directly. I was like, you were on both of Pope's teams at this point, what do you think? And he was like, we're a lot more competitive right now than we were last year. Not his exact words, but he was kind of saying they're a little bit walk on eggshells or a lot of guys that were older, they didn't know where they're getting into. Pope was new. I don't want to say they were timid, but he say wasn't like we were just showing up and going to war every morning. That's kind of what he said. This group's like the moment they got on campus, it was just every single practice they're going at it.

[Matt Jones]

I think they intentionally, intentionally leave up their little shot chart things for the media to see. I mean some of these dudes shoot an insane percentage. Like, like, like their little shot chart things. Come on. You know they had a warm up session where like the team shot like 78% from three. Now I know nobody's guarding you, but 78% when guys are like, you know, some people may be like half doing it and what. That's still pretty good for an entire team, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. That's not an accident. They left that up for you guys to see. The media, if the percentage had been bad, it had been just it would not have been up there. They put that up because they want you to see how good of a shooting team they've got this year.

[Matt Jones]

And by the way, today, the, today is pro day. Yeah. Now here's an interesting thing about again, difference in the way people do stuff. If you remember when Cal did pro day there was a lot of like, like the stuff that happens at a combine, right. Like they would do the sprinting and jumping and the three. Apparently they're doing all that this afternoon. So at 5:30 today on the computer, when pro day is on the computer, they're gonna have like a real practice. Like you are going to be able to watch an actual practice of Kentucky at 5:30. I don't know how many of our fans realize that's happening today at 5:30. But if you get on the computer on ESPN/DREW, you can see that. I think that's kind of cool. I wish it was on something that was easier, more easily accessible for people. But you'll be Able to watch a live practice. I'm gonna go. Just because I, you know, that was when I discovered how much Mario liked Ansley Almanor last year.

[Ryan Lemond]

That, well, we're sitting there together.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna do that as well.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I hope they have a goose and Dick Gabriel on this one. In the past, when ESPN would have it, I felt like we just watched a tight shot of Seth Greenberg or whoever was there talking the whole time, but really, it was like two hours of talking. I hope that they actually show us some stuff this time. And with it being a little more locally produced. I think they will.

[Matt Jones]

I think they will, too.

[Ryan Lemond]

But there's a couple of those that year. It's like you're like trying to look in the background to see what the actual.

[Matt Jones]

But you got the sense, like I did, that he is supremely confident, Right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And I agree that he got to SEC play last year and was like, oh, my model isn't really equipped for this. And he went and fixed a lot of things.

[Matt Jones]

Now I don't think they're going to shoot as well, but I think you're going to see a lot more. I mean, you. I love that team last year, but you can just stand next to these dudes and see the difference in athleticism. You can just. I mean, you can just stand that. You can see like this is a fast, a faster team, a team that can jump higher, a team that's quicker. I mean, you can just see it just standing next to.

[Drew Franklin]

Just physically more mature. You know, their bodies are just.

[Matt Jones]

Jaden Quaintance, I think I thought he was like a stick man.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no telling you, that's a lottery pick.

[Matt Jones]

That is a lottery pick. A lottery pick that. Well, we talks about anime and he's so nice. He's.

[Ryan Lemond]

His voice doesn't fit his appearance and he's just so. It's like talking to little kids.

[Matt Jones]

I completely saw his appearance and thought he'd be one. He's the nicest dude in the world. Yeah, I'm a big, jaden quaintance guy. All right, we'll take your calls when we come back at csksr.

[Ryan Lemond]

TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay. Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Tucky Sports radio here at KS Bar and Grill. I'm going the phones. 859-280-2287. Got a couple open lines. I want to hear what you all think about. About stoops, about the basketball program. Let's quickly go through what. I made it a point to interview all the new guys that were transfers. Here's what they said. First of all, Jalen Lowe. I asked. I asked all of them, what's something you like outside of basketball? Jaylen Lowe's answer was Spider Man. And he said specifically, Andrew Garfield. Spider Man. He doesn't want Tobey Maguire. He wants Andrew Garfield. Do you agree with him on Spider Man?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure. I'm trying to think of what other Spider man options there are, but I guess Garfield was a good one. That's probably the last I've seen.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't see the Andrew Garfield Spider man, but I did see Tobey Maguire, Spider Man. So I gotta vote for him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe he'll play like Spider Man a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

But there's an interesting answer. Spider Man. Then I went over to Jaden Quaintance. He said his interest is. We talked about chess. He named a move for his chess. It was like the Guccio something. And then he said he liked anime, which is the one form of entertainment I do not understand. So I said to him, give me an intro to anime. And he said something called Death Note. I looked last night. Death Note is on Netflix. It is 37 episodes. That's a lot. But that's only one season, so, man, they put out a lot of episodes. I'm going to watch at least the first couple of episodes of Death Note to try to figure out. Shannon, are you in with me on the Death Note anime?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, but you can watch it and report back to me and let me know how.

[Matt Jones]

You're not gonna. You're not gonna watch it with me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely not.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. But I'm gonna try for Jaden Quaintz. If he can come, I can watch one episode of Death.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll try a little Death Note with him. I, years ago, tried to get into Dragon Ball Z. Didn't. Didn't stick. But I gave it an effort.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So, you know, I'm willing to try again.

[Matt Jones]

Then went to Cam Williams. He said he was a big gamer. He and Reese Potter were arguing over who was the best at 2k, but they play videos. And I said to Cam Williams, I was like, hey, man, you ought to challenge the big blue Nation to an NBA 2K online battle. And he told me he's going to do that before the season starts. So for those of you that play NBA 2K, maybe you watch Cam Williams, you can go and go one on.

[Drew Franklin]

One with him, a guy we don't talk a whole lot about, but, like Everybody else talks about him. Like, the guy I think is going to surprise a lot of people this year.

[Matt Jones]

Mohammed Diabate is the first player in the history of UK basketball that I have interviewed at a media day to bring up Maya Angelou. That has never happened. I'm sure there were others that were wanted to, but he was the first one. I said, what is something people don't know about you? And he said, I'm a poet. So I suggested he should have the nickname the Poet.

[Drew Franklin]

We can just start calling that, see if it can.

[Matt Jones]

He said he's gonna go. I think Pope had told him, you need to be motivation. That's a terrible one.

[Ryan Lemond]

We already have one motivated on campus. We can't have all that motivation.

[Matt Jones]

It's too much motivation. The Poet's a great nickname. And I said, who's your favorite poet? And he said, I gotta go way back. So when he said way back, I'm thinking he's gonna say Walt Whitman or something. He says, maya Angelou. Maya Angelou. Like red at Clinton's inauguration. You were talking about feeling old. I'm gonna go way back. I'm gonna go to Maya Angelou, who I think died like five years ago.

[Drew Franklin]

But that interview you do with him, it's just. It's so refreshing. You know, you just. So many times you get these kids, they. They have trouble making sentences sometimes, and he's very highly intellectual, into poetry, and.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, very smart.

[Ryan Lemond]

We call him Edgar Allan Moe.

[Matt Jones]

Like that. Edgar Allen Moe is a great.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just running through some of my head.

[Matt Jones]

That's. That's good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

Even if no one else calls him that, I think Edgar Allen Moe is a really good name.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big brains always took.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know who Edgar Allen Poe is? Mario? There you go. See, that's the problem with the nickname, is that my jokes are getting too old. You and I may be the only ones that laugh at it. And then yellow bitch from Croatia says he plays Yu Gi. Oh, Shannon, is it a good sign that our big man from Croatia plays Yu Gi?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, no. It sounds very soft to me. But as long as he can score and he can block, you know, I don't really care what he plays in his spare time.

[Matt Jones]

Also told us why Big Z got sick last year from food. You. You have the scoop. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cal always said Big Z's got buzzard luck. Struggling with the American food. Remember Big Z kept missing games for stomach issues.

[Matt Jones]

Lot of them. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they would never spill the beans on what Big Z was eating. Well, Andrea Yich told us yesterday what did he say. He said Big Z gave him advice. Apparently Big Z, when he first got here, ate Papa John's pizza every day for two weeks. And that's what made him sick sometimes. So his advice to yellow bitch coming to Lexington to play for the cats was, don't eat Papa John's for two weeks.

[Matt Jones]

Papa John's every day for two.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they have that one literally right outside the lodge. I mean, you could throw a ball and hit it from the lodge. So I guess Big Z found his pizza. He loved better ingredients, better pizza, but he ate it every day for two weeks. So that was the buzzards luck that Big Z had.

[Matt Jones]

That'll do it to you, Ryan. You've got to vary your diet.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a lot of cheese.

[Drew Franklin]

That's sad. The man has all that access to the proper diet in the lodge. He's gonna walk across the parking lot, eat Papa John's every day for two weeks.

[Ryan Lemond]

Also like that, Yelovich, you know, asking for advice. He could have told him anything, but his big advice was, don't eat pizza for two weeks.

[Matt Jones]

I did ask. I was a little worried about Yellowch when I said, what's your favorite food native to Croatia? And he said, lasagna. And I said, well, I don't know if that's native Drew to Croatia, actually, but that's okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

We can find him some lasagna around here.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Where is. Where is the best lasagna?

[Ryan Lemond]

I made some last night actually, in my fridge.

[Matt Jones]

Fazoli's is not the best lasagna. I'm sorry. What is. What is it? Besides Drew's house? Since we can't all go there.

[Ryan Lemond]

You all can go there.

[Drew Franklin]

I would say I've had it at Giuseppe's is really good.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I could see that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Alex sponsors the pre show, so we can shout them out.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But I did like your conversation with him about the Yu Gi oh card. You could tell. I mean, he just plays it. He's very serious about it.

[Matt Jones]

This is so. This is a team of dorks. I just want to be clear. Like, this is a team of dorks. I love dorks. You are talking to a dork. But we have Yu Gi oh. Anime, poetry, chess. Chess. This is a team. We're a team of dorks. Could it just be athletic dorks?

[Ryan Lemond]

But could it be that this is just the genera? Like, Duke had the tick tocker?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that would.

[Ryan Lemond]

That seemed a little. Little. You know, not.

[Matt Jones]

Can you imagine Demarcus Cousins saying, I play. I watch anime.

[Ryan Lemond]

His Favorite poet was Kodak Black. I think the closest thing we had to this was Willie. Collie Stein.

[Matt Jones]

No, Willie Collinstein was like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Coloring on the sidewalk.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's Brandon Knight. Read Shakespeare.

[Matt Jones]

That's true.

[Ryan Lemond]

He would have been a great Pope player. He would have been playing chess in Pope's office.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. Brandon Knight would have bit Mark Pope and Brandon Knight would have really hit it off. That's exactly right. All right, who's up first?

[Ryan Lemond]

Jackie.

[Matt Jones]

Jackie. Go ahead, Jackie, everybody.

[Caller Jackie]

I was the other night and I'm not the least bit surprised that these young men are standing out in front of people. Coach Brooks did a little breakout session and they are literally graded on how they interact with each other.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, really?

[Caller Jackie]

And if they're not shown. Yeah. So if they're not shown enthusiasm on the floor, they're not going to get any points. But let's say OA has a three pointer and Jason Lowe runs up and high fives and that's worth two points. Or if somebody looks at him in points, that's worth one point.

[Matt Jones]

So they were encouraging players get scored based on how much they encourage each other.

[Caller Jackie]

100%. And they are. Then Coach Books did a great job. And he did this at Baylor, evidently. And he said, this is something the NBA also looks at. And before the event really got started, Coach Pope had each player and it was mostly a group of women say something that they loved about their mother. Half of us were crying before it was over. I mean, these are. He. He recruits that certain personality, but then he helps to mold them to be better. And it was the real deal. But the. They have a guy that watches all the practice tapes and all the games. One guy. And he ranks them on their team support and enthusiasm for another.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Jackie, thank you very much. Apparently we. We appreciate the call. We grade our players on enthusiasm. I can see it, though. I mean, we're gonna like. I. We're gonna have a Pope archetype of player. I can just tell. I mean, not. I'm just talking personality. Not even like on the floor. We're gonna have that. I think it's clear.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he's even said. There's so many times we don't even know where he's gone into a recruitment and they've just mutually walked away.

[Matt Jones]

Well, what was the kid. The kid from Georgia.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Last year. What was the. The point guard, what was his name? What was it?

[Ryan Lemond]

Silas? Demery.

[Matt Jones]

Demory. Yeah. So he. He. Pope went to his house.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the one where he's like what are you having for dinner off, come now or whatever.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Pope went to his house and then when he left just said, yeah, I don't know if this will be good for us. Which, you know, I don't know. I'm not saying anything bad happened, but Pope just decided after going to dinner in his house. I just don't think we're, we are a fit.

[Ryan Lemond]

So many kids will say I need 15 shots or I need this or I need this many minutes. And it sounds like Pope's gonna be the type that, you know, if you're not fitting into what he's the message at Kentucky, he'll shake your hand and say, let the next coach come in and talk to you.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if people realize. By the way, let me just go over some schedule. Saturday is big blue. Okay? First, today is pro day. So you can watch a UK basketball practice today at 5:30. Saturday is big Blue Madness at Rupp arena and an all day fan fest. The next Saturday is the Blue White game. The next Saturday, Purdue is coming to Rupp arena, the number one team in the country playing exhibition basketball. Ryan is here, folks. Like, I don't know, maybe because I was gone, it didn't process. But I was thinking there yesterday, basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

Is here snuck up on me. Like even media day yesterday, like where did that come from out of nowhere? The fact that they play Purdue and what, two and a half weeks is amazing.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I mean we're every Saturday, just so you know, every SAT Friday or Saturday from now until Christmas, there's a basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

Here we go.

[Matt Jones]

Every Friday or Saturday from now until Christmas. Really I think we have one week off between Christmas and New Year. But really every Friday or Saturday now through hopefully April, there's basketball.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know football enthusiasm isn't that high right now, but Blue White game is the night before you play Texas over here. So that's a heck of a doubleheader. And then Purdue's the night before Tennessee plays at Kroger Field. So both those are huge weekends.

[Matt Jones]

Blue White game, Keeneland parents weekend and Texas. I hope you have your hotel rooms if you're coming to Lexington because that is going to be one of those like this place is going to be absolutely insane that entire weekend. 859-280-2287. We'll. Well, first I got to tell you about Don Franklin.

[Drew Franklin]

Tell me about it.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

I drive occasionally.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, not.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

Good.

[Matt Jones]

Way to keep that excitement up. It's donfranklinauto.com Don Franklin driven by family we still have to talk about Ryan. We mentioned on the pregame show, you know you're looking at a national endorser right here.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Big them and the big money that comes with it.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I'm not just looking at here. I look at him anytime I pull out my phone.

[Matt Jones]

Everywhere I go is big money. Ryan. That's next Here on ksr.

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[Ryan Lemond]

They're good bugs.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

If you had.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

As if the nerd gummy cluster wasn't sweet enough, they added juice to the middle of it.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. I see no problem with it. Wow. Also on the text machine, 772-774-5254, somebody writes, Matt, I have. Lasagna is my favorite food. I have the definitive ranking of lasagnas in Lexington.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I'm very interested in this.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Definitive ranking. Third place. Sutton's On Richmond Road.

[Drew Franklin]

About that one. That's a good one.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a good spot.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't. That's a. I didn't know that was a place. It's called Sutton.

[Drew Franklin]

Sutton.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

Right in front of the Kroger shopping center chain.

[Matt Jones]

Or is it local?

[Ryan Lemond]

Local family. Italian.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. All right, I may have to go there some second. Is it Ital X?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's the pre show sponsor. I shouted them out. That's right. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then they're our neighbor at I heart downtown.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that really, like, fancy schmancy place. Yeah. Yeah, I'd love to. I want to go in there sometimes. It's a nice little environment. And then number one, Giuseppe's in all of Nicholsville. That's according to this person, the definitive rank.

[Drew Franklin]

So Shannon's choice of his always didn't make it.

[Matt Jones]

Faz Always did not make it. Bad list.

[Ryan Lemond]

Had to be number four.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, and Darren Fox loved anime.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. He did big.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, he's swipe with a fox, I think was his nicknames. That's right, it was.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Who's up next? Shannon.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's go to Brent.

[Matt Jones]

Brent. Go ahead, Brent.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hey, so I've got a couple small things. First, anime is really slow, and the episodes don't follow a normal structure. So be careful, man. You're probably gonna get bored.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, if I get bored, I'll move on. I still have Black Rabbit and the Task, so if the Death Note can't keep my attention, we'll move on. It's a really good show.

[Caller Jackie]

It just.

[Ryan Lemond]

It takes its time, and anime is weird, man. But my second thing, I was randomly thinking about it, and if they had any plans to bring out Stoops for Madness, I'm sure they're canceled by now.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think they're bringing Stoops out for madness. I don't think. Ryan, that would be smart. You know, I don't. There's a lot of things you could do to get the crowd excited. I don't think bringing out Stoops for madness is one of the things.

[Drew Franklin]

No, you're trying to get everybody excited and on their feet. That might do the exact opposite to bring him out during madness. That's what's kind of sad about the football program. Here it is, the struggling. It's a bye week, and madness hits during the bye week. I mean, the schedule could not be worse for the football program.

[Ryan Lemond]

One of the best parts of last year's madness. Remember, they turned the court into a football field and Stoops came out and they had just beat Ole Miss. And he was like, oh, this is what madness is like. I've never made it over here. Gets that big round of applause. And then they haven't won a meaningful game since. It really was the last moment true, because he got a huge ovation. They had just beat Ole Miss. They had that screen on the court. They made a football field that looked awesome.

[Matt Jones]

I completely forgotten that.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then it just plummeted from there because he was a little cocky, little swaggy, a little bit of a cow jab there in RUP arena. And it's just all been downhill.

[Matt Jones]

What's your second thing?

[Ryan Lemond]

He's gone.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, he's gone. Okay. Did I appreciate the call on him?

[Ryan Lemond]

Is that what I think? He appreciated his own call?

[Matt Jones]

Okay, gotcha. Hockey. I know we do a lot of hockey on here. The hockey season starts tonight. I don't know if people realize that. Feels like the other one just ended. But the hockey season starts tonight. I'm actually wearing a maple Leaf shirt because they didn't get Connor McDavid yesterday. And I feel. I feel bad for him. So we do this every year. I don't think we've been right one time yet. Who is going to be in the Stanley Cup Finals? Ryan?

[Drew Franklin]

I did correctly pick the Tampa Bay Lightning one year, so I'm gonna pick.

[Matt Jones]

Them again this year against two.

[Drew Franklin]

Colorado Avalanche.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they are in different conferences, so.

[Drew Franklin]

I just got lucky there. I was lucky. Total lucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I was almost certain you were going to pick a team that was not. That was in the same conference.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what I'm going with then.

[Matt Jones]

Tampa Bay Lightning. The Colorado Avalanche. Yes. All right. What about you?

[Drew Franklin]

Both nicknames do not end in an S. Kind of a unique feature there. Well, good. There aren't many nicknames that don't end.

[Matt Jones]

In an S. Do you know the new. The team in Utah? Do you know what they're called?

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. What they decide on. Didn't they.

[Matt Jones]

They know anybody?

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, Anybody know Coyotes or something or.

[Matt Jones]

No, that was Phoenix.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

They took over them. It's the Mammoth, right?

[Drew Franklin]

The Mammoth.

[Matt Jones]

The Utah Mammoth.

[Drew Franklin]

Utah Mammoth.

[Ryan Lemond]

Didn't Yeti win the vote? I wanted Yeti.

[Matt Jones]

I love when people have votes and then go, yeah, yeah, we were just. I mean, we'll probably do that in America soon. But, like, well, you have votes and then go, ah, who cares? All right, what about you.

[Ryan Lemond]

The Florida Panthers have been extremely hot.

[Matt Jones]

One what, two in a row.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was actually down there when they wanted Fears goes awesome watching the celebration. So I'm going to say they're back.

[Matt Jones]

They're going three. Pete.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they're not going to win, but they're going to be back in it. And then I'm pretty sure this team is in the west or whatever the other conference is called.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

My Nashville Predators are going to shock the world.

[Matt Jones]

Aren't they awful?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Oh, horrible. I think they were dead last last year. Close to it. That's why we're gonna shock the world.

[Matt Jones]

That'll be a shock. So they're gonna go from dead last to winning the whole thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's gonna be an unbelievable rebuild.

[Matt Jones]

That our coach story.

[Ryan Lemond]

Our coach whose name it's just. He's such a great coach. He's gonna have it turned around. Okay, give me the Bruins, who are probably terrible.

[Matt Jones]

They are terrible, but they're. The Boston Bruins are terrible and the Kraken. The cracking are okay, but not great. So you're going Bruins and cracking.

[Ryan Lemond]

How do you know? They haven't played a game yet.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. They have everybody's. Oh, no.

[Drew Franklin]

We know one of your teams.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm gonna go with the Carolina again. They. They're great in the regular season. Struggle. They can't beat the Panthers. That's the problem. They keep losing the Panthers. But I'm going to take the Hurricanes and I'll say they'll play the Edmonton oilers with Connor McDavid who's the best player and he resigned yesterday. Took less money to stay in Edmonton.

[Drew Franklin]

Does Wayne Gretzky still play for.

[Matt Jones]

That is 60 years old. So no. But Edmonton and the Carolina Hurricanes.

[Drew Franklin]

We added our picks, our hockey picks.

[Matt Jones]

I think the year we won it. Carolina. We beat Edmonton in the final. So I think we're gonna do it again this year. We'll take a break. Come back hour number two. Ksr.

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