2025-10-08- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: October 8, 2025
Hosts: Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Shannon Dawson, Ryan Lemond
Theme: The crew discusses the latest UK basketball schedule, baseball highlights, cultural debates about dating and paying for meals, the Dolly Parton health scare, local Kentucky news, and expectations for UK basketball and football.

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Episode Overview

Hour two of KSR, hosted by Matt Jones and the regular panel, kicks off with UK basketball anticipation, lively baseball talk, and shifts into humorous and thoughtful discussions about dating, gender roles, Dolly Parton’s health, and the challenges facing Kentucky football and local government. The tone is jovial and candid, with plenty of banter and listener call-ins.

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Key Discussion Points

1. UK Basketball: Upcoming Schedule and Road Trips

• Main Insight: Excitement is building for UK basketball, especially with the Fan Fest and Big Blue Madness on the horizon.
• Schedule Highlights:
  • Only three 9:00 PM games, a rarity and relief for fans (13:13–14:10).
  • Most tough SEC teams are away games, meaning home games are skewed toward weaker opponents (14:21–15:32).
  • Road trip for the St. John's game in Atlanta is discussed, with the tradition of overly elaborate KSR road trips making for comedic planning (16:21–17:17).
  • Memorable moment: “We went to Maine to go to New York City? … This is not new.” – Drew Franklin (16:59).

2. MLB Playoffs and Amazing Baseball Feats

• Discussion: The panel raves about Vladimir Guerrero’s acrobatic slide, Cal Raleigh’s miraculous fan moment, and Aaron Judge’s power hitting.
  • “[Guerrero] dove from like 30 feet out.” – Matt Jones (03:13)
  • “To hit a moving round object with another moving round object and to hit it squarely, it is one of the toughest things in sports.” – Shannon Dawson (06:24)
  • The crowd agrees hitting a 100 mph fastball is maybe the hardest feat in sports.
• Memorable Moment: Drew admits a painful belly flop from a failed headfirst slide in little league (04:58).

3. The Dating Debate: Should Women Pay for Dates?

• A listener asks if women should ever pay for dates, sparking a humorous but nuanced roundtable:
  • Ryan: Pays “95% of the time,” but lets his partner pay when she insists (07:32–08:18).
  • Shannon: “I believe in equal rights… just as much right to buy my dinner as I do to buy hers” (08:19–08:23).
  • Drew: “If the guy usually asks, you have to—It would never cross my mind to expect them to [pay]…” but open if they genuinely offer (08:42–09:21).
  • Matt: “I don't think I've ever let a woman pay, maybe ever…” likens it to traditional gestures like opening a door (09:23).
• Funny Exchange: The guys tease each other about being chauvinist or cheap and joke about parents who still insist on paying for meals even as adults (12:22–13:12).

4. Dolly Parton Health Scare and Legacy

• The crew expresses concern over Dolly’s reported illness, with immediate outpouring of admiration.
  • “If she passes away, that’ll be a day the whole country would unite in sadness. There aren’t a lot of those people, but she would definitely be one.” – Matt Jones (21:15)
  • Favorite Dolly songs: “Jolene” and “Here You Come Again.”
  • Dolly’s financial windfall from Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” is discussed (21:54–22:13).
• Comic Relief: Ryan reads the update that it was a false alarm—Dolly is just “under the weather” (22:28–22:37).
  • “She just had the sniffles… little NyQuil, she’s good to go.” – Drew Franklin (23:35)

5. Listener Calls and Kentucky Football Discontent

• A caller asks what should define a successful year for new UK basketball coach Mark Pope.
  • Matt: “Win SEC regular season or SEC tournament or make a Final Four—do one of those, that’s a great year” (25:57).
  • Drew: “If you can at least have the great regular season, win the SEC, give us that run in Nashville, or get to a Final Four, it’d be hard to complain about a season” (26:09).
• UK football’s difficulties and Coach Mark Stoops’ contract analyzed:
  • “Stoops has Kentucky by the—well, you know...This contract for Mitch [Barnhart, AD] is a disaster” – Matt (36:17).
  • They bemoan the contract’s huge buyout and the near-miss of having both football and basketball coaches with impossible-to-break contracts (37:20–39:01).

6. Light News: The DUI Sheriff

• Story of Robertson County Sheriff Terry Gray, arrested for his third DUI in two years, blowing a 0.226, driving 110 mph, and having bottles of Fireball whiskey in his pocket (30:07–31:16).
  • “How’s this man still the sheriff? I feel like one DUI—ready for you not to be the sheriff. Two? Not even debatable.” – Matt Jones (31:38)
  • Panel wonders aloud about the complexities of firing an elected official—the process of sheriff removal (32:49–33:42; 45:57).
• Quote: “He was charged…after he drove 110 miles an hour and nearly flipped his car multiple times…said, ‘I’m not that drunk.’ Didn’t say, ‘I’m not drunk’—‘I’m not that drunk.’” – Matt (30:58).

7. Cultural Commentary: Lee Greenwood at the Super Bowl?

• Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, says Bad Bunny should be replaced by Lee Greenwood for the Super Bowl halftime show, to the hosts’ amusement (46:31).
  • They list Lee Greenwood’s songs (mostly patriotic standards) and imagine a halftime show of “God Bless the USA” and other anthems (47:07–48:06).
  • “I don’t know if he could stick the landing [if he parachuted in].” – Matt (48:28)

8. Vince Marrow Sightings and KSR Community

• Listener calls in with a Vince Marrow sighting at Jeff Ruby’s, sparking a running joke about where Vince wishes he lived (48:44–49:55).
  • “The dude wishes he was here. I know he misses it, whether he says it or not.” – Matt (49:55)

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• “To hit a moving round object with another moving round object and to hit it squarely, it is one of the toughest things in sports.”
  – Shannon Dawson (06:24)

• “Should women ever pay for dates?”
  – Listener question sparking a nuanced debate (07:58)

• “I don't think I've ever let a woman pay, maybe ever… it's like opening the door, you know? It's just something you do.”
  – Matt Jones (09:23)

• “If she passes away, that'll be a day the whole country would unite in sadness. … She would definitely be one.”
  – Matt Jones on Dolly Parton (21:15)

• “Stoops has Kentucky by the—well, say—but they've got Kentucky by the—he cut. I mean, Mitch. This contract for Mitch is a disaster.”
  – Matt Jones (36:17)

• “He was charged after he drove 110 miles an hour and nearly flipped his car…said, ‘I'm not that drunk.’”
  – Matt Jones (30:58)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:13] – Start of Hour 2 and baseball highlights
• [07:58] – Listener dating question and group debate
• [13:12] – UK basketball schedule breakdown
• [21:15] – Dolly Parton health scare and legacy
• [25:57] – Listener asks about setting expectations for UK basketball
• [30:07] – Sheriff DUI news and local governance
• [36:07] – Football contract disaster discussion
• [46:31] – Lee Greenwood/Bad Bunny Super Bowl debate
• [48:44] – Vince Marrow sighting story

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Tone and Style

The tone is warm, humorous, locally focused, and filled with good-natured ribbing. The show balances sports, pop culture, and social topics with authenticity and a Kentucky-centric sensibility.

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Summary

This hour of KSR blends sports analysis (especially UK basketball anticipation and schedule breakdown), baseball amazement, and offbeat Kentucky news with inviting, often hilarious banter. Thoughtful moments arise during debates about relationships and traditions, while local issues like government accountability get candid attention. Through it all, the rapport between Matt, Drew, Shannon, and Ryan keeps things lively and relatable for the Big Blue Nation.

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Dawson]

I loved it. I loved it. That's the old school baseball Charlie hustle slide.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't seen anybody slide like that in a long time. Shannon, that was wild. I mean he just, he laid out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that was awesome. Plus he's a big dude with a home run too. He had a hell of a game.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I mean he had a, he is.

[Shannon Dawson]

A big dude like 6, 4, 6 5.

[Matt Jones]

So have you all ever slid like that? Does it hurt?

[Shannon Dawson]

I've slid like that. But our, our college coach refused to let us do it because it's, you know, injury your hand or your fingers. So we had to slide his feet first.

[Ryan Lemond]

I remember trying, I'm sure it hurt but like on those major league baseball fields, they're so nice.

[Matt Jones]

I mean you don't think it hurts just though to jump flat out into the ground like that?

[Drew Franklin]

I remember trying it in little league and I like bounced and landed like a foot short of the bag. And I never did it again.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't even get all the.

[Drew Franklin]

I think I just belly flopped. And then got gently tagged.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Then you had Cal Raleigh. He hit a home run and the guy in the crowd who caught it was wearing a Cal Raleigh jersey. Do you like that?

[Shannon Dawson]

Every minute of that.

[Matt Jones]

That just sounds like that would be heartwarming for you.

[Shannon Dawson]

Very heartwarming, yes. You go to the the game, you got your star heroes jersey on your glove on. Please hit it to me. Please hit it to me. Please hit it to me. And they did well better than that.

[Drew Franklin]

He had a hit it here shirt that said 61 on it. After he caught it, he took it off and he had to hit it here. 62 shirt.

[Shannon Dawson]

Didn't see that part.

[Drew Franklin]

And then someone zoomed in and it looks like he has another shirt that would have said so he had a hit it here.

[Matt Jones]

Sure, that's even better. Okay. And then finally Aaron Judge hit a home run and they had an angle. I don't know how. I've never seen this before. Maybe they've had this before. But they showed the pitch. It was like the catchers thing. And they showed the pitch. It was 99.7 on his hands and they showed him hit a home run. And as I was watching it, I thought hitting 100 mile an hour pitch has to be the hardest thing in the world. Like I. When you watch it, you can't even see the ball. Yeah, you can't even see the ball. And he hits it a thousand feet. That's. Did you see that camera angle?

[Shannon Dawson]

To hit a moving round object with another moving round object and to hit it squarely, it is one of the toughest things in sports.

[Matt Jones]

And it was on his hands. Yeah, and it was on his hands and he hit it out. That was Shannon. That was when normally I think baseball, you are a bunch of old like fat dudes playing baseball. That was when I was the most impressed by baseball players was watching that.

[Shannon Dawson]

How quick he turns on it.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, say it's the hardest thing to do in sports is to hit a fastball. You know, those guys have to already have their mind made up as a.

[Matt Jones]

Hitter what they're going to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

They think the pitch is going to be.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because if you're guessing off speed and there's a fastball, there's no chance you catch up to that.

[Matt Jones]

I totally, totally agree with you. Now I got a question here. This came on the text machine last night, but they said they needed our opinion on it. Question is Matt four of You. I think I might get four different answers, which is why I'm asking this. My wife and I had a debate last night after watching an old episode of the Bachelor. Should women ever pay for dates at any point in a relationship? We would like to hear your take. Great question. So let's start with the chauvinist Ryan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I thought you were going to.

[Matt Jones]

Me too, but you're. Ryan's both a chauvinist and cheap, so I think that's an interesting dude. Do you think women should ever pay for. For any kind of date?

[Shannon Dawson]

I. I pay, like, 95 of the.

[Matt Jones]

Time, so, yes, they should sometimes.

[Shannon Dawson]

So every now and then, Jennifer will be. Yoga girl would be like. Like, we're on vacation.

[Matt Jones]

Like, how he says it after. As if people didn't hear it. Jennifer. I mean, yoga girl.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yoga girl. We're talking about yoga girl.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Shannon Dawson]

She might say, come on, let me buy this one time. We're going to lunch. And this. I picked the place. Let me treat you to lunch this one time.

[Matt Jones]

And what makes you decide to say yes?

[Shannon Dawson]

Because I know it's important to her. She wants to.

[Matt Jones]

She wants to show you.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. What about you, Shannon?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I mean, I believe in equal rights.

[Matt Jones]

So a woman, you believe in equal rights?

[Shannon Dawson]

50.

[Matt Jones]

50.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just as much right to buy my dinner as I do to buy hers.

[Matt Jones]

How long. How many dates would you go before you would let her buy?

[Ryan Lemond]

Two.

[Matt Jones]

Two.

[Ryan Lemond]

I need to patronize her.

[Matt Jones]

Second one. Okay. All right, that's pretty quick.

[Ryan Lemond]

Next one's on you.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, Drew, Sounds like Shannon asked to split the bill and then says, wait a minute, you had three of the mozzarella sticks. You only had one, so this isn't even fair. That's true. You had the Pepsi, not me. Will you fix this? Check exactly. If, for one, if the guy, like, if it's early in the relationship and you know, the guy usually asks you absolute to like. It would never cross my mind to expect them to. But I will say to Ryan's point, there are moments once you're dating where they're like, I want to get this one. And, you know, if they want to get it, I don't think it's important to them. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't look at them, like, hinting, are you going to get this one? But if they're like, hey, you've covered a lot of meals. Let me get this one, then. Yeah, absolutely.

[Shannon Dawson]

But I would.

[Drew Franklin]

I would never expect it or ask for it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think I've ever had A woman let a woman pay, maybe ever.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, you and your mom are great about that. You won't let anybody pay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I pay for my friends a lot. Not all the time, but. But a lot. But I, I, I'm not gonna say never. I mean, maybe if I'm in, like, a serious relationship and it's my birthday or something, then I might let the other. But I don't know that I, I don't know that I've ever let a woman pay. It's just, it's like, oh, for me, it's like opening the door, you know? Like, it's just something you, you do. And I know Shannon's being not serious when he says, I believe in equal rights. And it's not that I don't think women can pay. I've actually dated someone once who made more money than I did, so it wasn't that. It's just like, it's just kind of what you do. I feel like.

[Drew Franklin]

But has there been a moment where your cards in there and they take it out, they're like, I want to get this one. Because when they do that, then you're.

[Shannon Dawson]

Almost being a jerk.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, I'm a man.

[Drew Franklin]

You're not allowed to do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can't afford it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I set the expectation, like, early on that, like, I'm, I mean, I'm not, you know, now they'll buy me a gift or something. Like, I understand that's important to people to, like, buy a gift, but when it comes to dinner or when it comes to going out, it's just, it's just what you do, right?

[Shannon Dawson]

It is what you do. And I, I can see, like, if your, your lady friend wanted to take you out for your birthday or a special occasion, but outside of that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you, the other thing is, like, I don't have, I know I don't have anything to spend money on. Like, you can only buy so many shoes, and it's not, certainly not fashion. So, like, I wonder, I might as well spend it on, on something. You know?

[Shannon Dawson]

I wonder about the younger generation, though. Is it more they supply to split it up more?

[Matt Jones]

I think, I think there's, I, I think there's a lot of that. I think there's a lot of, like.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, us youngins over here.

[Matt Jones]

But I think it's also just because they're cheap skates.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I think they have to do it because they're all broke, because I don't know how anyone in college affords to go on a date.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's true. Because it is very expensive to do stuff now.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, but.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So those are four different answers. And it actually, if you were to say on a scale of chauvinism. I think our answers are in reverse proportion.

[Ryan Lemond]

See, I think you're more chauvinist, Matt, because.

[Matt Jones]

You think I'm more chauvinist for pay.

[Ryan Lemond]

You want to allow her to pay? Maybe she wants.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't say I wouldn't allow. I just say. I don't ever even, like, give the opportunity. I just. I just do it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, I do that, too. But there are times where they're like, please let me get this one. And I think at that point, if you're like, no, woman, we can't trade.

[Matt Jones]

Your bank account today. I think there's a little bit. I don't say woman. I know, but if they. But if they insist, like, hey, I.

[Drew Franklin]

Would like to pay. I think at some point, you allowed.

[Matt Jones]

I don't say woman. I got you. You're not allowed to pay. That's not a phrase that has come out.

[Drew Franklin]

But if they offer, I don't think it's wrong to.

[Matt Jones]

To accept. I. I don't.

[Shannon Dawson]

Here's a. Here's the issue I'm having right now. You know, I'm almost 60 years old. Every time we go out to meet my parents, my parents pay.

[Matt Jones]

Every time my mom still pays, and there's nothing I can do. And, like, same. And I think she. I watched my mom do this with her mom. Okay? Her mom always wanted to pay for her, and my. And my mom would be like, she didn't like it. And now the roles have just flipped because if I try to pay, my mom acts like I shouldn't. So I've just learned not to fight. Just. Okay.

[Shannon Dawson]

But I feel a little guilty.

[Matt Jones]

I feel good. Of course I feel guilty. I feel guilty. I'm like, you know, my mom's it. My mom's got college bills.

[Drew Franklin]

She's a poor college student, starving college kids buying your dinners.

[Matt Jones]

But I. But she won't like. So I know that's gonna be what it is. So, you know, I mean, there's nothing you can do about it, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, same for my parents. We're going out to eat. If I try, it's like, now they've already.

[Matt Jones]

All right, the UK basketball schedule came out with times. Just a few notes here. Okay. Kentucky only plays. Kentucky only plays three 9 o' clock games this year.

[Shannon Dawson]

And only ones at home. Right.

[Matt Jones]

So you got the North Carolina game at home in the in the ACC. So that game is at 9:30. We have a Rupp Arena 9:30 game. What do you think about that one?

[Drew Franklin]

Also before that is the other marquee game at 7:30 on the same channel. So if you're not in Rupp arena, you probably won't even see that till we're, I mean five minutes left.

[Matt Jones]

When's the last time Kentucky's had a 9:30 Rup arena game? I mean probably not a lot of.

[Shannon Dawson]

Nines, but nines that sometimes don't get started till 9:30 get pushed back.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Then we have a. We are at Vandy at 9 o' clock one time and then we are home to Georgia at 9 o' clock one time. We have a couple of 8:30 games on Saturday nights which isn't as bad. Right. An 8:30 Saturday night game. But we have three midweight week 9 o' clock games.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they're all Tuesdays, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Now home games we have. It's interesting. Our home schedule is our home SEC schedule. It's weird. We play all the good teams on the road and we play all the bad teams at home. So let me just read you the home schedule. Missouri, Mississippi State, Texas, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, Vandy, Florida. You could argue really only Tennessee and Florida.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Are the good sec. We got kind of all the bad teams at home and. But now let me read you the road schedule. Alabama, lsu, Tennessee, Vandy, Arkansas, Florida, Auburn, South Carolina, Texas A and M. So the road schedule, road schedules, kind of beastly there, isn't it?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah. Alabama, Auburn and Arkansas, the three A's all on the road. That's not gonna be easy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. If you say if you think there are five really good teams in the sec. Florida and Tennessee. We play all five of them on the road.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We play two of them at home as well. But we play the five best teams in the sec. We play every single one of them Drew on the road. That's, that's tough.

[Drew Franklin]

And you always want to win your home games when you're Kentucky basketball. But this year more than ever you pretty much have to go undefeated at home. Maybe you slip up with Florida just because they're so good, but to win the conference I don't think you can take a home loss.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Then a couple other things. The Louisville game is it 8 o' clock on a Tuesday on ESPN. We are the opening game of the Champions Classic against Michigan State, which means that game starts at 6:30. So we'll actually. That's not very bad at all.

[Shannon Dawson]

Right. Usually it's completely flipped when the late game.

[Matt Jones]

We're the late game. We play Gonzaga on a Saturday night. It's 7 o' clock we play or Friday night, that's a Friday night at 7 o'. Clock. We play Indiana on a Saturday night at 7:30 here in Rupp and then we play St. John's that St. John's game is at 12:30. So that's very early in the day in Atlanta.

[Shannon Dawson]

Is that still our road trip game?

[Matt Jones]

I think that's going to be our road trip. We'll leave after the Indiana game and, and go there.

[Drew Franklin]

So Mario said you are after that Indiana game. I wish that had been at noon. It felt like Kentucky. Indiana was at noon forever.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

On those December Saturdays.

[Shannon Dawson]

So the St. John's Games in Atlanta.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Shannon Dawson]

Mario mentioned you stopping at his parents house in Florida on the way to that game.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, we're going to Florida, then Atlanta.

[Shannon Dawson]

Huh?

[Matt Jones]

What?

[Shannon Dawson]

Just a little.

[Matt Jones]

We're not going to road trip, just to Atlanta. That's six hours. We could make that. We have to make it into a week. We'd just be stopping in like Williamsburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga. No, we got it. We got to go around. We, we.

[Drew Franklin]

Ron, are you aware we went to Maine to go to New York City? Like we. This is not new. We're not a new development.

[Matt Jones]

I can already tell you. We're going to go to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and then come back through a different part of Georgia to Atlanta.

[Shannon Dawson]

I can't imagine. I thought we just go to Corbin. Stay there. Little Asheville, Rocky Top. Stay there. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You want us to go to Corbin? Yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

Eat the root beer stand.

[Matt Jones]

We've been, you know, we've been to Corbin quite a bit.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah. We haven't spent the night there.

[Drew Franklin]

We can go to Corbin today if you want. I'll go to Corbin with you.

[Matt Jones]

Corbin's an hour away. We can go right now. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287. Take your calls. Bo Vice. Did you see that was Bo Vice.

[Shannon Dawson]

He's on that game show.

[Drew Franklin]

What? Wow.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't seen Bo Bice in years. Shannon, you remember Bo Bice from American Idol?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah. What's he doing?

[Matt Jones]

He's on some show on television called the Floor.

[Shannon Dawson]

Rob Lowe hosts it.

[Matt Jones]

It's a game show, Bo. We'll take a break and be right back. KSR.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. This is Dolly Parton. So if you haven't heard the news, Dolly is apparently very sick. Her sister, her sister asked for prayers, said everybody needs to be praying for Dolly. Made it sound like things were very Very serious. So hopefully. Hopefully things will get better. I cannot imagine. We talked about this. A lot more of an American treasure than Dolly Parton. That'll be. If she passes away. That'll be a day of the whole country would unite in sadness. There aren't a lot of those people, but she would definitely be one.

[Shannon Dawson]

One of the greatest, most liked celebrities in the history of the world. Everybody likes Dolly. Not one person doesn't like Dolly.

[Matt Jones]

Dolly and Willie. Yeah, those are the two. I always say that. That apply but prayers to Dolly Parton. What's your favorite Dolly Parton song?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably Jolene.

[Matt Jones]

You like Jolene?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably. This is the first time here I didn't know.

[Matt Jones]

Mule Skinner Blues.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a good call right there.

[Matt Jones]

What about you?

[Shannon Dawson]

I'm gonna have to say Jolene. That's an awesome song.

[Matt Jones]

I'm. Here you come again. Yeah, I think that's a really beautiful, beautiful song. Here you come again. And there I go.

[Shannon Dawson]

Now what? She wrote the Whitney Houston song.

[Matt Jones]

She wrote. She wrote I will always love you.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

She's made. She's. I heard her say once she made more money from that song when Whitney Houston sold it than she had made in her. Or when sang it than she had made in her entire career up to that point.

[Shannon Dawson]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

She. She had. She made more money in that song and in Whitney Houston's performance of that song.

[Shannon Dawson]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Than her entire career up to that point. Now, I think that's. She's. That's changed since then, but up to them, that's crazy.

[Drew Franklin]

Dolly have a heck of a heck of a career, and then one of her crowning achievements was someone else singing it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that's one of the biggest songs of all time.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yes, it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, that's one from an hour ago on tmz. Her sister says she apologizes for the false alarm. Says she's just a little under the weather. Didn't mean to make it sound so serious.

[Matt Jones]

What? Her sister. Wait a minute. Sister apologizes for the false alarm.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, she said she was just asked. Said her sister was just a little under the weather. Just asking for. That's it.

[Matt Jones]

Her sister was just under the weather.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's what she says. This is from tmz.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, sister, you might need to give up control of the Twitter account.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I just looked up the message because I didn't know this.

[Matt Jones]

She made it sound like she was gonna die.

[Drew Franklin]

She's strong, she's loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she's Going to be fine. Godspeed, my Dolly.

[Matt Jones]

What was the first one?

[Drew Franklin]

I was up all night praying for my sister Dolly. Many of you know she hasn't been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer. And I've been led to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.

[Matt Jones]

That sounds like you're in trouble now.

[Ryan Lemond]

She's acting like she just had a cold.

[Matt Jones]

And. And so she just.

[Drew Franklin]

Her COVID test came back negative.

[Matt Jones]

She's just had the sniffles.

[Ryan Lemond]

Everybody world needs to pray for Dolly.

[Drew Franklin]

Sniffles, little nyquil, she's good to go.

[Matt Jones]

You know what? This is why you don't let family members take over your. Your social media accounts. People get. People get a little. Well, you were like that, though, Ryan. Remember when I was in. When I was in the hospital? You were very nice, but you made a statement. I think one time on the air that made people think I was. You actually thought. Made me think I was gonna die.

[Drew Franklin]

You called the doctor back in, like, what else? You know, I told me, like, people.

[Matt Jones]

Started sending me messages that made me think that they knew my diagnosis, and I didn't. I was getting texts like, listen, man, we've had a great friendship.

[Drew Franklin]

Just whatever, you know, I'll take care of your stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Like, I know my blood pressure's high or not. Is there a different report that I'm getting? So.

[Drew Franklin]

But we've already cleaned out your house.

[Matt Jones]

But you did it out of care. Yeah, and I think that's probably.

[Shannon Dawson]

I'm sure that's what Sister's doing it out of care. Maybe she just didn't word it correctly.

[Matt Jones]

Sister did as well. Who's next?

[Ryan Lemond]

Chase.

[Matt Jones]

Chase, how are you? Chase.

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Chase.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, man, how you doing?

[Matt Jones]

Good. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

So obviously the fan base is completely checked out of football, so everybody's super excited about basketball season. But I think it's important for us.

[Shannon Dawson]

To set expectations before the season starts.

[Drew Franklin]

So what I'm going to ask is, what will the fans consider a successful.

[Shannon Dawson]

Second season for Mark Coke?

[Matt Jones]

Well, you've heard me. You've heard me say this for 15 years. If you've been listening to this show, I don't think in basketball, you can set the expectations based solely on what happens on the tournament because there's a level of randomness in the tournament. So I'm not going to say it has to be the final four, because I think there's a level of randomness. For me, this is just my expectation. I think this team needs to contend for an SEC title. And I think they need to either win the SEC regular season or win the SEC tournament or make a final Four between those three things. In a perfect, like when you have an elite, elite team, you might do all three. When you have a great team, maybe you do two of them. I think for me this year, my expectation is we have to do one of them. I'd love to see us do two of them. But I think, you know, I think it is with the roster they have and the money they've put in it, I think it's fully appropriate to expect us to win either the SEC regular season or the SEC tournament or if we don't win, we're right there and we just had another really good team that beat us. Drew. That would be my expectation. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And I've used that, those three for system going back to early in the Cal days, like if you do one of those three, you know, pretty good year. Now, there are some years he did three out of three that were incredible. But if you can at least have the great regular season to win the sec, give us that run in Nashville or get us to a final Four, it'd be hard to complain about a season.

[Matt Jones]

The thing is, we haven't had any of those since COVID hadn't gotten close. Really. So think about that for a minute. If those are my three barrier, my three levels of success, we haven't done any of them. So it's. It's been a long time. So it's time for us to do one of those. It's been seven years since we've done one, so I think it's fair to say, Ryan, that we do at least 1, 2 would be amazing. And then 3 is an all time thing. But I think if you can, if you could do one in year two for Pope, I'm good. If you do two, then I'm like, awesome.

[Shannon Dawson]

Just think how our excitement level pumped up last year after the season they had last year. So, yeah, you knock on that door of an SEC title, get us to the weekend of the SEC tournament, maybe get to the Sunday championship game, make a run in March, this place, the whole state with this busting at the seams to explode.

[Matt Jones]

And even though it's not one of my three levels, I would note, like last year, probably the thing that they did that was the best accomplishment is that they beat Duke, Louisville, Gonzaga in Florida.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, right.

[Drew Franklin]

Read the record for top 25 wins last season.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, that's not one of my three, but that's probably in and of it. So you beat Duke. You beat Duke, Louisville, Tennessee and Florida and Gonzaga in one year. That's pretty good.

[Shannon Dawson]

You'd be nice to beat Cal at Arkansas this year with the injuries and.

[Drew Franklin]

All that last year and the scenario.

[Matt Jones]

How do you think that game is, by the way? Does it matter or does it matter?

[Drew Franklin]

It really doesn't matter to me.

[Shannon Dawson]

It doesn't matter to me, but I think it matters to a lot of fans because they beat us here at RUP last year.

[Drew Franklin]

If I don't want to give Cal that credit.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it depends on what our record is going in the game too, because we only have like one or two losses. It doesn't matter. If we have like seven, then maybe it matters more. Right. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287.

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[Matt Jones]

Here's Matt Jones, who sings this song.

[Shannon Dawson]

Helen ready?

[Matt Jones]

Helen ready. Because I used to sing this song to my mom all the time because my mom would like. My mom is the person who really ingrained in me, like, a real respect for women. Like, I, I pre. My mom is wonderful, but she's the one that got me like, making sure that all these, the opinions I have, I have. But sometimes she would like, say something where she would be even more emphatic and I would go, I am woman, hear me roar. And I didn't even know, like, I knew it was a song, but like, so that's why I always think of when I hear this song.

[Shannon Dawson]

I remember hearing this song a lot in the 70s growing up. It came in the anthem for the women's movement a lot.

[Matt Jones]

When you started that sentence, I was, you know, true, he got through it, but I don't know about you. When he started the it became the anthem for. I was like, please don't say something bad. I'm getting to that point with him where I just sit there and hope.

[Shannon Dawson]

Keep your fingers crossed.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's getting to that age where he can say what he wants to.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I don't think he can. I think he thinks he's only 57. 9. 59. But that's not, that's not. Bob is 92. He can get away with stuff. 59 is still definitely a getting canceled age.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't wait to Hear Ryan at 92 on KSI.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

I'd probably drink some of that bourbon.

[Matt Jones]

Well, maybe the orange. People who like to drink listen to this story. This just came out, Marie. I'm just going to read you from it, if that's all right. All right. Robertson County Sheriff Terry Gray. We've not talked about this person very much on the show. Okay, Let me give you some facts, ma', am, about Robertson County Sheriff Terry Gray. See what you think. He was charged Tuesday evening with a dui. Now, that's bad for a sheriff. But what if I told you it was his third DUI in two years? Oh, my goodness. What if I told you he was charged after he drove 110 miles an hour and nearly flipped his car multiple times? You'd think that's bad. But then what if I told you after he's pulled over, he, quote, said, I'm not that drunk? Didn't say, I'm not drunk.

[Shannon Dawson]

I'm not that drunk.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not that drunk. So they gave him a breathalyzer.

[Shannon Dawson]

What's the legal limit?08.

[Matt Jones]

What if I told you that Terry Gray, third DUI in two years, 110 miles an hour. Not that drunk. Blew a 0.226. Oh, boy.

[Drew Franklin]

I'd say you are that drunk.

[Shannon Dawson]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

That's three times.

[Shannon Dawson]

And he's the sheriff.

[Matt Jones]

He's a sheriff. Here's my quit. The deputy smelled alcohol coming from Gray. According to documents, another deputy found multiple bottles of fireball whiskey in his pocket. So here's what I want to say. We're. We're sort of laughing about the absurdity. How's this man still the sheriff?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like one DUI. I'm ready for you not to be the sheriff. Two DUIs, I don't even think it's debatable. But three DUIs, and I'm not that drunk. Robertson county only has like a thousand people. But still, there's got to be someone else who could be the sheriff, right?

[Shannon Dawson]

He's got deputies. One of the promote one of the.

[Matt Jones]

Deputies, his deputy is the one that pulled him over.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, not that you should have three over the long period of time, but three and two years is also very aggressive.

[Matt Jones]

Like the way they caught him, by the way, he didn't try to be subtle. He was driving around Robertson county in a truck and he put on his blue lights and was just going 110 miles an hour. So not only did he go 110 miles an hour, he just went ahead and put his blue lights on while he was doing it. Like, look at me. And by the way, he wasn't chasing anyone.

[Drew Franklin]

He was just, just, just driving around. Yeah, I don't.

[Matt Jones]

I'm with you.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know how after one offense, you could keep that job, too.

[Matt Jones]

He said he was not that drunk.

[Shannon Dawson]

But I'm riding around 100 miles an hour with my blue lights on just for fun.

[Matt Jones]

So he's got it. He's got to be. They got to take the badge away from.

[Shannon Dawson]

Got to put him in jail.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And probably take the fireball away from him.

[Matt Jones]

I actually don't know legally, though, I have to tell you, I'm not 100% sure in Kentucky law what you can do, because a sheriff is elected in Kentucky. It's not appointed. So if you're elect. So, like, there's no boss that can just fire him. Which I guess maybe the Kentucky legislature may be able to, like, vote him out, but I don't know. That's the problem with elected officials. Like, they can. You kind of. Nobody hard to get rid of.

[Shannon Dawson]

Nobody oversees him at all.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I'm sure there's somebody that oversees him, and I'm sure there is a way to get him out, but, like, it's not just like someone can fire him. So I don't know what the process is. I'm sure there is one, but I don't know off the top of my head what it would be.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm reading the LAX18 story, and it says he has the charges in the past for driving under the influence in a marked cruiser, which he did this time, but he also was charged for overturning a tractor while intoxicated.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's bad. I mean, it. One of the things that has happened in the last couple years with. Not to get political, but with some of our leadership is we've realized kind of the holes in the American legal system. Like, for instance, you're not allowed to profit off your name while you are president or while you are governor. But then the problem is there are no ways to enforce it. So remember my old. A rule is not a rule without a punishment. So, like, technically, when Trump did that crypto coin, that's illegal. But if you can't enforce it, then is it really illegal? You know what I mean? And so this is the same way with the sheriff. Like, you shouldn't be able to drive drunk, but if you can't get rid of him, then I don't really know what you can do. I mean, I guess he can go to jail.

[Drew Franklin]

I assume he'll be in jail. He can't be the sheriff in jail.

[Matt Jones]

Prosecute him for it. So I guess they can do that. But, you know, when he gets out of jail, might still be put his hat back on.

[Drew Franklin]

There's my badge.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

My blue light. There's my fireball. My badge.

[Matt Jones]

So. All right, who's next?

[Ryan Lemond]

Worried.

[Matt Jones]

Worried. How are you?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably worried.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Go ahead.

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[Shannon Dawson]

First time, long time. Been on.

[Matt Jones]

What's up?

[Drew Franklin]

I've got a little bit of a problem, Matt.

[Shannon Dawson]

I need some legal advice.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

I just received a separation notice from.

[Shannon Dawson]

My phone to be ex wife. And I see that the separation notice is. Is designed by Mitch Barnhart.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know that I can financially recover from that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't. I don't know about that. Appreciate the call.

[Drew Franklin]

Did wife have Jimmy Sexton?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, everywhere. I will say, yesterday, when I was sitting there, all anyone wanted to talk about was the. Was the Mark Stoops contract. It's amazing. We've gotten an hour and 41 minutes into this show and this is the first time Stoops or UK football has come up. But yeah, that's all anybody wanted to talk about yesterday was the. Was the contract and just how bad it is.

[Shannon Dawson]

Exciting as we all are about the basketball season starting that still, I think a lot of our thoughts, what is wrong? How can we fix football? How bad is it going to be? What are we going to do with football?

[Matt Jones]

So I had two people tell me yesterday, one person sort of agreed with me of what I said yesterday, which was, they'll find the money if they have to. But then the second one said, matt, they can't bring him back if he goes three and nine. But the money, like they're going to have to pull everything they got to get basically Stoops has. Stoops has Kentucky by the. Well, say. But they've got Kentucky by the. He cut. I mean, Mitch. This contract for Mitch is a disaster. And it's a disaster that I think everybody is really like, it's hitting Home. I'll go further. You'll never see the University of Kentucky board of trustees or athletic board approve a contract like this. Ever. Give that. I feel confident in that with Mark Pope. You know, Mark Pope wins the national championship, we may give him, but you'll never see a contract where the buyout is due immediate and all that. Drew, they're just never going to do that again, which they shouldn't.

[Drew Franklin]

And it's not lost on a lot of people that we're pretty close to having this situation going on at the same time with basketball. We're lucky Cal snuck into a hotel room with John Tyson or Mitch would have two of these contracts in front of him without an answer for either one of them.

[Matt Jones]

I would say to you, we owe. I mean, John, Cal, Peri didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart, but we do owe him a thank you for it. Because what if we had two of these going on right now at the same time?

[Drew Franklin]

Calling boosters, asking double.

[Matt Jones]

Let's say our basketball team last year had gone and lost in the first round as an. As a 10 seed with D.J.

[Drew Franklin]

Wagner, Carter, Knox and the cast that was lined up.

[Matt Jones]

Let's say we had two of these, Ryan, going on at the same time.

[Shannon Dawson]

I had somebody asked me what business manager in the right mind would agree to a buyout due in 14 days. That's 38, 40 million.

[Matt Jones]

One who has an agent that says, my client is leaving if you do not do this. And you know, you got to have guts sometimes to say, then walk. But I can understand why he wouldn't have wanted to do that, because again, go back to 2020 or 2019 or whatever it was when this happened and say, like, well, what would you have done? Would you have let him go?

[Shannon Dawson]

You could let him go.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but you can't do this.

[Shannon Dawson]

Can't do this either.

[Matt Jones]

But this is what you did.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, if it's. I'm trying to play it back, like, where would have Stoops have gone? I know Barnhart can't. But like the pay it in 60 day thing, like, how did he agree to that? Like, the Stoops didn't have an offer. Okay, so next to him, like, well, then I'm signing this one.

[Matt Jones]

So I was. So one thing I said on the post game show was wrong. I think I meant, did I mention this Monday about the bowl thing? Did I say that about the six.

[Drew Franklin]

The years where you keep going?

[Matt Jones]

Because on the post game show, I noted that the contract had it to where every time you made a bowl, you got another year. That does not say that anymore. I was incorrect about that. But I'm not sure if this is better or worse what it actually is. We do not have a thing where you get an extra year for a bowl. However, this contract still goes through 2031. And when it was signed, that means they gave him seven more years, and that was in 2022. So I want you to think about just for a second. 2022, what year was that? That was the.

[Drew Franklin]

They had just had the big season. The second.

[Matt Jones]

Was that Will Levis's set? That was Will Levis's second year, though, wasn't it? It wasn't his first year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it was the second.

[Matt Jones]

That was Will Levis's second year where we went like 7 and 5. So we went 7 and 5, Will Levis's second year with Scangarello as the offensive coordinator, and we gave him an extension for seven more years. See, to me, that one's less defensible than the one we did in 2019. The one we did in 2019 after we had made a bowl game and won the Centrist bowl and had 10 wins. That one makes some sense to me. But after we've gone seven and five with Skangarello and then we gave him seven more years, I don't know, Ryan. That one makes less sense.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's why I think people are, like, throwing their hands in the air. Who would agree to this deal, this the way they set it up, these terms. And like Drew said, what power did Stoops have at that time? He didn't have another job on the table. Where was he going to go?

[Matt Jones]

2019? I'm sure he could have gotten a really good job. Do we think he could have gotten a really good job in 2022?

[Drew Franklin]

Me could have, but did he have one?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, in theory, he could. Well, now somebody would argue, okay, that was. You know, he was the next year offered Texas A and M.

[Shannon Dawson]

We had that great year in 21, Levis's first year with Liam Cohen and went to the one. The Citrus Bowl. Right.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Our good years were 18 and 21.

[Drew Franklin]

But he signed in November 2022. I mean, they lost to Vandy in November 20. Actually, you know what? He signed it. Then they lost to Vandy.

[Shannon Dawson]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

You're exactly right.

[Drew Franklin]

What it was.

[Matt Jones]

Signed it. And then we lost that home game to Vandy. Yep, you're exactly right. That's exactly what happened.

[Drew Franklin]

And then lost to Iowa in the bowl game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, as fans to Pony up and lost to Vandy too the next year I think, wasn't it?

[Matt Jones]

No, we won the next year. We lost to Vandy in 2022, then we beat him down there in 2020 23, but then we lost at home in 2024 again.

[Drew Franklin]

We've lost two out of three both at home.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287 It's KSR time for a sofa upgrade.

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[Shannon Dawson]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Tucky Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Let's do DraftKings. We'll pick some baseball games. DraftKings. Use the promo code KSR. Bet $5. If you win, you get $300 in bonus bets. Pretty simple thing to do. And you can get in on all the action like we've done. There's a four baseball games. Let's go quickly. Mariners, Tigers. Mariners lead two one. Who wins?

[Drew Franklin]

Took the Tigers yesterday. Got killed. I'm going to chase it and take the Tigers today.

[Matt Jones]

Mariners take the Tigers. Game five. You got the Tigers. Brewers, Cubs. Brewers up two. Oh, they can win the series. What do you got?

[Shannon Dawson]

Never picked the Cubs. While I go Brewers.

[Drew Franklin]

Cubs at home. They won't get swept.

[Matt Jones]

Cubs will win. This one to be. What do you got to get?

[Ryan Lemond]

1.

[Matt Jones]

Blue Jays. Yankees. Blue Jays were up 61 last night. Ready to knock the Yankees out. Yankees make a comeback. Win 9 6. Who wins tonight in Yankee Stadium?

[Drew Franklin]

Blue Jays again.

[Shannon Dawson]

I'm going Blue Jays. I want Blue Jays. Mariners in the championship series.

[Matt Jones]

Going Yankees. Because Schlitler is pitching for the Yankees tonight. What about you?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm going to take the Blue Jays to end the series tonight.

[Matt Jones]

All right. And finally, Phillies. Dodgers. The Dodgers have won every game in the playoff by large margins. Who you got in this one?

[Drew Franklin]

Go with my guy Freddie Freeman and his Dodgers. Even though I don't like them.

[Matt Jones]

Dodgers are home.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah. The best team in baseball. Dodgers.

[Matt Jones]

Dodgers went at home. There you go. 859-280-2287 we got sent to us. Here's how you can remove a sheriff. The governor can start impeachment proceedings in front of a board and then he can make the decision after the proceedings to. To remove him. I would say that is something that Governor Beshear probably ought to initiate, wouldn't you say?

[Drew Franklin]

I would certainly quote Bush Hamden. Take a look what's going on in Robertson county and probably make some adjustments.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's probably a fair thing to do, right?

[Shannon Dawson]

I'd say that's on his agenda to get to as soon as possible.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, I thought you would like this. The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson was Asked about Bad Bunny playing at the super bowl, and he said, it's a disgrace. Bad Bunny should not play. He should be replaced by Lee Greenwood.

[Ryan Lemond]

God bless America and the Village People. That'd be great.

[Matt Jones]

Can you imagine bringing out. How old is Lee Greenwood? First, he's got to be in his 80s. He's got to be in his 80s. Can you imagine? First of all, what's he gonna sing besides God bless America? I mean, that's a 15 minute performance. So what else is he gonna say?

[Drew Franklin]

America the Beautiful.

[Matt Jones]

I think he has Star Spangled Banner. No, he's got other songs. Shannon, you and I, we've done this before. Who? Who. What are his songs? He's got like, he.

[Shannon Dawson]

I remember him standing by your dad during the ball walk at the Tennessee.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so I'm looking at. Here's the list of Lee Greenwood's most popular songs. Are you ready?

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

God bless the USA Rock version. It's America the Beautiful. This land is your land. Told you. Star spangled Banner.

[Shannon Dawson]

You nailed them.

[Matt Jones]

The Battle hymn of the Republic.

[Shannon Dawson]

Oh, my goodness.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got one called IOU I feel.

[Matt Jones]

Like that's not Dixie Road. That's one. I know, dicks. But first of all, I don't think they want you saying Dixie.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think that word got removed. So he's got to go back to America.

[Matt Jones]

This next one is Amazing Grace.

[Shannon Dawson]

I can see a halftime show really rocking with that going on.

[Matt Jones]

I like that suggestion. You know what? Let's just do Lee Greenwood.

[Shannon Dawson]

How old was the guy that made this suggestion?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know how Mike Johnson is. He probably is in his 50s. Maybe.

[Ryan Lemond]

Greenwood's 82, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

82.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm actually in for it now. At first I laugh. That would be awesome. You could do a little flyover.

[Matt Jones]

Greenwood's gonna fly over.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, he parachutes in. Yeah, he definitely parachutes in.

[Ryan Lemond]

Parachute.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I. I don't know if he could stick the landing. I don't know if that would happen. Who's next?

[Ryan Lemond]

Kelsey?

[Matt Jones]

Kelsey. Go ahead, Kelsey.

[I]

Hey, guys. So I went to Jeff Ruby's last night with my husband for our anniversary, and as we walked in, my husband said.

[Matt Jones]

I know what he said.

[I]

Wouldn't it be funny if we saw. Huh? Wouldn't it be funny if we saw Vince Marrow? And I was like, no, we won't. Well, we got seated and we were talking, and over my shoulder, here comes Vince Merrow with his cardinals here on.

[Matt Jones]

And he was wearing cars.

[I]

Yes, he was. He was bustling through the dining room. He looked like he kind of snuck out the side door. And I asked our waiter because I'm nosy, how often is Vince here? And he said at least once a week. About 30 minutes later. Can I keep going?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, quickly.

[I]

Okay. 30 minutes later, Kenny Walker and Larry or Leroy Bird come in and they sit down with like the NBA scouts and Vince comes back in. He reappears and is talking to everybody. And you know, we're just thinking, clearly, he doesn't live in Louisville. He hates Louisville.

[Matt Jones]

He lives here. He lives here. I, I appreciate the call. I, I hear Vince. I, I get Vince marrow sightings in Lexington three times a week.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

I was at Jeff Ruby's two weeks ago and they said Vince was just in here. Like I just missed him.

[Matt Jones]

The, the, the Harry's and Malone. And then Jeff, I get Vince Merrill. The dude wishes he was here.

[Drew Franklin]

He misses it.

[Matt Jones]

He. I know he misses it whether he says it or not. Thank you all very much. We'll see you tomorrow here at KS Bars, Kentucky Sports Radio.

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