2025-10-1- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) – Hour 1

Date: October 1, 2025
Location: Live from Shannon the Dude's man cave, Mount Washington, Kentucky
Hosts: Shannon the Dude, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin
Overview:
In this episode of KSR, the crew goes on the road to broadcast their first-ever show from Shannon the Dude’s childhood home and newly christened man cave in Mount Washington. The hosts dive into small-town Kentucky life, personal anecdotes, listener calls, UK football struggles, and some lighthearted chaos, all with their trademark wit and Southern banter.

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Main Themes

• KSR on the Road: The experience and stories from doing the show in Shannon’s man cave, a converted garage in Mount Washington.
• Life and Community in Mount Washington: Reminiscing about the town’s growth, neighbors, and local businesses.
• UK Football Woes: Breaking down Kentucky’s current season struggles, upcoming games, and coaching questions.
• Listener Interaction: Calls about UK sports, local pride, and even grilling mishaps.
• Memorable Offbeat Moments: Injuries, grease fires, Fazoli’s breadstick candles, and a mountain of foreign currency letters.

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Detailed Breakdown & Key Moments

1. KSR’s First Show at Shannon's Man Cave (03:06–07:00)

• The crew enjoys donuts and chocolate milk at Shannon’s “garage bar.”
• Shannon shares how he repurposed his dad’s old garage for his man cave.
• Ryan refers to a previous failed donut eating contest at his own house, setting a playful tone.

Notable Quote:
“I love your place, man. It’s awesome in here.” — Ryan Lemon [04:31]

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2. Garage Bar & Neighborhood Vibes (04:35–08:38)

• Shannon describes buying a real bar from The Twisted Cork in Lexington via Facebook Marketplace, the drama of almost losing it to another buyer, and assembling it with friends.
• The man cave attracts neighbors: “It’s like a garage bar in the neighborhood.”

Notable Quote:
“It’s almost like its own little sitcom. All the characters are the same that have been here since I was a kid.” — Shannon [22:56]

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3. Games, Candles & Injuries: Man Cave Antics (07:03–09:43)

• Drew guesses what’s in the garage—jokes about a Fazoli’s breadstick “warmer”—and discovers Shannon actually has a Fazoli’s breadstick-scented candle.
• Billy injures himself before the show by pulling a vintage club from Shannon’s golf bag and stabbing himself on a sharp Vanderbilt logo.

Notable Moment:
“As he was pulling out this golf club, right above it is a metal Vanderbilt logo … he stabs himself and immediately starts bleeding all over my garage.” — Shannon [08:38]

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4. Tech Fumbles & Accountability (09:51–11:22)

• Light ribbing as Ryan repeatedly forgets the A Vision Glass text machine (an iPhone used for reading texts from listeners) on past shows. Today, he finally has it.
• The text machine overflows with anti-Stoops messages.

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5. Mount Washington Pride & Local Color (11:22–13:40)

• Discussion of notable athletes (Derek Willis, the Bullet East football champs) and everyday local institutions, painting a picture of small-town Kentucky life.
• Drew’s complaint about a Starbucks coffee leads to talk of local coffee shops, the brewery, and how Mount Washington’s grown from “nothing” to a quasi-suburb.

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6. Classic KSR Storytelling: Yesterday’s Guests & Matt Jones Abroad (13:57–16:57)

• The crew fondly remembers yesterday’s show with Richie and Buck, their Kentucky basketball stories, rural childhood adventures, and their unique chemistry.
• Updates on Matt Jones’ South Africa trip. A listener worries after an actual safari elephant attack in the news, but the crew jokes Matt wouldn’t get close to calves (since “he hates babies”).

Notable Quote:
“I can’t just envision our boy Matt. Even if it’s glamping I can’t imagine Matt being in a tent.” — Shannon [16:27]

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7. UK Football Panic: How to Fix the Team? (23:31–28:19)

Core Discussion:

• Kentucky is 2–2, entering a brutal schedule (Texas, Tennessee, Georgia).
• The group debates if the slow, “grind it out” Stoops style gives any upset hope vs. Georgia.
• Quarterback crisis: Recent ESPN rankings have UK QBs dead last in the Power Four.
• Lack of offensive firepower to recover from deficits (key to modern football).
• Running backs are the only reliable group; elsewhere, there are questions about the roster and coaching choices.

Notable Quotes:
“When Kentucky was down 28 to 10 at halftime, I thought it’s over. I didn’t think our offense had the firepower to come back from that type of deficit.” — Shannon [27:27]
“It’s weird when they say things like, ‘When we get behind, we’re just not a team that can come back.’ Why did you build a team that can’t come back from down 11?” — Drew Franklin [27:10]

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8. Path to Bowl Eligibility? (28:19–28:43)

• Ryan, Shannon, and Drew try to piece together six wins from a tough remaining schedule.
• Consensus: Most optimistic fans hope for wins against Florida and Tennessee Tech.

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9. Local Color: Neighborhood and Braves News (22:31–23:31 & 30:03–33:32)

• Shannon reminisces about his neighbors, including Ralph and Dorothy in their 90s, and local sports fandom.
• Breaking news for Braves fans: Brian Snitker out as manager after a disappointing season — Drew and Shannon reflect on Atlanta’s underperformance and Bobby Cox nostalgia.
• Reds are battered by the Dodgers; Ohtani and Teoscar both go deep.

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10. Grease Fire Disaster at Ryan’s House (33:33–37:20)

• Ryan hosts a pool party for KS Bar staff, accidentally starts a grill grease fire, and (wrongly) throws water on it — “It worked!”
• Discussion about the right way to handle grill fires (don’t use water; use a fire extinguisher!) and joking about cleaning the grill pan.

Notable Moment:
“We had a Rick Pitino fire—it only lasted 15 seconds.” — Ryan Lemon [37:11] (joking about the infamous short Pitino incident)

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11. SEC Allegiances Beyond Kentucky (37:20–39:46)

• Callers ask if the hosts have a second favorite SEC team; mostly they cheer for underdogs, with a slight fondness for Vandy (as a non-threat) or Ole Miss (Lane Kiffin).
• Ryan notes a family connection to Auburn.

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12. Highlighting UK’s Tight Ends (40:00–42:44)

• Call from a listener noting that UK’s tight ends are leading the team, possibly due to coaching changes and former local player Cole Britain assisting.
• Drew and Ryan agree the tight ends have been a rare bright spot: “They might be the highlight of the season.”

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13. Shannon’s Foreign Bills & Pumpkin Harvest (46:42–49:48)

• In a lighter segment, Shannon shows off his “international money collection”—a big stack of random bills mailed to his house.
• He’s also proud of his home-grown pumpkins, offering some to the crew and marveling at his 90-year-old neighbor’s active lifestyle.

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14. End of Hour – Coaching Rumors & Stoops’ Future (49:49–51:09)

• A caller brings up unsubstantiated rumors about Mark Stoops; Shannon promptly shuts it down as hearsay.
• The crew discusses Stoops’ job security — consensus is three wins would lead to firing, four is borderline, and five is a tough conversation.

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Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

• On the man cave bar:
  “I got a U-Haul…had to take a shot in the dark, take a chance, drive all the way to Lexington. Then…another guy tried to come in and buy that bar from underneath me.” – Shannon [05:26]
• On small-town Kentucky:
  “Back then, when I was growing up, we didn’t have anything…now this basically turned into an extension of Louisville.” – Shannon [12:57]
• On UK’s football limitations:
  “It’s weird when…they say, ‘We’re just not a team that can come back.’ Why did you build a team that can’t come back from down 11?” – Drew [27:10]
• On the grease fire:
  “I went in, grabbed a big cup of water, put it out, no problem…You guys are telling me that’s the wrong thing to do.” – Ryan [34:21]

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Important Timestamps

• 03:06 — Show kicks off from Shannon’s man cave; donut contest callbacks.
• 05:13 — Detailed story of acquiring the authentic Lexington bar for the garage.
• 07:08 — Discovery of Fazoli’s breadstick candle.
• 08:38 — Billy’s minor injury, stabbed by a Vanderbilt logo.
• 09:51 — Text machine accountability; anti-Stoops messages.
• 12:00 — Local athletes and Mount Washington pride.
• 13:57 — Recapping Richie and Buck’s memorable guest appearance (previous show).
• 16:51 — Jokes & worries about Matt Jones on safari in South Africa.
• 23:31 — Segment transitions to UK football’s current state/problems.
• 27:10 — Analysis of UK system and recruiting woes.
• 33:33 — Ryan’s grill grease fire story, grilling advice, and jokes.
• 37:20 — Call about “second” SEC teams.
• 40:00 — Mount Washington’s Cole Britain and UK’s effective tight ends.
• 46:42 — Shannon’s pumpkin and foreign bill collections; neighbor stories.
• 49:48 — Call about Stoops rumors and speculation on his future.

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Engaging Moments & Takeaways

• Homegrown, hometown: The episode is loaded with nostalgia and Kentucky pride, from pumpkin harvests to stories about how a Dairy Queen sparked the town’s growth.
• UK Football concerns: The show pulls no punches on the state of UK football, with open critique, fan frustration, and realistic discussion about the program’s direction.
• Humor & Chemistry: The crew’s banter—over donuts, grilling disasters, and local gossip—keeps the show lively and connected to its Kentucky roots.
• Community Feel: Regulars, longtime neighbors, and listener calls give the episode a closeness unique to KSR, making it both sports talk and a slice of local life.

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For Those Who Missed It:
This hour exemplifies KSR’s mix of Kentucky sports breakdowns, offbeat humor, and community storytelling. Whether covering Mark Stoops’ hot seat, the emotional ties of small-town Kentucky, or a ridiculous grease fire, the episode delivers laughs and insights for Wildcats fans and bluegrass locals alike.

Transcript

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[Shannon]

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[Ryan Lemon]

Nailed it.

[Shannon]

We've also got. What is it? Our. Our whiskey thief call of the day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Shannon]

And I already said that one. Oh, yeah, yeah. And of course, the KSR pre show brought to you by the law offices of TJ Smith. If you call tj, he'll make them pay. We are live in Bullock county, which. We've done some shows in Bullock county in the past, guys, but I don't think we've ever done a show live from Mount Washington.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think so either. You're right.

[Shannon]

Yeah. So this is the first one we've been in Shepherdsville. Yep, yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

Not in Mount Washington, so.

[Shannon]

So welcome, guys. We got Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin here with us in the. The garage bar. And guys, welcome to Mount Washington. We got you some donuts. Ryan, I know that you wanted some donuts. I'm sure after your. Your complete failure of the donut contest at your house last time. The donate donut eating contest. So I got you some donuts, got you some chocolate milk. You ready to go?

[Drew Franklin]

Here's your iPad.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, we said this yesterday. You know, we've done a show at Drew's house. Yeah, we've done shows at my house, the donut show. We've done lots of shows at Matt's house. We've never done a show at Shannon's house.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Ryan Lemon]

And when Matt left, he said, look, you guys, do whatever you want in the show. Go wherever you want. Do whatever you want. So Drew and I were talking like, let's go to Shannon's man cave. Let's do one in Shannon's man cave for a change. So I did get the donuts you brought specially from the place here in Mount Washington, Donut King. So I had my first real full donut.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Since the donut challenge.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Kept it down. So, so far, so good. I. I love your place, man. It's awesome in here.

[Shannon]

Well, thank you. Yeah, this was, you know, supposed to be a garage for show cars. My dad had this house.

[Ryan Lemon]

He said he had, like two Camaros.

[Shannon]

In here, two Corvettes. Corvettes and then, well, when I moved in here, I don't have anything except for a jeep. So I thought, you know what? I got all this extra space, Drew. Might as well just turn it into a man cave. And as you can imagine, I've got a couple of TVs up. You know, we got the games on. At nights when I'm just sitting here, all the neighbors just sort of congregate over here and. And you know, some of them a little. Little halfway lit up Drew just walking over here and just kind of stumble in and they've got their own pub right here. It's like a garage bar in the neighborhood.

[Drew Franklin]

It is very inviting. It's very nice in here. You have an amazing bar. You mentioned you. You've got that from a real bar in Lexington.

[Shannon]

Yeah, nice. The Twisted Cork. It's really nice in Lexington. Was renovating their bar. They decided, we want to get rid of this bar. They had it on Facebook marketplace for like 600 bucks.

[Ryan Lemon]

So how did you get it from Lexington to here?

[Shannon]

That's a big bar in the back of my Jeep. No, I got a you. I got a U Haul. Had to rent a.

[Ryan Lemon]

Rent a U Haul.

[Shannon]

So this was a whole production this day. So it was first come, first serve. So my dilemma, first of all was that's a really nice bar for a really nice price, but I'm gonna have to drive all the way from Mount Washington to Lexington and just hope the thing is there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So I tried to contact the sellers and say, hey, can you hang on to that? They're like, no, we can't really do that. So I just had to take a shot in the dark, take a chance, drive all the way to Lexington. Then when you get there, of course, you got to go get a U Haul. So I'm like, I'm here. Here's the money, you know, just hang on to it. Little did I know when I was going from the Twisted Cork bar to get the U Haul to rent, another guy tried to come in and buy that bar from underneath of me.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, trying to undercut you.

[Shannon]

Now, you could imagine how upset I would have been if I had spent a couple hundred bucks on a U Haul. And while I'm going to rent the U Haul, some other guy comes. So luckily they were nice enough to actually hang on to the bar. We got it here. Took quite a few friends to bring this thing in. We had to pick it up and load it in here. I mean, that is, I think, a 13 foot long bar. It's big about here.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's big. Yeah. It looks awesome in here. It's perfect. You got your. Your kegerator set up. Where's the Phoenix Hill fountain?

[Shannon]

I don't have the fountain. The fountain's at the other house.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, you see? You had to leave it there.

[Shannon]

I had to leave it there. Well, the inner parts of the fountain are still with me. It's out there in the shed.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Fountain's always with you, right? Carries it everywhere.

[Shannon]

That's right. Carries it with the bricks. The bricks are still there at the.

[Ryan Lemon]

Gotcha.

[Shannon]

Now, now, guys, you. You. Yesterday, Drew, it was your game. Let's come up with things that we think might be in Shannon's garage. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Fun game.

[Shannon]

Yeah. And I think. Was it your suggestion of something? Fazoli's.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. I thought you would either have some form of bread warmer.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Or for special events, maybe you actually paid someone to walk around with a basket and tongs, handing out breadsticks. But I assume something breadstick related.

[Shannon]

You were close. So instead of that, I've got a Fazoli's breadstick scented candle, which we've got lit right now. It smells like garlic breadsticks.

[Drew Franklin]

This is too close to me.

[Shannon]

Well, we can move it away.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm actually starting to choke up on the garlic.

[Shannon]

Okay, well, we can move it over.

[Ryan Lemon]

As soon as you lit it, we all like. Oh, I smell it. It was, like, amazing. You can smell it as quickly.

[Shannon]

I want to get it away from you guys.

[Drew Franklin]

My eyes are watering.

[Shannon]

The last thing I want to do is catch anybody on fire because we've already had one injury that already occurred this morning.

[Ryan Lemon]

I heard that on the pre show.

[Shannon]

So, you know, like, in factories, a lot of times, they'll put up on, like, a big board, and it'll say, like, 20 days since our last incident. Yeah, we gotta reset it at zero in the garage because Billy came in and immediately started rummaging through all of my personal belongings, including over here in the corner, these golf clubs that haven't been touched in 20 years. There is a. This is how old and outdated my golf clubs are. I've got a wooden club in there, a wooden driver, and Billy was just. He. He looked like he had seen a dinosaur or something. He's like, oh, my gosh. There's a hickory wooden club in your. In your cake, in your bag. So as he's pulling out this golf club, right above it is a metal Vanderbilt logo, and it's a star logo, and it's very, very sharp. Like, you could. You could stat. You could Kill somebody with that. That could be a murder weapon.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's like a big throwing star.

[Shannon]

The Vanderbilt logo is a big star, and it's all made out of metal. And as he was pulling up that wooden club out of the. The golf bag, he stabs himself with the corner of that metal star and immediately starts bleeding all over my garage. So luckily, we. Like I was telling Billy earlier, I don't know how to start a tourniquet on somebody, but I felt like he was going to bleed out here in front of us. And our next door neighbor over here, Robert, went over there and he got a bandage for Billy. So Billy is already bandaged up. I mean, that was before the pre show even started today. So we're off to a little bit of a rough start. But if you guys will just, you know, stay where you're at, stay seated, I promise you, you won't get injured here. Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

I know. I noticed when I walked in. Billy is like Rick James up on your couch, right? Yeah. He's got his shoes on, but they're up on the top cushion. He's laid back. Is that because of the injury or did he just really coming down and.

[Shannon]

Flopped out like that?

[Drew Franklin]

Make himself at home?

[Shannon]

Billy is. He really is. He's making himself at home. He came in, he immediately demanded that I make him a hazelnut coffee, which I did. I was trying to be a good host. You know, like I said, I brought donuts in and everything for you guys. But Billy just comes in and just acts like he owns the place, which is fine. That's fine.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, because after he calls tj, he is going to own this place. He's going to make me injured on your property. TJ's going to make you pay. Billy's going to own this man cave.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't want to go any further without finding out if he has the Vision Glass text machine. We can't gloss.

[Ryan Lemon]

Thank you.

[Shannon]

Thank you for that, Drew. Yes. Okay, we need to go back to this because this has been a problem the last several days of you not bringing the. A Vision Glass text machine, which is a brand new, shiny iPhone, which you still don't have a case for. Get a case for that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Case for it.

[Drew Franklin]

Mario, I don't like the look in his eyes.

[Shannon]

I need to know, do you or do you not have it? Do you. Did you remember it? Is it still on your nightstand on the charger? Where is the. The phone right now?

[Ryan Lemon]

The worst thing yesterday is when Drew brings it up. Allan Anderson from Avion Glass is sitting.

[Shannon]

Right in front of.

[Drew Franklin]

The worst thing is not Drew bringing it up. The worst thing is you not bringing it.

[Shannon]

Yeah, Don't.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't bring Drew into this.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I.

[Drew Franklin]

This is a Ryan Lemon issue.

[Shannon]

This is your accountability.

[Ryan Lemon]

They gave me this phone to use as the text machine while Matt is out of the country. Because Matt's text machine, the text machine we normally use, is on his phone. So a Vision Glass bought this phone. I forgot to take it to Bywater Farm.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

I forgot it Monday. We were with Dusty Bonner. Forgot it yesterday with Richie and Buck. So coming near your house today. Is it in my pocket.

[Shannon]

Do you have it?

[Ryan Lemon]

I got it.

[Shannon]

There it is. Davis is here. All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

And it's charged up because it's been on the charger for a week without moving.

[Drew Franklin]

I have a lot of messages.

[Ryan Lemon]

I probably got a lot of messages. Well, everything's Mark Stoops. Firemark Stoops. Fire Bush, Hampden.

[Shannon]

Has that been basically all that you get on there?

[Ryan Lemon]

Just lighten it up. Yeah.

[Shannon]

And does it go all night?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, because people listen to the podcast.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So this is the podcast. They said, I'm going to go ahead and text the text machine. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, it does. It doesn't stop.

[Shannon]

All right. So we do this everywhere we go. Notable athletes. There's not many from Mount Washington. I've got one. Do you know any notable athletes from Mount Washington, Kentucky?

[Ryan Lemon]

There's a guy by the name who's a pitcher named Shannon Grigsby that pitched for Bellarmine College. Bellman University.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't think that's very notable. As a matter of fact, I went to the Mount Washington Wikipedia page.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

They have notable people on there. I'm not on there. Wow. I'm not even on there. Wow. I guess I'm not notable enough to make the Mount Washington, Kentucky, Wikipedia page. Of course. Derek Willis from Bullet East.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Shannon]

And I think that's it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, that's a big one.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

The Bullet east football team did win the state title a couple years ago.

[Shannon]

6.

[Ryan Lemon]

A state title just a couple years ago.

[Shannon]

That's right. You got that going.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

And I'm trying to think of anything else that Mount Washington has done that's. That's notable.

[Ryan Lemon]

June Bug Rake's son was on that team with Derrick Willis.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

The coffee I got on my way in, maybe the worst coffee I've ever gotten.

[Shannon]

Where did you get the coffee at?

[Drew Franklin]

It's from a nice. I won't name the company, but it is a. A coffee shop based out of Seattle. Green logo, lady with long hair on it. Long wait. Long wait at the local. Local starburs here.

[Shannon]

Did you go the one at Kroger?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. That's why I was a little late. You saw me come in and two wheels here in your neighborhood?

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah. You know some local coffee shops around here. This is God's country.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know that I've actually been through Mount Washington. I passed, like, the. The downtown. There's a Dairy Queen. There's smokers outlet.

[Shannon]

We got our own brewery here. We're big.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I didn't see the brewery.

[Shannon]

So I'm telling. Yeah, Yeah, I did like the food truck park.

[Drew Franklin]

That looked neat.

[Shannon]

Y. Yep. Sissy's tacos. I'm just shouting out all the businesses in Mount Washington. We got Gallant Fox Brewery. But I'm telling you, that is a big deal for Mount Washington because I grew up in Mount Washington and we had nothing here. And now this is basically turned into an extension of Louisville. Like, it's. It's just become overcrowded, and they continue to add businesses. And you got. We got a sports bar out here now like that. That's big time for us. Because back then when I was growing up, we didn't have anything. We didn't even have the bypass. Like, if you wanted to go from Louisville to Mount Washington, you had to take the old Bardstown road to get there. And now we got this bypass, which is now, you know, opened up traffic a little bit. But it is still, though. We have way too many people in this city for what it can hold. Like, it is too small of a town to have this many people.

[Ryan Lemon]

I was talking to your dad while you guys are doing the pre show, and he said he remembers it was such a big deal when this town got that first Dairy Queen.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Got the Dairy Queen. That was like a huge deal. We're growing.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it was. It was a druthers back in the druthers. Yeah. If you remember. Druthers.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I. The biscuits and chicken. I don't know what you want. You're gonna get chicken and biscuits.

[Shannon]

That's right. So we're gonna have a Fun time today. 2287. I thought Richie and Buck were awesome yesterday. Really enjoyed having those guys on. And I always love hearing Richie talk about his time at Kentucky and going to practice playing for Rick Patino.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

And hearing those stories of how hard those Rick Patino practices are, I feel like Drew, a lot of what Mark Pope does is kind of what Rick Pitino, you Know how he was as a coach when Pope played for Patino back in the day?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, we hear those war stories. I liked hearing about how he had quit the team and then ended up sitting in Rick's basement. Rick's like, well, I quit, too. That was pretty funny. But also, you know, I know Buck doesn't have the recognition of a Richie, but anytime Buck chimes in on anything, I can't help but laugh. He is so funny. When you get those two together, telling the stories together, like when they were talking about their youth, I don't even know the stuff they're talking about. It's like, hung it up with a piece of seagrass, and, you know, we're playing from a railroad tide. I'm like, I can't even picture what they're talking about, but I could listen to them tell those stories forever.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Chasing the ball down the hill. And Richie said, well, I didn't have to chase it that much because I didn't miss that much.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just listen to those guys talk. Their accent and the way they talk and just kind of bounce off each other, I think was very entertaining yesterday. I loved it.

[Drew Franklin]

And they're late because the black topping. I like that.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

Black topping.

[Shannon]

That's right. So always good to have those guys on. We need to bring them back. Maybe. Amen next time. That's out as well. Now, speaking of Matt, do we have an update from Matt? I know, Drew, you've been doing some podcast with Matt the last couple of days. I haven't heard anything.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm looking at Billy here. Billy is Billy's. I go through Billy to get to Matt. I think. Think he might. We might be rogue Today on Cover 0. We're figuring that out. Might be a me and Billy show.

[Shannon]

So my dad actually brought this story up this morning because I didn't see it in the news, but apparently in South Africa just yesterday, there was someone who was on a safari and got attacked by an elephant.

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Shannon]

And held underwater by this elephant. So she did survive. It was. It was a female. But I just saw a person and an African safari, an elephant attacking someone. And I thought, oh, my God, did we lose our boy Matt Jones to an elephant attack? I started reading into the details a little bit. Apparently, this person got a little too close to the. The elephant calves. They're called calves. And then I realized, well, Matt hates babies, so there's no way that Matt would get close to. Or the waters. Or the water. That's. That's true. So. But I saw that and I was like, oh my gosh, what's going on in South Africa? You know, I worry about Matt. You said he was in a tent. Yeah. And I can't just envision our boy Matt.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can't either.

[Shannon]

Even if it's glamping. I can't imagine Matt being in a tent.

[Drew Franklin]

I, I agree. I, I didn't know this elephant story. We were actually supposed to do something yesterday at 4 and we ended up not doing it. I definitely would have assumed he was underneath the elephant at that point, but when I haven't seen the tent, I just know when Matt, I, I assume it's like the Ritz Carlton of ten gotta be right. It's probably a big room with a king bed that just happens to have like a sheet over the top of something.

[Shannon]

Memory foam mattress.

[Drew Franklin]

And he was able to live stream a radio show from said tent with WI Fi.

[Shannon]

So. So what?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, it is cool that he's out in the national park and seeing animals, but tent I think might be stretched a little bit on what he's staying in.

[Ryan Lemon]

So if he's got WI Fi doing his show, he's not really roughing it. Roughing it? He's got.

[Drew Franklin]

I wouldn't think so.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I. Look, I can't really say much because I'm not a camper either. I think I've been camping one time and I did not like it. And I go, we got a house two miles up the road. Why are we sleeping on the ground?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

And pretending like we don't have AC just right up the road from here. So I'm not a big camper myself, but I, I worry about our boy Matt. I'm glad he's going to be back Friday and I guess he's going to be back on a plane, I guess tomorrow. The question is, will the Cincinnati Reds still be in the playoffs when he comes back? We'll talk a little bit about that on the other side of the break. And Ryan, before we go though, you're wearing this red shirt.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I thought I better wear it.

[Shannon]

My goodness. My guy.

[Drew Franklin]

That button is barely hanging on you. Listen closely. You can hear that button screaming for help.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I thought I better wear it before the red season comes to an end. So.

[Shannon]

Where did you get that?

[Ryan Lemon]

My son Michael played for the Reds when he was 12.

[Shannon]

So you're wearing a 12 year old jersey. 12 year old's jersey.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's now 23, so it's 11 years old.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

And it's been in my closet untouched for all that whole time. So why not?

[Shannon]

That has got, that's not even a medium. That, that is a small jersey and.

[Drew Franklin]

That can't be comfortable.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why it still fits.

[Shannon]

It's very, very, it's very nicely. Maybe Mario can get a picture of that and send it out for everybody to see.

[Ryan Lemon]

Got my name on the back so they know I used to play for the Reds.

[Shannon]

Good girl.

[Ryan Lemon]

I wore this to great American ballpark. We went up that day for batting practice. This is what I would. This is what I wore.

[Shannon]

They could have used your help last night. Yeah, we'll talk more about that and we'll talk some Kentucky football and a whole lot more. 859-280-2287. We are live in Mount Washington, Kentucky. From my man cave. We'll be right back. This is KSR.

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[Shannon]

All right, welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. We're live in Mount Washington. You know, one of the cool things about living in this house, this is the house I grew up in.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Which is kind of cool.

[Shannon]

And all the neighbors that are surrounding me have all been here since I was a kid.

[Ryan Lemon]

Amazing.

[Shannon]

We got Robert over here, who has been here since the 90s, was a big Atlanta Braves fan. That's how I kind of became a. Well, sort of how I became a Braves fan. But now he's a. He's a Cincinnati Reds fan. He's like. He's like Matt. Yeah, exactly. We got Greg and Sheila over here across the street, who have been here since the 80s. We got Ralph and Dorothy across the street.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, Ralph and Dorothy.

[Shannon]

They're now in their 90s. They've been there since I was a kid. And then we got Chris over here who's been here since I think the, the 90s as well. So it's kind of cool. It's like, it's almost like its own little sitcom. All the characters are all the same that have been here since I was a kid.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now, where's the famous driveway where you became a Vanderbilt fan? Is it on this street? Basketball with your neighbor?

[Shannon]

Actually, right, right there. There used to be a basketball. Go where that white car is. I know this is radio, so nobody can see that. Yeah, but, but yeah, that's where you.

[Ryan Lemon]

Became a Vanderbilt fan.

[Shannon]

That's it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because he wanted to be Kentucky and they just played Vanderbilt the night before. So he made you be Vanderbilt. The rest is history.

[Shannon]

That's right. So let's talk a little Kentucky football.

[Ryan Lemon]

We have to.

[Shannon]

How. How are we going to fix this football team, guys? We got right now Kentucky 2 and 2. You got a gauntlet of top 25 teams coming up with Texas, Tennessee, Georgia on Saturday. I don't even know where to start. The cats are a 22 and a half point dog, I believe.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's come down a few points to like 20 and a half, but yeah, call it three touchdowns.

[Shannon]

And I saw, you know, Stoop, Bush, Hampton talking about how methodical the offense is. Drew, do you think that if Kentucky has any chance on Saturday that they have to just grind it out and play that slow mark Stoops ball, Or do you think that there's any chance that maybe they just let Cutter start slinging it around? I don't think that that's the case. It's just, it's just a slow, grind it out type game. I think that's probably Kentucky's best chance.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And you know, I don't think they're going to win, but of all teams that they've played well over even, even the last couple years and they haven't been winning SEC games. You beat or you lost to Georgia by like one at home last year, three at home a couple years before that. You have similar styles. They're just much better at it, much more talented. So I think Kentucky might be kind of in the game if you have turnovers like you did a week ago. Yeah, but I think for a little while they'll hang around. But I just, I don't when you don't have a quarterback. And I don't think Calzada or Cutter have proven that they're quite ready yet. I just don't see how you can go down there and really have a chance at Georgia, especially Georgia, coming off that loss. They're not going to, you know, run up the score or anything, but they're. You're not. You're not going to sneak up on Georgia for sure. They're motivated to correct their, their loss last week.

[Shannon]

Ryan, if you're Mark Stoops, let's say Cutter struggles again against Georgia. How long do you stick with Cutter? Is Cutter going to be the guy regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, or do you maybe just kind of take it game by game? But I don't think you can do that this far into the season. I mean, we're already, what, getting close to the halfway point.

[Ryan Lemon]

The crazy thing is after this Georgia game, Kentucky has another bye week. So I have two weeks before the Texas game. So I don't think you make a move. I think you just let Cutter take his growing pains right now, take his licks, just continuing again, let him get as many reps as possible in practice and hopefully he can get put it together by the end of the season. You know, Georgia has beaten Kentucky 15 times in a row, but like Drew said, last year was 13 to 10. They only beat Kentucky about one point at Kroger Field. They. Because Kentucky and Georgia kind of play similar. You know, they like to have that same offensive philosophy the Stoops and Kirby Smart both have. I think that enables Kentucky at least to kind of keep it closer than most people think.

[Shannon]

You know, Drew, we saw like in the preseason the rankings that came out that were talking about Kentucky's talent, like a raw talent, and they ranked I think like in the top 30. So if Kentucky has a top 30 raw talent team, what. What is the issue? Is it. Is it a coaching issue more so than the players or what do you think? Like, where's the hangout with this team?

[Drew Franklin]

Coaching's a big part of it. Also, just the way you built the roster. I'm trying to pull this up on the fly because I haven't laid eyeballs on it yet. But someone right as we started ESPN ranked the Every quarterback in the country in Kentucky's is dead last. Cutter Bolius, number six, all power four.

[Ryan Lemon]

Quarterbacks one through 68. Yeah, Cutter and Calzada are both ranked.

[Drew Franklin]

That's part of your answer there. They combined Bowley, calzada, but you're 68 out of 68th, at least in this. And you know, it's hard to disagree with that right now. So I don't. You know, it's weird when like yesterday they say things like, well, you know, when we get behind, we're just not a team that can come back.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

What do you mean? That's part of football. Why did you build a team that can't come back from down 11?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Or when we get to third and eight, you know, it's just tough for us to pick. It's like, what? Well, why is your team assembled to where you can't do that? You know, it's things like that that it goes back to, not just players not playing well. It's like, well, what did you even build if you're not even able to.

[Shannon]

Do that to the point to where the only part of our team I truly believe in is our running backs. Yeah, that's it. I mean, other than that, I feel like when Kentucky got down and we talked about this on Monday, when Kentucky was down 28 to 10 at halftime, I thought it's over. I, I didn't think that Kentucky's offense even had the power, the firepower to be able to come back from that type of deficit. So I feel like if Kentucky is going to win, they've got to keep these games 20 points or less. And it was like that last year, Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what stinks the most. Even after those two turnovers, which are crazy back to back defensive touchdowns, that just doesn't happen.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But even after that it's only 21 to 10 in the first half. But as a Kentucky fan, 21 to 10 is. It's over.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a good night. This is football. It shouldn't be that a 10 point lead is just insurmountable, but as a at Kentucky, it. That seems to be the case.

[Shannon]

So Ryan, how do you get to six? Georgia, Texas, Tennessee win one. Auburn, Florida, Tennessee Tech. Vandy went to beat Louisville. Or maybe you get three out of that. Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Tech, Vandy. But that's going to be tough.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think if you're the most optimistic Kentucky fan, you got to think you got a chance to get Florida at home.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

You get Tennessee Tech.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

So you're sitting at four.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

The other two I think are going to be hard to get.

[Shannon]

859-280-2287. We're going to take a break. We'll be right back. We are live in Mount Washington. Kentucky. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. We're live from my man cave, Mount Washington. 859-280-2287 is the Clark's puppet shop phone lot. Alex Wrightson says I was at the Croom Winery. I forgot we have a winery here too. So we got a brewery. That's right. Said I was at the winery for a wedding this weekend. It was disappointed that I didn't see a sign coming into town stating home as Shannon the Dude. No, if I can't make the Wikipedia page, I'm not going to be able to make the. The only Matt Jones gets that type of honor. You know, when you roll into the Bell county home of Matt Jones and who was the other one? Who's the other celebrity majors. That's right. So no, I don't get that. A little breaking news for you and I Drew being Braves fans. It was just announced that Brian Snicker, the Braves manager, will not return as the manager and will transition into an advisory role. You know, the Braves having the talent that they have, finishing fourth in the NL east, something had to be done. They have way too much talent not to make the playoffs. And now Brian Snicker is going to be stepping down. Can we bring back Bobby Cox, please?

[Drew Franklin]

Please. I mean they actually this would be Bobby 3.0 because they brought Bobby back once already. Yeah, you're right though. When the season started, they were if not third, maybe fourth in the World Series odds behind the Dodgers, maybe a couple others. Like we legit thought we were going to be contending. And then there were some early injuries early in the season.

[Shannon]

Tire starting rotation that's.

[Drew Franklin]

That stunk and I, you know, we'll give you a few losses there. But to finish where they did at the complete bottom.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Major leagues is unacceptable.

[Shannon]

So it had to happen right there at the bottom.

[Drew Franklin]

Way too much talent. It's been going well for several years and then to just bottom out this season, it had. You had to make a move.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Right down there with the Nationals and the Pirates. And the Pirates, I'm convinced, just will never be good in baseball. Just never.

[Ryan Lemon]

They got the best pitcher in the National League and they can't even win a game.

[Shannon]

I almost feel bad for him that he plays like he could. Really good. He's going to end up with the Yankees just like all the good players. Now speaking of baseball, let's talk a little baseball. We really haven't hit on the fact that the Reds got destroyed last night by the Dodgers. I kind of felt like this Was going to happen. Ohtani had two home runs and Hunter Green was just out there throwing BP Ryan, he was.

[Ryan Lemon]

He was doing batting practice. He threw against the Dodgers one month ago in five innings, gave up five runs, two home runs. Last night he didn't even make it to five innings. Like three innings. We already gave up eight runs, two home runs. It was amazing. Ohtani hit two home runs. That Teoscar guy hit two home runs. He was. It was batting practice.

[Shannon]

Drew, are the Reds going to be out of the playoffs before Matt could even get back from South Africa? Because I feel like that's what's going.

[Ryan Lemon]

To get in and out of the playoffs.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I guess tonight they're starting pitcher has given up the most runs of anyone in baseball. And then you're facing the Dodgers, who lead in all the hitting stats. I don't have a lot of faith.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I was just telling y' all during the break. I'm weird. I went the full regular season and this is the case every year.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Without watching a full baseball game. Like, did not sit and watch a game from start to finish. But for some reason, when the playoffs start, I lock in starting at 1 o' clock yesterday through now. I did cut the Reds game off a little early to go to sleep, but I mean, I was locked into every baseball game and loved every minute. But I was so looking forward to the Reds and I stepped outside of the. I went to like brush my teeth. I was gone like three minutes and I come back and it's just ball game. I missed the whole. I guess they scored one run earlier, but I mean, the whole. Was it back to back?

[Shannon]

It was like home run derby. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I completely missed the fun. So that game, zero interest in it after that happened.

[Shannon]

I don't think that you're weird that you do that. I think a lot of fans probably do that. And I'm kind of like that with the NBA. Like, I don't really watch a whole lot of regular season NBA games. But then when the playoffs roll around, Ryan, I mean, I'm locked in. I'm watching all the games.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, you know, you and our baseball guys, I love watching playoff baseball. There's no doubt about it. But last night I could not stay up after the Dodgers jumped on top of them. There was. I knew there was no coming back in the Reds. You know, the one thing I want to ask you about the Dodgers. Mookie Betts is a Gold Glove all star outfielder. They moved him to shortstop this year and now he's a Gold Glove potential winner in shortstop.

[Shannon]

You know, dude's amazing. They make such a big deal about guys in baseball, like, playing different positions, thinking, okay, I'm sure these guys have played those positions at some point in their life. It's not like Mookie Bits doesn't know how to play shortstop.

[Ryan Lemon]

If I want to be. Grew up playing the infield, sure.

[Shannon]

No, maybe not the major league level. And there is a little bit of difference, I'm sure, in that. For sure. Yeah. But I mean, if you know how to play left field, you know how to play left field, Drew. So I don't really understand why they make that big of a deal out of it. Now, Ryan, I want to focus on you for a minute, because I understand you had a grease fire at your house.

[Ryan Lemon]

I did.

[Shannon]

You had a party, and you had a grease fire, and you were. You were grilling out.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Shannon]

And you thought that the solution to putting out the grease fire would be to get a bucket of water and dump it on the grease fire.

[Ryan Lemon]

Cup of water. Yeah.

[Shannon]

And how'd that go for it?

[Ryan Lemon]

It worked.

[Shannon]

It did work.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, it worked.

[Shannon]

It.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we had the.

[Shannon]

It's supposed to work End of summer.

[Ryan Lemon]

Special one in the summer pool party for the Ks Bar servers and bartenders. They. They kind of invited themselves. They want to have a pool party. I'm like, okay, so people.

[Shannon]

People just invite themselves? They did kind of like my gar.

[Ryan Lemon]

Mario, and some of them kind of spearheaded it without even asking me. But that's cool. It's all right. I said, well, no. Mario said, you can grill out for us. Okay, I'll grill out hamburgers.

[Shannon]

Not only. Hold on a minute. Not only does he invite himself to your house, he puts you to work.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. Yeah.

[Shannon]

He makes you the chef.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I am kind of the grill master, except I had a little bit of a grease fire on my grill, which happens sometimes.

[Shannon]

Sometimes.

[Ryan Lemon]

A little spark, you know, we got a little grease fire. I didn't. Went in, grabbed a big cup of water, put it out, no problem. Now you guys are telling me that's the wrong thing to do.

[Shannon]

No. Okay. First of all, as someone who nearly had their house burned down just a couple of years ago, I would think that maybe you would have a fire extinguisher handy. Like, I've got one right there in the corner. If something were to happen here, if this Fazoli's breadstick candle were to catch your hog calling championship trophy on fire, I could put it out with that fire extinguisher. Do you not own A fire extinguisher.

[Ryan Lemon]

I do. And Mario was freaked out about the flames were coming out of the grill, so he ran inside. Yoga girl was in there.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, you got any fire suit? I need to have a fire extinguisher. Need a fire extrusion. You know, panicking.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So she found one underneath the kitchen. But by the time Mario brought it out, I already had to fire out with my Drew.

[Shannon]

I'm not a fire marshal, but as I said, I don't think you're supposed to put water on a grease fire. I think a fire extinguisher would probably be the best thing to have. Are there other things that you could throw on a grease fire? Do you have any idea? I've had a grease fire.

[Drew Franklin]

I took the. The quicker option of close the grill. That works for me. But I will say yesterday, I think.

[Ryan Lemon]

About that we did, but it was. It was in the grease pan below the grill.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Where the grease fire was.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But I will say yesterday I was watching baseball a KS Bar, like people do. Enjoying the red special.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And I asked a couple of servers how the party went. And one of them was like, it was pretty fun. But Ryan almost burned his house down. I laughed because just the way they said it. Haha.

[Shannon]

Just casually.

[Drew Franklin]

And they're like, what do you mean? Like, look at this. And they had a video. And I was like, oh, yeah, that's a big flame. Right. It was real close to your house. It wasn't like off to the side. It's very close to. To your back door. So it wasn't like a tiny little fire popped up. I mean, that was a.

[Shannon]

It was.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was a pretty good. I think the moral of the story is I should clean out my grease plate.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Probably full of grease down there. And got down in there and caught on fire. So.

[Shannon]

But, you know, sometimes that's what makes the burgers good. Like, we talked about that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, the burger's not good, Mario. They were real good. The burgers and hot dogs were good. Maybe had a little kerosene flavor to them or something. You know, don't worry about that.

[Shannon]

Well, kerosene, you know, you just drown it out with the mustard. And the ketchup even tasted.

[Ryan Lemon]

Never tasted.

[Shannon]

I did see a picture. Now, was that like vinyl on your house? The siding?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Shannon]

Did that get burnt?

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

In the video, it looked like we were close to contact with the actual house.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, it was probably, you know, it only lasted like maybe 10 seconds. I mean, it wasn't that long.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't believe that.

[Shannon]

10 seconds. Mario shaking his head.

[Ryan Lemon]

Enough time for me to get. Go inside, get a cup of water, come outside, put it out.

[Shannon]

I think you're moments away from disaster.

[Drew Franklin]

The video I saw was 10 seconds long. And this person, in theory, had to get out of a pool.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Get a phone.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

Hit record. So I think 10 seconds might be a little.

[Ryan Lemon]

15 seconds. We had a Rick Patino fire.

[Shannon]

859280, 2287.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was funny. Nobody left it that. That was funny.

[Shannon]

I kind of laughed. Let's go to the phones. Who's up first? Rick got Trevor up first. Hey, Trevor.

[Caller]

Hey, Shannon. I know, according to the NFL podcast that Drew has Phantom for the Cowboys. Second. You have Phantom for either Vandy or Kentucky. Second. Is there another SEC team after Kentucky that you guys are rooting for? That I can root for as long as Bush Hammond is the offensive coordinator.

[Shannon]

Okay, good call. Thanks for the. Thanks for the call. Appreciate it. Another SEC team that you guys can. Could pull for. I mean, obviously mine's Vanderbilt. Outside of that, I don't know. Like, I really don't have a team that I would pull for unless I had money on the line.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, usually mine's financially driven. No, I don't have one where I would just like have a second favorite. But usually, you know, if you're watching a game, you naturally side with a team in your head. And like, most of the times, you know, we have our teams. I hate Tennessee usually when Florida lose South Carolina.

[Shannon]

So, like, Arkansas will throw in there for me now.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, naturally in football, if, If. If Ole Miss is in an SEC game, I probably lean rooting for Ole Miss, but it's usually because I hate the other teams more. But as far as just having a second favorite, no, I, I'm Kentucky only on that.

[Shannon]

On football, I'm kind of with you. I kind of like Lane Kiffin and then, you know, with Travis Perry on the basketball side, I'll probably be watching more Ole Miss basketball this year than. Than ever just to see how he's doing. Ryan, I'm.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm Vandy also, especially in football.

[Shannon]

Vandy feels like they're never a threat.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's true.

[Shannon]

This year might be a little bit different in football, but it feels like, you know, Vandy just kind of exist. And they almost feel like, you know, we've given you Ray Davis and true. We've given you players over the years. It feels like they're just, they. They're no threat to Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemon]

And that Saturday down South Special that they did that kind of on Netflix. They spent a lot of time with the Vanderbilt coach and the Vanderbilt team. Yeah, I kind of fell in love with the guy, you know, he's, you know, kind of a go getter kind of guy. So I'm a Lane Kiffin fan. I like him. But also if I'm picking another school, I'd probably go with Auburn just because I like, I did like Bruce Pearl, you like Stephen Pearl, Steven Pearl I can live with. But all my brother's family, they're all Auburn fans. Yeah, you know, all of them. So they all went to Auburn. They're all big Auburn fans.

[Drew Franklin]

Basketball, I'm just rooting for what helps us in the standings. Usually the underdog.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's true.

[Drew Franklin]

Like I'm wanting any potential contender to get knocked off by, you know, usually a Vandy or if it's basketball, lsu, something like that.

[Shannon]

Yeah, let's take another call. Rick, who's next? Got Pete up next. Hey, Pete. Pete.

[Caller]

Yeah, I'm here, I'm here.

[Shannon]

Okay, go ahead. Whenever you're ready.

[Ryan Lemon]

Don't worry, we got plenty of time.

[Caller]

Listen, my bad. Had to put out a grease fire. Anyway, in honor of you all being in Mount Washington today, I think I need to point out one of the very few good things about UK football this year.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Caller]

The tight ends have, have awoken. You know, I think they lead us in receiving touchdowns and, and whatnot. And the only thing that has changed is Big Dog Lift. And they didn't hire a tight ends coach to replace him. But it's my understanding that Mount Washington native and, and former bullies Charger Cole Brittany is a student assistant and he is helping with the tight ends and that's the only thing has changed. And all of a sudden our tight ends are better than they have been in 10 years.

[Shannon]

Well, there you go, Washington. Yeah.

[Caller]

Yeah, that's right. Mount Washington. Boy, these Chargers, all cold bread. Don't forget, don't forget tonight. He might replace Dukes one day.

[Shannon]

Yeah, well, I'll be honest with you, I didn't know that Cold British was, was on the staff. But hey, again we're in Mount Washington so we'll, we'll take credit for it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Tight ends are definitely been the highlight, one of the highlights of the season.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it is strange. Thanks for the call, we appreciate it. It is strange that the tight ends the, the year that the big Dog leaves for Louisville are now the guys who are our best receivers so far this year. Drew. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

From a trash talking standpoint, I'd love To put it on the big dog. That's probably a part of it, but I think it's several factors. When the line was so bad, tight ends kind of just had to become offensive linemen and help block last season. I also think you're in a unique spot where Cattus is really good, but Willie Rodriguez is like, could be good, good, good. I mean, he's only a sophomore, and we're seeing what he's doing already and what he does, a freshman. So I think the. And then you've got Boyer and others right behind him. I think it's part that they've improved, part that they're, at least so far, haven't had to do as much blocking as they had in the past. You got Bowley lives with the tight ends, so his eye probably goes their way more, and Hamden working it in. So I think it's a combination of several factors. But, you know, the Vince thing and Cole, Brit probably weighing that also. Yeah, I mean, it's probably. It's a combination of several things that are coming together for this.

[Shannon]

When you're living with the tight ends, you gotta, I'm sure, like, say, you know, I'm open, get me the ball more.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, Cadis didn't even have a target against South Carolina, if I'm not mistaken. I think they hit that one with Willie Rodriguez for a long pass, but I don't think Caddis had a target a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, South Carolina did a good job. I mean, if you. If you watch Kentucky the first three games, let's be honest, the wide receivers weren't threatening you, so they did a good job of taking him out.

[Shannon]

The.

[Ryan Lemon]

The Big Dog did recruit these guys. He did get him to campus.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And then it got better as he left.

[Shannon]

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[Shannon]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Shannon, Drew and Ryan, you're in my man cave. We were just talking about harvesting hemp with cornbread hemp. I've harvested my pumpkins. They're pumpkins everywhere. I don't know if you noticed them. I've got, Well, I had 10 Biggins, now I got nine Biggins because my mom took one home. But I've got.

[Ryan Lemon]

How big is that big one right there by your front door?

[Shannon]

Well, I'll let you go pick it up during the break. It's probably, I would say between 40 and 50 pounds.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's a big pumpkin.

[Shannon]

But it didn't grow in a perfect shape so it's kind of oblong so I had to lean it up against the house. But yeah, I've got pumpkins everywhere. So if you guys want a pumpkin, you can, you can take one.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I need a pumpkin.

[Ryan Lemon]

I need a pumpkin for my front porch.

[Drew Franklin]

Also. Just saw your 90 year old neighbor just walking down the street just, just being 90 and enjoying the day.

[Shannon]

So that's Ralph and he and his wife occasionally will still get on their bikes, bicycles and, and ride them up and down and they're 90. Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Man, I hope I can do that when I'm 90.

[Shannon]

Me too. Well, I just want to be able to make it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. You know, good for them.

[Shannon]

I've also got right here in front of us a huge stack of foreign bills that is my collection over the years of all the foreign money that has been sent to this house. How many, how many bills would you say there, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemon]

There is well over 200 different bills.

[Shannon]

And I have no idea like what any of that's worth but that stuff that still comes on a radio even.

[Ryan Lemon]

If each one of these is worth a dollar, I mean, you've got a couple hundred dollars here maybe. Amazing.

[Shannon]

The first time I got a foreign bill mistakenly sent to me it was actually worth a hundred dollars and I cashed that in. The rest of them I've kept. So, I mean, it's a huge stack. And a lot of these, I don't even know what they're worth, like you said. I mean, most of them probably worth hardly anything. Although somebody did send. Send me a. A hundred dollar bill, but it's got a Kentucky derby and I don't think that's legit. I tried to ask chat GPT. I couldn't get a clear answer as to whether or not that was, you know, like a legit hundred dollar bill. I don't think it is.

[Ryan Lemon]

No. It doesn't have the imprint of Ben.

[Shannon]

Franklin, but there's a little bit of everything on there. I mean, there's literally bills from all over the world.

[Drew Franklin]

I feel like, you know, you're some kind of international spy or somebody running from the law. I feel like I'm in a movie. Like, you should have like six passports in this.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, it is kind of cool that people are doing this. Just random people know your story or have heard about it and decide, I'm gonna send this young man some money.

[Shannon]

It started off as just bills, you know, but now people are also including letters and cards. And you can, you can, you know, spread it around the table if you want to. If you want to get a good picture of it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I mean, that's a big stack of bills right there.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Are we sure someone's not laundering money through you?

[Shannon]

Maybe so. I have no idea. But, you know, I thought maybe it would just be from Kentucky. It has been from all over the country. I had some from Charlotte, North Carolina and Denver and like, I mean, just about every state so far. I feel like I've had at least one person send me money and I, I don't know, it's the weirdest thing, but it continues to happen. Maybe I should stop talking about it and people will stop sending it. You know, I think when I talk about it, I feel like it ramps up even more.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know, Getting. Getting money sent to me in the mail doesn't seem like the worst thing to happen.

[Shannon]

That's true. That's true. Although, like I said, most of it's worth little to nothing in American dollars. 859-280-2287. Who's up next? Rick.

[Drew Franklin]

John is up next.

[Shannon]

Hey, John. What's up?

[Caller]

How y' all doing this morning?

[Shannon]

Hey, we're doing great. It's good to hear.

[Caller]

So as we in, as we approach the end of the Mark Stoops era, there's always that scandals that come out. One of the biggest rumors that's always been around the program is that Stoops may have done something with the staffer. I don't know if that's a story that will come out and they maybe use that as leverage in the contract negotiations. Have you heard anything about that?

[Shannon]

No, no, I appreciate the call. I, I have. Not personally and I don't want to spread any kind of rumors because again, they're just that and I, that's the first I'd even heard of that. So, no, I don't think that's the case.

[Drew Franklin]

If they don't start scoring some touchdowns, I, I know what he could do with some people on the staff. Yeah, there's a little more to do with packing your things.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I think that's the, the bigger issue here. I mean, what do you think? Do you think Stoop survives another couple of years or does it all depend on what happens this year? I mean, if he finishes with three wins, I think you gotta, you gotta cut the cord. But if it's, let's say four wins, do they keep them?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think so.

[Shannon]

Five wins, do they keep them?

[Drew Franklin]

Five is a conversation, you know, that's tough. I, I think what we've seen, three is starting to look the most likely, unfortunately.

[Shannon]

So you think?

[Drew Franklin]

I have them beaten Florida and Vandy in my preseason predictions, but now I'm worried about even getting to that point.

[Shannon]

Well, a caller on the pre show the other day mentioned Tennessee tech who's like four zero and have scored a ton of points. 859-280-2287. Hour one in the books. Hour two coming up next.

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