2025-10-24- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: October 24, 2025
Host: Matt Jones
Location: Don Franklin, Kentucky
Summary by: [Your Name]

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Episode Overview

This hour of Kentucky Sports Radio, led by Matt Jones and the KSR crew, delivers a blend of Kentucky basketball and football discussion, light-hearted challenges among the crew (with plenty of teasing), listener calls, and reactions to broader sports news, from hockey throwbacks to a developing poker scandal. Conversations range from the nuances of sports team relocations to classic KSR banter about eating alone and event traditions like Big Blue Madness campouts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Throwback Jerseys and Team Relocations

(03:40–07:54)

• Matt, a Carolina Hurricanes fan, recaps last night’s NHL game where his Hurricanes (formerly the Hartford Whalers) and the Colorado Avalanche (ex-Quebec Nordiques) wore their old uniforms. He raises the question: Is it fair for relocated teams to use the logos of cities they left behind?
• Shannon and Drew back the idea, viewing it as a tribute to the fans of the past, while Matt wonders if it’s salt in the wound.
• Bailey Zimmerman jumps in with a classic heel routine, blaming fans of Hartford and Quebec for losing their teams:

  "If you're Quebec and Hartford, stop being a bunch of whiners. That's probably why they left. Your fans are terrible..." – Bailey Zimmerman (07:01)

2. Eating Alone in Public – The Challenge

(08:06–15:29, 22:23–24:00, 31:49–33:34)

• Calls and crew debate the social awkwardness (or lack thereof) of eating solo in public spaces after NFL commentary (Joe Flacco v. Jamar Chase) stirred debate.
• Shannon is reluctant, preferring drive-thrus to dining in alone:

  "I just don't want to go sit in a restaurant by myself and not have any social interaction at all with anybody." – Shannon (09:25)

• Matt proposes a challenge: If Shannon eats seven dinners alone at restaurants (with selfies as proof), Matt will foot the bill and offer a prize.
• Rules are set: sit for an hour, no fast food, must be at random restaurants, no KS Bar (to avoid fans joining in).
• Drew speculates,

  "I think he's afraid to be alone with his own thoughts." (13:55)

• More teasing about coping without company, and claims of never having eaten alone in a restaurant (24:00).
• Matt assures:

  “This is literally in the history of KSR the easiest thing I’ve ever asked by far.” (14:04)

• The segment reveals the group dynamic—supportive but always with ribbing.

3. Upcoming Kentucky Basketball Scheduling and Flexibility

(15:44–18:06)

• Caller from Purdue laments missing out on a UK-Purdue matchup in basketball.
• Matt and Drew discuss the preferences for short-term home-and-home series versus long multi-year commitments (like the revived Indiana series).
• New coach Mark Pope’s push for expanded regular season (33–35 games) is highlighted—more flexibility means more high-profile matchups.

4. UK Basketball Exhibition Game and Depth Analysis

(24:00–29:17)

• Kentucky vs Purdue exhibition game preview: On SEC Network, first taste of basketball for the season.
• Discussion on UK basketball’s roster depth—this year, the Wildcats have “two of everything” at every position, unlike last year.

  “When Reese Potter is your 13th man, literally, like, no probable chance of playing and he ain't terrible, that's pretty good.” – Matt Jones (28:07)

• Injury to Jalen Lowe means opportunity for backup point guards; Matt’s looking for Aberdeen and Jasper to prove their worth running the team.

5. Traditions: The End of Big Blue Madness Campout

(33:40–36:45)

• Caller asks if the beloved Big Blue Madness campout will ever return.
• Matt: Unlikely, due to UK security concerns, campus development (less space), and changing times.
• Drew reminisces about the campout and how campus layout has evolved:

  “Back when I did that, there wasn’t even the new student center there... All of that has gone for new buildings. Like, even if they wanted to have a camp out, they have nowhere to put people.” (35:03)

• They wish for the student ticket lottery tradition to be brought back.

6. Poker & Gambling Scandal Commentary

(37:17–40:43)

• Freebird calls in: discussion shifts to a poker cheating scandal involving NBA coach Chauncey Billups.
• Matt explains the seriousness of federal charges and possible severe penalties due to the high dollar amount involved.
• Drew, Bailey, and Shannon comment on the persistence of gambling addiction at all income levels and the ongoing nature of such cheating:

  “People have always cheated.” – Bailey Zimmerman (40:19)

7. SEC Football Picks / Parlay Segment

(44:28–47:06)

• Matt, Drew, Shannon, and Bailey reveal their weekly SEC football betting picks for the DraftKings KSR parlay.
  • Ole Miss +5.5 vs. Oklahoma (Matt)
  • Texas -7 @ Mississippi State (Shannon/Bailey)
  • Arkansas (favored) over Auburn, and Vandy over Missouri (Drew)
• Comments on recent performance and removal of “Ryan” from picks due to poor record add a comic touch.

8. Caller Segment Highlights

(25:12–27:22, 47:07–48:22)

• Caller Bob: updates on bizarre thefts (comparing Florida sneaker theft to Louvre robbery), then pivots to optimism for UK basketball’s depth and prospect Malachi Marino.
• Dale: references a "Roofman" movie about a criminal robbing through McDonald's roofs, asks jokingly if DraftKings is mob-owned. Drew and Matt joke about the mafia's apparent persistence in America.

9. Coaching Attitudes in Modern College Basketball

(49:09–50:07)

• Matt contrasts Mark Pope’s “embrace the chaos” approach to NCAA transfer rules and G League recruits with Tom Izzo’s “old-school” resistance:

  “That's the difference between coaches that will make it in this generation and the ones that won't.” – Matt Jones (50:07)

10. Game Predictions

(50:07–51:24)

• The crew gives their Kentucky-Purdue basketball exhibition predictions (close wins for UK with high scores), and Kentucky-Tennessee football game (most pick UK to lose, some by large margins).

  “I hope after the game some UK player takes Mario's graphic, retweets it and goes, y'all didn't believe in us. I would love that.” – Matt Jones (51:24)

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Notable Quotes

• Bailey Zimmerman on relocated NHL fans:

  “If you're Quebec and Hartford, stop being a bunch of whiners. That's probably why they left...” (07:01)

• Matt Jones on the eating alone challenge:

  “This is literally in the history of ksr, the easiest thing I've ever asked by far.” (14:04)

• Shannon on eating alone:

  “I just don't want to go sit in a restaurant by myself and not have any social interaction at all with anybody.” (09:25)

• Drew on challenge rationale:

  “I think he's afraid to be alone with his own thoughts.” (13:55)

• Matt Jones on UK basketball depth:

  “When Reese Potter is your 13th man, literally, like, no probable chance of playing and he ain't terrible, that's pretty good.” (28:07)

• Matt Jones on Mark Pope vs. Tom Izzo:

  “That's the difference between coaches that will make it in this generation and the ones that won't.” (50:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Start | Notable Moments | |------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | Throwback Jerseys Discussion | 03:40 | NHL, Oilers throwbacks, fan resentment | | Eating Alone in Public Challenge | 08:06 | Joke setup, Shannon’s reluctance, challenge rules | | UK Basketball Scheduling | 15:44 | Scheduling thoughts, Mark Pope’s ideas | | Basketball Roster Depth | 24:00 | Depth analysis, focus on backup point guard situation | | Big Blue Madness Campout Debate | 33:40 | Tradition reflection and why it won't return | | Poker Cheating Scandal | 37:17 | Chauncey Billups, risks, gambling addiction | | Weekly SEC Parlay Picks | 44:28 | Betting picks, ribbing Ryan, game strategy | | Callers: Theft & Mafia Jokes | 47:07 | Roofman story, DraftKings not mob-owned | | Coaches’ Modernization Attitudes | 49:09 | Mark Pope v. Tom Izzo | | Game Predictions | 50:07 | UK exhibition score, football loss predictions |

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Overall Tone and Feel

• Highly conversational, friendly ribbing throughout.
• Mix of sports analysis, nostalgic stories, and playful challenges.
• Interactive, with several lively caller segments.
• Matt’s blend of sincere encouragement and tongue-in-cheek challenges is emblematic, as is Bailey’s pro-wrestling-esque banter.
• The hour is peppered with Kentucky community references—geography, traditions, and food.

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Conclusion

This KSR episode is vintage Kentucky Sports Radio: a lively, wide-ranging hour that plunges into the heart of Kentucky basketball optimism, spins off into good-natured challenges and crew dares, unpacks national sports tidbits, and never shies from audience participation. Matt Jones’s leadership keeps the discussion fresh and fun, while Shannon, Drew, and Bailey’s banter remind listeners why KSR remains a cornerstone for UK sports fans.

Transcript

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[Diplo]

Diplo? I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

It was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bailey Zimmerman]

Welcome to hour two of Kentucky sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

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[Bailey Zimmerman]

Absolutely, I think we will be. And like I said earlier, if we lose and no big deal, we get two of our main guys out still celebrate it's basketball season.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let me ask you a couple things in other parts of news last night. So you know I'm a big Carolina Hurricanes hockey fan. I stayed up last night. They beat the best team in hockey, the Colorado Avalanche. On their home ice they had like five guys out. They hung on one in a shootout. But that's not what the most exciting thing about the game was for me, but not for you all. I have a question for you. So they played The Colorado Avalanche. They're the Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina moved from Hartford, where they were the Hartford Whalers. You may remember when you were a kid. Well, I say, I don't know how old everybody is, but if you were my age and you were a kid, we grew up, they'd show espn. Hartford Whalers, right. The Colorado Avalanche. They moved from Quebec. They were the Quebec Nordiques. So you remember as a kid, we'd see the Quebec Nordiques and the Colorado Avalanche, but they don't. They're not in those cities anymore. They're in Raleigh and they're in. They're in Denver. Last night, they played each other, so they decided to do throwbacks. So they wore the Whalers and Nordiques uniforms. It was very cool. It was old school. However, people in Hartford and Quebec were not happy about it. They're like, you take our teams and then you somehow take our uniforms and have a throwback night celebrating your history. But you left us out of it. It now is. It's. You're wearing Whalers and Nordiques, but you're in Carolina and Colorado. Do you think it is fair for these teams to adopt the logos of the cities they left?

[Shannon]

See, I was totally taking it the other way. I thought it was great to honor the memory of those fans of those teams from years past.

[Matt Jones]

You feel that way like you're a St. Louis Cardinals fan. Let's say that team moves to, I don't know, Seattle, Portland. And now all of a sudden they're like, hey, St. Louis, here's your honor. We're the Portland Cardinals today. Would that be all right with you?

[Shannon]

I think I would be really cool about that. I think if you see my. My. My old. Like, seeing my old team one more time for my childhood out there again, playing.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Drew]

My team does this. The Titans try to wear the Oilers throwbacks, and it's a fight. I mean, they have a divisional opponent in Houston who says, oh, no, you left Houston. You can't wear that. But they're saying it's our franchise and our logo. So we try to wear the throwbacks and get a lot of pushback in Nashville.

[Matt Jones]

So. But are you good with.

[Drew]

Yeah, because I'm the team that wants to wear the throwbacks. Too bad.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I wear a Heart for Whaler shirt sometimes. As a Carolina fan, I don't know if that makes me. If people of heart were punched me in the face, but I kind of like it. What about you? Yeah, especially, like, for Quebec.

[Diplo]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Only from Quebec, they moved to a different country.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

They didn't want to be in the same country as you. Yeah, if you're Quebec and Hartford, stop being a bunch of whiners. That's probably why they left. Your fans are terrible in both cities or provinces or whatever Quebec is.

[Matt Jones]

You think that's why they left?

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, I think they left terrible fans. Well, I mean, if you supported your team, I'm sure they would have stayed there. They left because you got terrible fans. They didn't don't even go watch their team play. Then you whine about it because the other team's wearing your jersey and they're.

[Matt Jones]

The best two teams in hockey now. Yeah, they left your city.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

They stuck. When they were back in Hartford, they went to a real city where they can win and have a fan base.

[Shannon]

Well done. Well done.

[Matt Jones]

And like that wrestling heel thing comes out in you and you just start, I. You could have delivered that line from the ring. Hey, people of Quebec.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

That's right, you snot nose brats. Shut your mouth. We got a real team now.

[Drew]

They should hire you.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I don't care anything about hockey.

[Caller]

That's the thing.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I haven't watched hockey in 10 years.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Ryan the beside, there were. There were three things I got a lot of comments about yesterday on the text machine. One was our guy Eric Monday.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

One was people had are still having strong thoughts about my thing about ice. Although I will say yesterday went for people being angry to like, some people actually saying, like, interesting things, including I had a couple of people who were ICE agents who asked me not only not to say who they were, but to not even share their thoughts because they didn't want to get in trouble, but actually really could actually had a constructive conversation with a couple of ICE agents. So salute to those people who wrote who listen to the show. Put that aside. The other thing that was a big conversation was you and the eating alone again.

[Shannon]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

So Joe Flacco, of course, said totally fine to eat alone. As a matter of fact, people eating alone are living a good life. Jamar Chase was then asked, hey, did you see what Joe said? Have you ever eaten alone? And Jamar Chase said, I would never eat alone out in public. That's ridiculous. If I was going to do that, I would just stay home. Jamar Chase sort of channeling you. Flacco was then asked about Chase and he goes, well, Jamar's young. Wait till he gets old. You are old.

[Shannon]

I'm old.

[Matt Jones]

So do you feel weird that Jamar Chase is the person on your side?

[Shannon]

No. I mean, there's Got to be some of us out there. I just don't want to go sit in a restaurant by myself and not have any social interaction at all with anybody.

[Matt Jones]

So the question then came, if someone were to see you out eating or doing something by yourself, would you want company?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You would?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

So that's an open invitation for anybody that sees Ryan out in public by himself. Just pull a chair right up next to him.

[Shannon]

But that won't happen. I'll. I won't be eating anywhere by myself ever. I. I'll go through a drive through before I go sit at a restaurant somewhere.

[Matt Jones]

So that brings me to. You know, we do challenges sometimes.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I, I did the challenge with Shannon where he walked. Where he walked 50 miles one time. We threatened to have Drew try to gain 25 pounds. That's so crazy to think that we almost did that. You were up for it too?

[Drew]

Yeah. And I was going to take a bus to Portland, but it was going to take 13 days and I couldn't miss that much work.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. The game would have been long over. Yeah. How about this? Okay if I offer you a cash prize for your own goodness? Okay. Cash prize for your own goodness. Where for a week, I'll buy your mate. I'll buy your meals. I'll buy your meals for all y'.

[Shannon]

All.

[Matt Jones]

For all UK Federal Credit union. I buy all your meals about all your food for the. For dinners for the week. But. And give you a prize at the end. But you have to. For seven meals. That really is a hard word for me to say. Eat in public by yourself and take a selfie of you eating. Would you do that? I think it would be a good exercise for your own, like, mental health and well being.

[Shannon]

Can it be lunch or does it have to be dinner?

[Matt Jones]

No, you have to have dinner. You have to sit. And I'll even allow you, like if you want. Like if it's seven days, like if you have a Saturday night that yoga girl wants to go to dinner with you, I'll give you a break. And then you can do one day the next week. But seven days, let's say out of 10, so that you're able to interact with people. Seven days out of 10, dinner by yourself at restaurants in Lexington to sort of get used to this idea of you being comfortable by yourself.

[Shannon]

I'm literally starting to sweat right now just thinking about it.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Dude.

[Shannon]

What?

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I mean, he's gonna buy your meals.

[Podcast Advertiser]

Come on.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

You can't even go, why can't I say that word?

[Matt Jones]

Why do I. All of A sudden become, you know, Ernest.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

He. He's gonna buy your food, and all you got to do is sit there and eat.

[Matt Jones]

All you have to do. I. I will. I will buy your dinner for seven out of ten days, and then we'll have a. A prize that we chip in at the end. I got to think about what it is, but we'll have some sort of prize for you at the end.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Some donuts and.

[Matt Jones]

No, but wait a minute. But see, unlike some of these other challenges, like putting you in jail and having you eat donuts, this is one that I actually think is good for you. I don't think it's like, I don't think this is something that you're shaking your head. You don't think it's good for him? It's real good for him. I think it actually.

[Diplo]

You hush.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Go sit in the car.

[Matt Jones]

I think it actually, like, it'll. It'll help you. So. So this is a way to try to help you. Are you up for it?

[Shannon]

Okay, let's get some ground rules. Like, if I'm eating by myself at KS Bar.

[Matt Jones]

You cannot go to KS Bar. I mean, I'd love for you to go to KS Bar, but. But that becomes. Everybody will come and sit with that. Cannot go to cake. You have to go to seven random restaurants. No fast food. Like, you can't go to McDonald's and scarf a burger down in 10 minutes. Like, you got to sit at a restaurant. And. And I don't care what you do at the restaurant. You can read. Stop. You're not going to.

[Shannon]

I'm not going to read.

[Matt Jones]

Let's don't get crazy.

[Shannon]

So what am I going to read?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, you can do what you want, but you do have to be there. And if people come up and talk to you, that's okay.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

They can't sit with you, but they.

[Matt Jones]

Can'T, like, sit down. Like, you've got to sit. People want to come and say hi and make conversation. I'm fine with that.

[Shannon]

So if I'm in a restaurant and somebody comes up, says, hey, Ryan, can I. You want me eat with you?

[Matt Jones]

No, you can't eat with you. They can say, hi, I'm supposed to be ruse.

[Shannon]

And no, I want to eat by myself. Get away.

[Matt Jones]

This is a radio contest and I have to eat by myself.

[Shannon]

I'd say, you know, yoga girl needs to have a little input on this because we've been eating dinner together every night for a long time.

[Matt Jones]

Good for yoga girl as well. She can also.

[Shannon]

She's gonna miss me. She's not gonna like it at all.

[Matt Jones]

You' and see her as soon as it's over, okay, you can go right back home.

[Shannon]

I'm literally sweating.

[Drew]

I don't.

[Shannon]

I just don't like it.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

This is the easiest competition ever.

[Drew]

I think I know what it is. We've always wondered what's in that brain. I think he's afraid to be alone with his own thoughts. I think that brain, it'll just be spinning and he needs someone there with him.

[Matt Jones]

This is literally in the history of ksr, the easiest thing I've ever asked by far. You. This is. You have to eat. You have to eat a meal. I'm offering you a chance to eat a good meal. Like full meal.

[Shannon]

Like Waffle House. Count.

[Matt Jones]

No, you have to. I mean, I think that should count.

[Drew]

If he's at a booth at Waffle House.

[Shannon]

Waffle House.

[Matt Jones]

As long as you're there by for an hour. Okay.

[Shannon]

Oh, an hour.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. The key is I don't want you rushing out to get out. The key is I want you to be alone with your thoughts. This is the easiest competition in the world.

[Shannon]

I agree.

[Matt Jones]

Literally, sit by yourself for an hour, eat a meal, go home seven times in 10 days.

[Shannon]

When did it start?

[Matt Jones]

Well, we. That's negotiable.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Drew]

You live by several places considered. Kind of not sports bars, but they have a tv. Go. When a football game is on, sit.

[Matt Jones]

Down and watch a quarter. Go somewhere with the television. I'm fine with that. I don't. I don't expect you just to sit and stare out into the abyss. I'm fine with it.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Why are you not agreeing to this?

[Shannon]

Yeah, let's start it tonight.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you want to do it tonight? Yeah, basketball game tonight. We'll start Monday. All right. Monday.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right. There we go. All right. We'll see how he does come Monday.

[Drew]

Yeah, you pour. Monday.

[Shannon]

You got this right, Jack. Monday.

[Diplo]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think you're gonna have fun. This is what my hope is. At the end of it, you. Oh, this wasn't bad. And so that if it ever happens, you don't have to dread it.

[Shannon]

Do I need to take my New Yorker magazine and my nerdy book with.

[Matt Jones]

Me and that's too much. If I ask you to read one New Yorker, this contest will never be finished. Who's up next? Ronnie. Ronnie. Go ahead, Ronnie.

[Caller]

What's going on? Matt?

[Drew]

What's up?

[Caller]

Kentucky fans from Louisville. And I actually work at Purdue, so I'm in my office, got my Kentucky Blue on, ready for the game today, but just asking about for basketball. Excited about Purdue, but I wish that we would have played them instead of Indiana. I really wish before we got the Indiana schedule that we would have played Purdue just to slight them. There's the football point. Stoops has got to go. We got to make a new search there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, on the Indiana point, I appreciate the call. I didn't want to restart that series. I didn't want to restart that series either because I didn't want, I wanted to have the flexibility. We got like six more years or whatever of that series. I love that Cal ended the series. That went on for years. Waited till he left and now we have to start it again and he's gone. I'd like to have played little two year things but you know, one of things Mark Pope has said, he's really advocating going to 33 or even 35 games because he said, look, if we do that then we'll start scheduling home and homes with different teams and we'll get to play in different arenas, which I think would be cool.

[Drew]

Drew, I had my first Indiana trash talk this week. I didn't know they were still capable of that, but I was at the lovely Travel center in Horse Cave, Kentucky. Someone saw my license plate while I was getting gas and they just started track talking trash about the series coming back and I was like, I need you all to be a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Better before I was there to talk trash about.

[Drew]

That's why I was like, I was like I need y' all to improve before I, I, I engage because we got other things in front of us that I think it would be priority.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's like I do think it would be really cool if this year, Ryan, we were able to play Purdue home and home for real or Houston like you could, we could be flexible and see who's good out there and what's a two year series we could do with a good team.

[Shannon]

Well, you know, before we knew the really result of it, I was okay with doing a home at home with this Purdue with this exhibition game going up there next year play on their court as an exhibition game.

[Matt Jones]

I mean it would have been cool Shannon to play like, like LA Houston. Jalen Lowe is from Houston, right? Houston's good. It would have been cool to play at home and home with Houston. Play at Houston this year. Jalen Lowe gets to go home and then they come here next year. Like I wish we had the flexibility to do stuff like that.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, I mean I've always wanted to have Kentucky at Cameron indoor stadium and then Duke play at Rupp arena.

[Matt Jones]

That's going to happen with the sec. At some point, they'll put us together on that. Sec, acc.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, but anything, you know, if it means expanding the regular season to 33, 35 games and you get games like that, then I'm all for that.

[Matt Jones]

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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out. So how did ashes come together? Diploma.

[Diplo]

Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think at Morgan's show, one of them. And I think he's just a guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell. And I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do, and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house. I had a show. I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus. And we had like three hours play the record for him. We kind of like got a scratch and then he had the dazzo on the road.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, it was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house and like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. It's a great song. Good pick Liam.

[Shannon]

Good pick.

[Matt Jones]

With Tyler playing at Railbird June 7, I think, of next year. So that should be exciting, right?

[Shannon]

They might as well just sign him up, be the headliner every single year. I mean, that's what people want to see.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, actually, I think it would work. Yeah, they did.

[Drew]

He took a couple years off probably so they could do new things, but haven't been to two or three of him. It's the biggest draw. That's who people want to see.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you definitely. You definitely have to do it. One person writes, Matt, can he just say if. If the people want to join him, he has to do a radio contest, but then talk to them from the other side. The fact that you feel like you have to do these workarounds is what's so strange to me, Shannon, about it. Anyway. Like, it. It's.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

You just sit there and eat already.

[Matt Jones]

Like, in the world to me.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Well, does it have to be in Lexington, or can I have Dante come over here and sit at the table by me and.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I asked you, does it have to be in Lexington? Can I go eat at a place in Georgetown?

[Matt Jones]

And I will say to you, I'm okay with you sitting at the bar, but, like, you can't know who you're sitting next to. So, like, if you want to make friends with strangers, I'm okay with that. That's part of going out by yourself, is sometimes you do meet friends with strangers.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So I'm okay with that. But I also want you to have a couple where you're in. At table by myself.

[Shannon]

And I can't go to Wild Eggs when. Georgetown. Okay.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

No, no, you can't.

[Matt Jones]

You understand how we're trying to. What we're trying to do, but, like.

[Shannon]

I'm just, like, in the evenings at home. I don't like it.

[Matt Jones]

This is not a joke. You've really never done this?

[Shannon]

I don't think I've done it one time in my life.

[Matt Jones]

Unbelievable. Well, now you're gonna. You're gonna get to do it. One person writes, matt, how do we watch the game tonight? Is it on regular television? This game, Drew, is on the SEC network. So this game's just. If you have the SEC Network, you can watch this game. The game against Georgetown next Thursday is on the computer, and all the things that. The big blue madness in the blue white game.

[Drew]

Yeah, you got six days to figure that one out. But tonight you're good with just the regular channel. I'd say over there at the SEC Network headquarters, they saw number one. Purdue don't get to show them very much. And Took advantage of this opportunity.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

TV ratings are probably going to be huge on this too network for an exhibition game.

[Matt Jones]

And it's also really the first night that actual basketball is on. I think they're showing. I think maybe Arkansas plays after us. So I think there's like four hours of basketball tonight for people on the SEC network.

[Shannon]

We mentioned all those games, a lot of them I would like to see. If Kentucky wasn't playing tonight I probably would tune in and watch some of those games.

[Matt Jones]

Some of them aren't even on television like crazy, which is great.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I mean they're big missed opportunity there.

[Matt Jones]

For a network time programs playing each other and the game is not even on TV. Who's up next? Bob and Jamestown. 859-280-2287. Bob, go ahead.

[Caller]

What do you think about this copycat crime down in Florida now Champ Sports in Jensen beach. Thieves cut through a concrete roof to get in the steel Nike New Balance sneaker.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Bob, just because some. Hang on just a second. Are you suggesting that the Champ Sports robbery is a copycat of the Louvre?

[Caller]

Oh, what do you think? I mean how to go in there against hundreds of pair of these high dollar ball shoes?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm gonna guess. I'm a guess. I'm gonna guess James and I to be or Bob to be fair, I don't know. But I'm gonna guess that there have been robberies of places like Champ Sports for decades. I don't think that these guys were like hey, they took rare jewels from French queens in the Louvre. I need to go take Nike dunks from Champ Sports.

[Caller]

Well, they did it anyway. I think we're going to have a great basketball team this year. We've got depth, we've got. I mean these guys are going to be playing for tonight to see how each other do to get playing time. And it'd be interesting to see how much Malachi Marino gets with that seven foot length he's got.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I appreciate the call, Bob. I agree with that. I do think this team drew. One of the strengths of this team is they have, you know, it's like Noah's ark. They got two of everything. I mean you pick what you want in a basketball player. They don't even have like they only have one of those guys. They got two. Whereas last year I really didn't think we had anybody who could just take a guy off the dribble and get his own own shot. You know, Ortega could muscle his way through. Sometimes Jackson could do it, sometimes Butler could physical. But in General, we didn't really have a guy like that. I think we got multiple guys who can do that this year. We got multiple guys who can block shots. We got multiple guys who can hit three. We got multiple guys that are good passers. I mean, I just think they have a chance to have so many different options.

[Drew]

Yeah. Before I add to that point, that was a great Bob call. He acted like we all woke up and turned on the news and they were talking about the champs getting ready. He said that to, like, we all knew that champs in Florida got robbed. Also, they say that champs doesn't get the expensive shoes. Those are your mall walkers. But to your point about the depth. Yeah. Like, say one guy doesn't panic. There's some years you're like, this guy has to be good. If he's not, the whole thing falls apart.

[Matt Jones]

I do think Jalen Lowe's like that now. Yeah, I do think he has to be good, but go ahead.

[Drew]

But the biggest thing with the depth, we focus on the games and how you can throw different stuff. These practices are wars, and they've already been wars. Pope has talked about having to stop them from killing each other already in the September practices. So we think about how it's nice to be able to play 12 guys in a game, but it's more. I think, to me, it's more about how they're gonna be ready for games, because every day is going to be a battle.

[Matt Jones]

When Reese Potter is your 13th man, literally, like, no probable chance of playing and he ain't terrible, that's pretty good. When your 12th man is a guy who might, you know, who has an NBA body and Braden Hawthorne, like, they got a. There's a lot of players riding on.

[Shannon]

This team, and after all the injuries we went through last year. Amen. Glad we got him. You know how many times you see three point guards go down with injury back to back to back? He's got loaded up at every position, and I think he knew he had to do that so that never happens again.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

You think we see some Potter and Hawthorne tonight in the game at all?

[Matt Jones]

I'll say this. I do want to see tonight because, you know, Low is going to come back, but he could get hurt during the year. Like that can happen. I want to see an Aberdeen or Johnson point guard. Is it still good enough to rise the team to a Final Four level? My inclination right now is no, but they might. After tonight, I might have a different view of that.

[Drew]

That's kind of a blessing in this injury, because if Low were healthy. And if we prefer it, you'd see these guys for minutes here and there. They're going to get a big opportunity until he comes back to prove themselves.

[Matt Jones]

So that really is the test for me. Aberdeen, Jasper at point guard. Then what's the team ceiling? Because everything else we got two of at every position. We'll take a break and be right back. This is ksr. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Bailey Zimmerman]

He'll make him pay. Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live in at Don Franklin Nissan. Don Franklin Nissan score big online or in store. 28 dealerships, 6,000 rides, top trade values in the service you trust. It's Don Franklin driven by family. October 24th is the first big basketball game and it's back. You maybe have lucky socks. Do you have any lucky socks?

[Shannon]

I don't think so. I've got lucky underwear, but I don't have lucky socks.

[Matt Jones]

Don't want to know more about that. You also might be like me. Sometimes I get nervous during the game. Shannon. I drive around New Circles Circle Road.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

That's right. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes you get in the shower.

[Matt Jones]

I won't do that for this one. But there's also one more ritual you should add. Get a skin check at Kentucky Skin Cancer Center.

[Caller]

Huh?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I know that's a weird thing to do during a basketball game.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, just go check for skin cancer during the game.

[Drew]

Never a bad time to check.

[Matt Jones]

That's what they want you to do. Right. Here you go to Kentuckyskincancercenter.com or 270842. 1999 where you're not just a patient. Your family at Kentucky Skin Cancer Center. It would be weird for you to go like during every game and be like, we're losing.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Will you please check me for skin cancer?

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Confirm that I still don't have skin cancer. You know, could never be too safe.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody has the rituals. One person writes on the text machine. Matt, why are you insistent on telling Ryan he's wrong and odd? I actually think you're odd for going and eating by yourself. Ryan should be paying you to interact with people.

[Shannon]

Got a point. That's a good point.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good point. Ryan, would you like to buy my meals for a week?

[Shannon]

That's a big fat no.

[Matt Jones]

And then I. And eat with other people? No. Okay.

[Shannon]

Big fat no. Yeah, I know. It's something you enjoy. You enjoy.

[Matt Jones]

It's not that. I actively say Drew would like to eat dinner. Forget about him. I'm going by myself. When there are people for me to eat with, I do it. But when you are a. When you live alone and you're not married and you don't cook, My New Year's resolution didn't go great this year.

[Drew]

You're not over.

[Matt Jones]

Then like, you have to. And why should I always eat in my house, right? Shouldn't I be able to go experience the world? And that's kind of how you shouldn't.

[Drew]

Eat in your house because you can't cook.

[Matt Jones]

It home or get delivery. I can go sit in the place. Plus, for most restaurants, you know, it's there. It's better for them for you to eat in person. Doordash takes a cut and all that. And, you know, servers, like. I think it's just better for the industry if people eat out and you.

[Shannon]

Like, you actually do business while you're eating your meal by yourself. You're on your phone making returning calls, returning emails, reading. Reading.

[Matt Jones]

Something you might try. No, that's another challenge. One week we could just have him read. Yeah, of course.

[Shannon]

Well, I had to do a book report that one year you made me read a book on. Do a book report on it.

[Matt Jones]

What was it on? Do you remember the plot? And you liked it?

[Shannon]

It was actually really good.

[Matt Jones]

You know, the sequel to that just came out perfect. It's called the Sequel.

[Shannon]

I was not aware.

[Drew]

Matt, you already do this. But when I was single, I used to vacation alone, which you have to eat by yourself or do things by yourself. And I actually loved it. I went to New York more times than I could count and would just make a dinner reservation for one and go have a great time.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I did it for two months. Except for a little period where I had some friends come. I did it for two months. And now when you do that, sometimes you do have times where you're like. Like, okay, I need human contact here. And so you. You know, I would do like. I. I would do like these little group tours where it was like a night out at bars and I'm not even a drinker. But those were people who wanted to be social. And it was fun. But, like, I still. I'm good. Primarily. I'm not expecting you to do that. I just want you to have a meal. I'm not asking you to go to Europe by yourself.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

He's not asking you to go out on Valentine's Day to Skyline Chili by yourself either. So. I mean, this is easy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that was. That wasn't the most ideal night.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Well, you know, romantic, but.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm looking forward to you. It was my own kind of that.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next? Justin. Justin. Go ahead, Justin.

[Caller]

I feel like things are back to normal with basketball for the first time since COVID Really. Is there a chance that the Big Blue Madness camp out comes back? Because Mark Pope at a Big Blue Madness camp out would be awesome. And if it's not coming back, what's the reason?

[Matt Jones]

It's a great question. I think the answer is no. The Big Blue Madness camp out will not be back. There's a lot of reasons. I think in one part, it was kind of like, it was an awesome event, but it was an event that, from a security standpoint, always worried uk. I mean, just think about it. You put thousands of people on campus and you just set them there and, like, they're sleeping on the street. And then you have students. And now there are. There are even more dorms in that area. So there's students everywhere. So I think that's. That was always an issue. Then you throw in the fact that players, you know, I think some players liked it, some players. It was a lot to have people right outside their back door the whole time. And then the other thing is there are a lot more buildings over there now. Like, like, like, if you think about the last time people camped out, a lot of that space is gone and the campus is just much more crowded. So, Drew, I think all of those things mean that won't come back. I think you're going to see events like what they did the day of Big Blue Madness as kind of replacements for them.

[Drew]

Yeah, the camp out, it really can't come back. I used to do it. I spent the night there in a tent. It was a lot of fun. But that area has just changed so much. Back when I did that, there wasn't even the new student center there. It was a field where the band practiced and you'd put tents there. There are basketball courts. All of that has been gone for new buildings. Like, even if they wanted to have a camp out, they have nowhere to put people.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I will say, and I appreciate the call.

[Shannon]

I.

[Matt Jones]

Some of my favorite memories since I've done this were at that campout. I mean, just think about the John Wall DeMarcus cousins year. Those guys were out there, like, playing. I mean, imagine John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins spending hours, like, playing cornhole with fans. And then, you know, in 2013, obviously, we put video of Nerlands Noel playing one on one with. With Willow now, when he almost got hurt, that was different. But there was a cool excitement to, like, players playing one on one with random fans. Willie Collie Stein would do that a lot. Ennis Cantor. That was the first time everybody saw an appearance of him. We did our show, Ryan, once out there, I have a picture hanging in my house. This one's actually hanging. Larry hung it of me interviewing Calipari with this swarm of people. Maybe more people than have ever listened to our show. Me interviewing Caliperi at campout with, like, the whole parking lot filled with people. The pictures behind me. It's one of my favorite pictures. So I hate that. That stuff won't come back, but I don't think it's coming back.

[Shannon]

It was a great event. We all love doing it. That picture you're talking about, all the campers came over from their tents. They'll sit in and watch the show. It's just. They don't have the space anymore. They just don't have it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, just where that interview was is gone. None of that stuff. You couldn't even stand there now. So.

[Shannon]

I know. I've heard a lot of people talk about they wish they'd bring back the. The ticket lottery for students. You know, you go into Memorial Coliseum.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

And stand in line.

[Matt Jones]

And I do wish they bring that back to me. They could bring that back. I think they should. That was always for college kids. I think that was one of the best events of the year.

[Drew]

Anyone my age. We still reminisce on going to Memorial. Sitting in the crowd and hoping you'd get eruption zone. It was a whole experience in itself. That was a lot of fun.

[Matt Jones]

That is one thing I do wish they would bring back. Who's next? Liam Freebird. Freebird, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Two things, Matt. I tried for the last two weeks to get through, but I did not have a phone signal in Leslie County. So I'm in good with some people up there. And the mayor was telling me how you came up a while back and did like a charity thing and spoke and you talk. They talk very nicely about you. You got a lot of fans up there, too. And the second thing is, I'm sure you got people in the crowd will know this. There's an episode of Sanford and Son where Lamont gets taken on a poker game. And Fred invites all the fellas out, Rollo and everybody. And he's got a set of X ray glasses and takes everything from them. Fur coats, hats, shoes, and all kinds of stuff. It's hilarious.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, if you re like, you know, everybody's focusing. I appreciate it. On the, the basketball part, and that is understandable. But the poker part, I appreciate the call. Free Bird is to me, like, I didn't even know you could cheat the way they cheated. Like, I. I don't play in private poker games in part because I don't want to lose a lot of money and in part because, well, I do play in some, but they're small ones. But like, there's some in this town where there are. I mean, there are poker games in Lexington where tens of thousands of dollars are on the table. Yeah, you ain't gonna see me at that. But part of why I wouldn't is people can cheat. I mean, this, this cheating plan was elaborate. They just reported that the night that Chauncey Billups was there, $13 million was won by people against the people. They basically cheated them out of $13 million. And I don't know how much of that gets put on Chauncey. But just so people know, in the federal system, which this is federal. In the federal system, the amount of money you take determines your sentence, in part. So they. That is a lot of money. He is looking at a lot of years now. I don't know if he'll get it. Maybe he testifies against other people, but it ain't good.

[Drew]

And with him specifically, he is the current head coach of an NBA team. He's been making at least a million dollars a year since 1997. I just don't know. It has to be greed.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yep.

[Caller]

Not enough.

[Drew]

How could you possibly get tied up when you've been making that kind of money for decades?

[Matt Jones]

And addiction.

[Drew]

We have a job.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, part of its addiction. I mean, part of it is, you know, listen, I go through in my head, like a lot of thoughts about this stuff. You know, it's no secret that like DraftKings and sports gambling, something. I enjoy doing something that I do ads for it, but like alcohol, like marijuana. I mean, you pick the thing you like sugar. I mean, you can get addicted to it and people have to be careful. It's interesting. I actually think, though, what has happened. I don't think there is more of this now, Ryan, because these things are legal. I think it's getting caught more because now there are more ways to catch it. You can, you can flag it. I think this stuff was happening for decades.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

People have always cheated.

[Matt Jones]

I remember Tim Donahue, the ref got banned from the NBA and it wasn't even legal yet back then, like it was happening. I think it's easier to catch. But I also think, you know, you look at, like, why does Chauncey Billups do this? I mean, for the money. But also, there's a part of it that's just Charles Barkley said last night, like, stupid behavior is stupid behavior. And, and that. That people do that no matter how rich they are.

[Shannon]

Because you gotta believe this is not the first time. They had the X ray goggles and they're the special glasses. I mean, 1-800- gambler. I would just send a chance. If you're listening, 1-800- gambler. Give it a call, give it a shout.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I'm sure there's a lot of other things going on, too, that they probably haven't dug into yet. You know, I'm sure there's.

[Shannon]

They're not the only ones.

[Matt Jones]

This is gonna be a tip of the. A tip of the iceberg, I think. Think without question. I mean, I don't. I don't know how. How it couldn't be. 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. We will take a break. Come back. Final segment at Don Franklin. This is ksr. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out. So how did Ashes come together, Diplo?

[Diplo]

Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think, at Morgan's show, one of them. And I think he's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell. And I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do, and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house. I had a show. I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus. And we had like three hours play the record for him. We. We kind of, like, got a scratch. And then he handled it on his own on the road.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, it was really cool. He really just, like, randomly showed up to my house, and I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcasts. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.

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Here at Don Franklin if your parts need replacing, keep rolling with confidence. Don Rank Franklin's five year parts warranty on qualifying parts keeps you on the road, not on the sidelines. With Don Franklin, it's time for our Draft Kings KSR parlay. We've hit two of these. We've gotten three out of four. Once we're getting we have decided to not allow Ryan to pick. He's terrible at It. So, Drew, you and I have done great. I'll let you pick the second. You could pick two this week. I'm gonna pick.

[Drew]

Okay, well, I need to.

[Matt Jones]

I'm pick my first one. I feel good about my first one. I'm gonna take. Ole Miss is getting five and a half on the road at Oklahoma. I don't know. I think they win the game, but if you're telling me I'm gonna get five and a half and I think Ole Miss is the better team. So give me Ole Miss + 5.5 at Oklahoma. I really like that one. Shannon, you've been about 500 this year, but we're still keeping you as part of it. What's your second one?

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Texas on the road at Mississippi State. Minus 7. Give me Texas and the points. Scared of that one?

[Matt Jones]

I don't love it, but. I don't love it. But. But they play badly against us, so if you think they're good, maybe they're.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Trying to overcorrect over.

[Matt Jones]

Correct. So, I mean, there's. There's some argument to that. So. All right. Texas minus seven. Drew, you could take two or if you. I have another one. All right, go for it.

[Drew]

On the Texas one, though, I'm starting to wonder, should Arch try throwing with the other arm after last week when he just couldn't hit guys that rope and I worry about that one. But we're staying with the sec. Sec? Both my picks are SEC games.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew]

Arkansas is hosting Auburn. Auburn's a mess. Bobby Petrino has that offense on fire. They're like third in the country in yards per play. This is going to be a high scoring game. The spread is moving quickly. Arkansas opened as an underdog. Now they're a two point favorite. But I'm still two and a half point favorite. I'm still rolling with Arkansas at home and that offense scoring a lot of points.

[Matt Jones]

I like that one.

[Drew]

My second game, Shannon, he's still not believing in his Vandy, but they have game day in Nashville. I watched Pavia do whatever he wanted against LSU last week. They're hosting Missouri. Another two and a half point spread. So I just need the home teams to win by a field goal. Vandy and Arkansas.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so you go. So we got Vandy, Arkansas, Texas and Ole Miss. So all SEC games this week and no Ryan Lemon pick. That sounds pretty good. I like. By the way, Texas A and M is at LSU and A&M is a two and a half point favorite at LSU. I don't know how you give LSU points. At home on a night game in Baton Rouge. I know they haven't looked great, but if I were going to bet another one, I would take that LSU game. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

Dale.

[Matt Jones]

Dale. Go ahead, Dale.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, if I saw one of you out eating by yourselves, I would buy you a dessert. And the Champs robbery.

[Matt Jones]

Nice of you. I would love to have a Dale dessert, but go ahead.

[Caller]

The Champs robbery. There's a movie out called Roofman. I don't know if you guys are familiar with it. The. The guy would break into McDonald's through the roof, and he's still in prison. He got like 45 years.

[Matt Jones]

What would he steal?

[Caller]

Well, he would wait and, you know, the employees get there before they had open, and he would herd them into the cooler. After he had the manager giving the money out of the safe and all the drawers that they had prepped for that day. So, you know, he was making a little change doing that feels like.

[Matt Jones]

And lastly, left at McDonald's, though, but go ahead.

[Diplo]

Yeah.

[Caller]

And then lastly, I haven't followed the NBA for years, knowing what I know. But do you think. Which. Which Mafia family owns DraftKing or is involved with DraftKings? I don't know. I'll listen for you.

[Matt Jones]

Well, DraftKings appreciate the call. DraftKing is a. Is a publicly traded company, so I doubt, at least officially, any of the, uh, of the mafia people are. There are laws about that. I don't. It was interesting. I didn't know, Drew, until this NBA scandal that there were so many mafia families still out. I didn't like they. It was Casper Tale got up and he was like, members of the Gambino and the Gansini and the Brit. And he mentioned all these families. I was like, well, if, you know, all these families exist, why are they still mafia families? Like, you know what I mean?

[Drew]

I kind of thought the mafia has been dying.

[Matt Jones]

I did, too, lately.

[Drew]

And they said these are four of the biggest crime families in America. Like, okay, I didn't know the mafia still had it a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Seems like you got a lead if, you know that they.

[Drew]

Johnny One Eye or whatever his name was that got caught up in this.

[Matt Jones]

I was. I was a little surprised at that amount of. Of knowing about him. Did you see Ryan Pope and Izzo? Tom Izzo had a completely different reaction to Louisville getting the G League point guard. And I just want to say quickly, this is why I love Poke. All right? Everybody can have their opinion about whether or not you should be able to get guys from the G League, but but they. You can. Louisville gets them. Tom Izzo, who I like, goes on a rant about it and how awful it is. Did you see what Mark Pope said? Mark Pope goes, this is such an interesting time to coach college basketball. You now have so many different ways to make a roster. It was almost like one of them was going bring back the good old days. And Mark Pope was like, yeah, a lot of chances to make something happen.

[Shannon]

Pope embraces the current culture of what the sports world is all about. The basketball world is all about Izzo, old school, you know, just not used, not. You got to adjust because if not, it's going to pass you by pretty quick. We've seen it happen a lot of times.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I give Izzo credit for sticking it out so long, but it did sort of strike me as that's the difference between coaches that will make it in this generation and the ones that won't. Let's start with basketball today. Shannon UK and Purdue, six o' clock pregame. Show start starts at 3:30Ks bar be there. Who is, who's going to win and who's our Kentucky MVP?

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I'll say Kentucky wins 93 to 90 in a high scoring game and Aberdeen is the MVP.

[Drew]

I like Kentucky tonight with the atmosphere. We'll be treating it like it's a. A Final Four game. Braden Smith is tough, but Colin Chandler is tougher. It is a Colin Chandler MVP game. Enjoy your preseason pick. Pick Braden Smith. Colin Chandler is the new guard in college basketball.

[Shannon]

82, 80 Kentucky. Aberdeen.

[Matt Jones]

He already picked Aberdeen.

[Shannon]

Cam Williams.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. All right. 76, 75 Kentucky. I went last and you gave me away. So I will take him. Let's go. You, Kentucky, Tennessee. I don't like to do this, but I'm gonna say Tennessee 38, Kentucky 10.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

I'll go 31. 17 balls.

[Drew]

It's a game in the fourth quarter, but Kentucky loses again, coming up short.

[Shannon]

I'll say 28, 20, 31, 13. It was a couple field goals, one touchdown.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, I hope I'm wrong. I hope that. I hope after the game some UK player takes Mario's graphic, retweets it and goes, y' all didn't believe in us. I would love that. I just have a feeling this is going to be a bad one. This is about as bad a matchup as we could have in a game. Thank you folks very much. We will see you today at 3:30 for pregame. We'll see you tomorrow at 3:30 for pregame. This has been KSR.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together?

[Diplo]

Diplo I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

It was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song. Did I want to show? And I was like, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcasts. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade Hybrid.

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