2025-10-30- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) – Hour 2

Date: October 30, 2025
Host: Matt Jones
Guests/Regulars: Ryan Lemond, Mark
Theme: UK Basketball Season Buzz, Media Spats, Community Kindness

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Episode Overview

Hour two of the October 30, 2025 KSR show finds Matt Jones and the Kentucky Sports Radio crew in high spirits as basketball season looms. The episode is a lively blend of Kentucky basketball analysis, a deep dive into coaching qualities, ongoing radio "feuds" with Louisville media, and feel-good local Kentucky news. The panel also welcomes several callers, whose perspectives add both nostalgia and passion to the conversation.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Unused Game Tickets and Fan Engagement

• 03:34 – 04:19:
  • Matt encourages listeners to donate unused tickets so that Wildcats' fans who don't often get the chance can attend games.
  • "If you're not using your tickets, send me, let me give them to people who don't usually get to go." (Matt Jones, 03:34)
• Ryan and Matt both pitch in, happy to help connect generous fans and hopeful attendees.

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2. Bizarre News: Hopkinsville Package Mishap

• 04:19 – 07:00:
  • The crew discusses a strange Hopkinsville news story where an elderly woman was accidentally mailed two disembodied hands and four fingers instead of her medication.
  • Ryan's first guess? "Sex toy."
    • Matt's reply: "That's not even close to the answer, Drew. That wasn't necessary. That's one." (05:08)
  • They joke about mafia-style threats and Halloween costume props but note the seriousness for the lady involved.
  • "You open your package up, and she's like, oh, hopefully this is my blood pressure medication. And there's just a hand and fingers sitting there looking at her." (Matt Jones, 06:03)

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3. UK/UofL Media Feud: UofL "Sheriff" and Radio Banter

• 07:10 – 14:54:
  • Matt recounts his long-standing, lighthearted radio "wars" with local Louisville figures like "Captain Suntan" and especially the self-styled UofL "Sheriff" (Mark Blankenbaker), a radio and Twitter personality.
  • "If you were to create in a lab an overly self-important Twitter dork, you probably would recreate UofL Sheriff." (Matt Jones, 08:17)
  • The feud came to a head when the "Sheriff" insulted Matt Jones and KSR listeners as "penniless blank gaggers," which Matt found especially obnoxious.
  • "You could call me anything. You can't go after the audience. So I've got to say, I've got to figure out exactly how I'm going to handle this..." (Matt Jones, 12:10)
  • Matt and crew roast the "Sheriff," recalling his infamous "Louisville Man" paean—a self-serious, now-scrubbed internet essay—which Matt proceeds to read for the audience, complete with laughter and teasing.
  • "A Louisville man does the right thing. He's honest. He's good. He does what he needs to do. He loves his family. He takes pride in his work..." (Matt Jones reading Louisville Man, 22:29)
  • "We've been here since 1798, and God willing, we'll be here another 217 years better than ever." (Louisville Man, 23:53)

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4. Basketball Coaching: Pope vs Calipari, Recruiting and “The Big Get”

• 15:03 – 17:44:
  • Caller Sean posits that the best coaches combine recruiting, motivating, and tactics—Calipari had two, Mark Pope is excelling at in-game coaching but hasn't landed a top recruit from outside Kentucky yet.
  • "Cal was maybe the best recruiter of all time. I think Cal was a really, really good motivator. I don't think he was a great tactician." (Matt Jones, 15:46)
  • Discussion about the new team's depth and Pope's anticipated challenge: managing playing time for a stacked roster.

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5. Mark Pope Era and Team Cohesion

• 24:23 – 29:00:
  • Caller Noah and the panel discuss the current basketball team's unique chemistry—players are united over the goal of "Banner 9" (a 9th national title), not just personal ambition.
  • Contrast drawn between Calipari's "La Familia" era and Pope's focus on Kentucky tradition.
  • "This is a group cohesive around...the idea of Kentucky, Big Blue Nation." (Matt Jones, 26:35)
  • "We feel like we got our program back because he gets it. It is our fan program." (Ryan Lemond, 28:44)

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6. NIL, Roster Spending, and National Perception

• 29:00 – 32:49:
  • Host and panel debate the narrative that Kentucky “bought” its team due to high NIL spending, noting most core players returned; not solely assembled via pricey transfers.
  • "Our best players returning, Ryan. Right." (Matt Jones, 30:19)
  • Matt believes UK is underrated at #9 and probably top 2 behind Houston.

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7. Community Spotlight: Local Restaurants Supporting SNAP Recipients

• 33:11 – 34:48; 43:35 – 44:20:
  • Matt highlights restaurants providing free meals to those who may lose SNAP benefits due to government shutdown, especially "The Hot Pig" in Hardin, KY, and some Taco John's locations.
  • "They will be providing free meals to the community. If you have a SNAP card, you can come in and they will basically honor it." (Matt Jones, 33:49)
  • Crew and callers praise the generosity and positive impact of these businesses.

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8. Kentucky Basketball Nostalgia & Georgetown Still Hurts

• 35:12 – 37:29:
  • Callers reminisce (and vent) about UK's past NCAA heartbreaks, like the 1984 Final Four loss to Georgetown, paralleling the sting of more recent disappointments.
  • "It was a big deal. We were back in the final four, had a chance to win it, and just could not hit a bucket." (Ryan Lemond, 37:03)
  • Matt jokes that Joe Mazzulla, now Celtics coach, still brings up memories of UK's painful loss to West Virginia in 2010.

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9. Wildcats in the NBA: Dillingham, Reed Sheppard, Injuries

• 37:49 – 39:31:
  • Update on UK players in the NBA.
  • Dillingham getting minutes for the Lakers and Reed Sheppard for the Suns—both adapting, Sheppard moved to second unit to develop.
  • Sad note: Lamont Butler's torn ACL while playing for the Hawks’ G League team.

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10. Listener Q&A, “Painted Head” Funnies, and Show Memories

• 44:20 – 48:52:
  • Fans ask if a loss to Georgetown would alter opinion of the team—Matt and crew say not at all.
  • Extended riff on NBA star Jaylen Brown’s painted scalp mishap (“worse than being bald”), recalling Ryan’s infamous “painted head” KSR stunt.
  • "You need to understand how much worse Sharpie in your head looks than just being bald." (Mark, 46:07)
  • Laughter sharing favorite KSR on-the-road moments—more team bonding than analysis.

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11. Final Four Memories & Upcoming KSR Plans

• 49:32 – 51:35:
  • Caller recounts seeing the 1985 Final Four for $80 (!), leading to arena-vs-stadium nostalgia.
  • Matt shares the next KSR on-location plans: Whiskey Thief in Franklin County; first 50 fans get bourbon glasses and the crew will wear costumes.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On tickets for fans:

  • "Don't let them go unused." (Matt Jones, 03:57)

• On radio feuding:

  • "If you were to create in a lab an overly self important Twitter dork, you probably would recreate UofL Sheriff." (Matt Jones, 08:17)

• On coaching qualities:

  • "The separator is the tactical abilities. Cal had two of those three. Bruce Pearl, two of those three. A lot of motivators and recruiters were great at two of those. The third one eluded them..." (Caller Sean, 15:29)

• On “Louisville Man”:

  • "A Louisville man does the right thing. He's honest. He's good. He does what he needs to do. He loves his family. He takes pride in his work." (Matt Jones reading, 22:29)
  • "Mist y eyed, by the way." (Ryan Lemond, 24:00)

• On the change from Calipari to Pope:

  • "We feel like we got our program back because he gets it. It is our fan program." (Ryan Lemond, 28:44)

• On the NIL narrative:

  • "That's the narrative, though. You're right. The whole season it's going to be, well, they spent 22 million. They should be winning these games." (Ryan Lemond, 30:32)

• Praise for local kindness:

  • "If you have a SNAP card, you can come in and they will basically honor it. Like it's a SNAP card. This is just a private restaurant." (Matt Jones, 33:49)

• On Jaylen Brown's head paint scandal:

  • "You need to understand how much worse Sharpie in your head looks than just being bald." (Mark, 46:07)

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Segment Timestamps

• [03:34] – Show starts; ticket drive and community
• [04:19] – Nuts Hopkinsville story (“body parts in a box”)
• [07:10] – Louisville Sheriff\KSR feud, “Louisville Man”
• [15:03] – Caller: Mark Pope’s coaching strengths
• [24:23] – Caller: Team chemistry and focus on Banner 9
• [29:00] – NIL talk and UK’s roster spending
• [33:11 / 43:35] – KY restaurants offer free meals amid potential SNAP cutoff
• [35:12] – Georgetown Final Four loss, caller nostalgia
• [37:49] – NBA Cats update: Dillingham & Sheppard
• [44:20] – Q&A: Georgetown loss worries, Jaylen Brown’s painted head, KSR stunts
• [49:32] – Final Four ticket prices, upcoming live KSR, closing notes

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Closing Tone

The episode is classic KSR: irreverent, community-focused, sharp on Kentucky basketball, and packed with inside jokes, feuds, and warmth for Wildcat fans. At every turn, the show manages to be both deeply local and broadly relatable.

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Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is hour number two Kentucky sports radio 859-280-2287 text machine 772-774-5254ks bar is open now. Remember our pregame show is at 4, 4:30 today. So we'll be here. Come on and come see us before the game. I'm gonna have some tickets to give away fans. If you're not using your tickets, send me, let me give them to people who don't usually get to go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

Matt Dot Jones at Kentucky Sports Radio. Two of you already sent me. So I have four tickets right now. I'm, I just am a way to pass them on to people who don't usually go. So if you want him send them. I'd be glad to take them off your hands. Don't let them go unused.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right? Yeah, I had a couple yesterday. I've already found somebody to use them. So yeah, we'll get, we'll put them in the right people's hand.

[Matt Jones]

All right, a couple important news stories. Have you heard about the woman who got mailed the wrong thing in Hopkinsville?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, but I kind of like where.

[Mark]

No, I didn't see this one.

[Matt Jones]

This is, this is, this is about my radar. It's a bad story. Well, I mean, it's funny, but it probably was bad for her.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Little old lady in Hopkinsville, she orders her medication online. Not you, ma'. Am. I didn't call you a little old lady yesterday. That was wrong. I would not say Anita says you. I did not say it. He said it. I said you are a wonderful woman in Hopkinsville. She, she, she tries to get her medication sent. She got the wrong package. Instead of in. In the box, do you. Instead of the medication, do you know what was in there?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sex toy.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. That's why. Where. Why. That's where your mind went to that. That's not even close to the answer, Drew. That wasn't necessary. That's one.

[Mark]

If you're gonna guess, you better know.

[Matt Jones]

It's gonna be a bad look. You gotta know that's right. Or it just sounds creepy.

[Mark]

Yeah, it says more about you.

[Matt Jones]

Says more about you.

[Mark]

Well, you were wrong.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay?

[Matt Jones]

So you can. You can stew in that. What actually was in there was two disembodied hands and fingers.

[Ryan Lemond]

What?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yes.

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[Matt Jones]

She got a box. Instead of her medication, she got a box full of body parts.

[Ryan Lemond]

No way.

[Matt Jones]

Two hands and four fingers that were not on the hands.

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[Matt Jones]

First of all, I didn't know they mailed that stuff. Yeah, I didn't know they mailed it. I didn't know they mailed it from the same place that they mailed the medicine.

[Mark]

Seems like those should be different thought.

[Matt Jones]

Those are different places. So, I mean, I do want you to put yourself in the. In the shoes of the woman in Hopkinsville. She opens her package up, and she's like, oh, hopefully this is my blood pressure medication. And there's just a hand and fingers sitting there looking at her.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where were they headed to start with?

[Matt Jones]

How can they.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did somebody order it?

[Matt Jones]

Doctor, I don't think you can order a hand online.

[Ryan Lemond]

So where were they going?

[Mark]

I'm on Amazon right now looking for Halloween costumes. I'll punch in hands.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I mean, my guess is they were going to a facility where you're allowed to deal in hands and fingers. Probably a medical facility. I don't think you can just order online. Please give me a pinky finger. Some weird people out there.

[Mark]

I would take that as a threat. Maybe I've watched too much mafia, Sopranos, all that stuff. But I would. I would take that as someone is sending me a message now. Maybe not for this nice elderly woman who just needed her medicine.

[Matt Jones]

So. Poor woman in Hopkinsville.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

I do feel like this has to be lighting up the Hopkinsville streets. My Hopkinsville friends. I need to know details of who this was and if the woman is.

[Ryan Lemond]

I want an update now.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Next thing you know, over the years, we've Talked about the UofL radio guy, the sheriff.

[Ryan Lemond]

The sheriff.

[Matt Jones]

Right. So just. You know, when I started in my career, I really Enjoyed radio feuds. You know, I really enjoyed him. Captain Suntan. Think about all the fun we had over the years with Captain Suntan. Right?

[Mark]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

That.

[Mark]

That had boiled over to the press.

[Matt Jones]

Captain Suntan threatened to punch me at a UK UofL football game. And I was like, sir, we are grown men and we are standing in a press box. We are not going to get in a fight. But you know, we've talked about over the years, it's become harder to do this because the rest of shows just aren't quite as relevant. But UofL Sheriff, I mean, if you were to create in a lab an overly self important. What are you laughing at? An overly like self important Twitter dork, you probably would recreate UofL Sheriff. Not trying to be rude, but all you gotta do is look at his account. It's like U of Ls. First of all, the name U of L Sheriff. I mean, come on. Like really, you're the sheriff of U of L when your name is Mark Blankenberger. You have a major road in Louisville that shares your name. Just go. What? Go with like, you know, the Blankenbaker or something. Uofl Sheriff Drew. That's a lot, isn't it?

[Mark]

I think Mark would be fine. Good username.

[Matt Jones]

Just go Mark Blankenbaker. You KSL or lsr. Instead he goes U of L Sheriff. Whatever. He really doesn't like us. That's fine.

[Mark]

Picked up on that.

[Matt Jones]

He I, I get messages of people saying he talks best, but you know, he's on Drew Deener's show now. We like Drew Dean. We do, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Fancy guy.

[Matt Jones]

Drew Dean is a transy guy. Used to be a UK guy. Named his kid after Kwood Leftford and then became a UofL person. Not sure how that happens, but. But nevertheless, we like Drew Dieter, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Mark]

Met him several times.

[Matt Jones]

I will also say Drew Deener is very talented. Good radio host.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I don't get to listen to him, but he's, he's good. But he has the sheriff on the show. Worst decision. Drew Dinner said, I don't know. I don't know if, I don't know if the sheriff has incriminating photos. Well, I don't know why he's on there, but he is. Okay. But he likes to take shots at us. And so he takes shots at me and he took a shot at me online and I said something like, I can't remember what the exact words, but I said something like there were more. There were 50 times more people listening to me. At 1am than have ever listened to one of your shows, which was both mean, ma'. Am. I'm sorry. It was mean, but it was also true, you know, so, like, it was mean, but it was true. And he said, that's not true. Our ratings are. So I just said, show me. Okay, just, just, just show me. Show me some more, you know, particle of truth that. That could be.

[Mark]

Even if it's just a survey.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Even if it's like. Even if your mom just wrote a report for the teacher. Just show me something that would qualify as evidence because he's. He's lying. Well, he of course didn't have one. So I guess then Drew Deener, because Drew's a good radio host, he brings it up to him to kind of pick at him about. Okay, all right. Now this is sent to me. This is the AI transcript of the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So Diener says they're sort of talking about the rating and then. And then sort of acknowledging that maybe what the sheriff said about the rating wasn't true. And then Diener makes the point. The only thing that matters is did you get a renewal in your advertiser, not the rating. Which Drew's not wrong. But. So he says that. And then this is the quote from the sheriff. And this is presumably not just about me. This is about you all the listener. This is about the UK fan base. He says, yeah, I mean, I guess Matt Jones has a lot of penniless blank gaggers listening to his show, and they don't matter at all. That was his.

[Mark]

And these are taxpayers in Louisville that he's talking about. These are the people that fund.

[Matt Jones]

I'm also note, I think the sheriff might have a job with the University of Louisville. I'm not certain about that. I know he at one point did. I think he still does. So I'm just gonna say I don't like radio wars. I don't want to punch down. You could call me anything. You can't go after the audience. So I've got to say, I've got to figure out exactly how I'm going to handle this, because I can't have the sheriff going around crushing. First of all, how obnoxious to talk about penniless. I'm not going to do that to their fans. Their fans don't deserve it. I'm just going to say that the sheriff is the most interminable dork that has ever walked the streets.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Of the state of Kentucky. And all you gotta do is go look him up. I mean, in his Twitter profile picture, folks, he has on a scarf.

[Mark]

It is getting chilly outside.

[Matt Jones]

He has a scarf. I think it's silk. So, Drew, I. What are your thoughts on that?

[Mark]

I get a little nervous when we do this because you live in that city. I mean, his radar gun could land on you on the water. There's several ways he could get back at you beyond the radio. So I'll worry about that.

[Matt Jones]

He is a sheriff.

[Mark]

Parking tickets, you know, there's all kinds of things he could pull out of his bag in this scenario.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Mark]

He wrote the Louisville man thing back.

[Matt Jones]

So he may remember he famously wrote do you remember the Louisville man?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now he's asked me over the years to stop reading it because I think he's embarrassed about it. And I kind of have. But I'm going to have to pull it back out at some point. Like, if you're going to keep doing this, sheriff, I'm going to have to read what is the most on an Internet full of cringe. It's the cringiest thing that's ever been written.

[Mark]

And they proceeded to get like seven more scandals after he wrote it when they were trying to polish everything up over there.

[Matt Jones]

Actually power wash everything. You know, I'm in one of those mo. Somebody will send it to me. It's, you know, it's. He, he got it deleted off the Internet. Like if you try to find it now. But some, some. One of our people will find it. And I'm going to read it again. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of new listeners have never.

[Matt Jones]

Have you all ever heard the Louisville man? You've heard it? Yeah. So he wrote it in. But I think this was in between the Italian restaurant scandal but before the stripper scandal. Again, you have to pull up my calendar and look at Louisville sex scandals. And figuring out which one is which is not always easy.

[Mark]

It was definitely before the coach wore the wire against his own friend and coaches.

[Matt Jones]

Before that, before the FBI trial. But I think it was after the. The Italian restaurant scandal. And the premise of it was that Louisville men are classy and they don't. And they don't do things that other people don't. This was a year or so before they hired prostitutes for the recruits. But maybe, maybe we should read that.

[Mark]

One from the vault was a good one.

[Matt Jones]

So if somebody can find it. Let.

[Mark]

Let me.

[Ryan Lemond]

They will. They'll send it to you.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. Who's up next? Sean is up next. Sean, go ahead, Sean.

[Caller]

Matt, listen. Listen to that. Just now. I mean, tell me you didn't get your name in the paper enough growing up without telling me you didn't get your name in the paper enough growing up. If you call yourself the sheriff, let me go.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Caller]

I'm with you on transition real quick. You talked while ago about. About Mark Pope drawing up a plate.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

And I think one of the things we're going to see over time, great coaches, three things that make them great. Recruiting, motivating, and their tactical abilities.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

The separator is the tactical abilities. Cal had two of those three. Bruce Pearl, two of those three. A lot of motivators and recruiters were great at two of those. The third one eluded them and that's why they didn't win one or more championships. So I think the separator for us is going to be Mark Pope is a great tactical guy as well.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's an interesting point. Let me take your premise. I appreciate the cause being correct. If coaching has three major parts. Recruiting, motivating and, you know, drawing up plays or essentially in game coaching, I agree with you that really, really good coaches sometimes have two of them. I think Cal was maybe the best recruiter of all time. I think Cal was a really, really good motivator. I don't think he was a great tactician. Right. I think it's very clear to me that tactician and motivating. I think we've got a great coach in Mark Polk.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I still think there's a little bit of the recruiting thing that. That's at least a little bit of a question to me. I'm still waiting for the get that is the big high school get that's not from Kentucky. I still think it's going to happen, but it hasn't happened yet, Drew. So that's like the one thing I'm waiting to see. Yeah.

[Mark]

And recruiting. You know, Cal was selling the NBA and million dollar contracts. And even though we love it, Pope selling Kentucky on the front, that's just not going to go over with every living room he goes in. So we're still going to see if that works out. I love that he's trying it, but also I want to see, you know, Pope's got a lot of guys that want minutes this year. That's another thing Cal did well is he was able to manage some of that. And this, I think this will be the first time we'll see with Pope how he has to do that.

[Matt Jones]

Pope said this is the deepest team he's ever had and it's the Only team he's ever had where he thinks actually figuring out minutes is going to be an issue. He brought that up yesterday.

[Ryan Lemond]

We saw that, you know, in the scrimmage. The blue team and the white team, they are. They were equal. Went to the final seconds. I'm sure they do that every single day because that's how talented this whole team is.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, in some ways, he might have been a little fortunate in the first game because he's had players out so he hasn't had to worry about it. But when everybody's healthy, yeah, there are going to be dudes who came here to play that are not going to get to play, and it'll be interesting to see how he handles that. Right?

[Mark]

Yeah. And I don't get from, you know, we barely know a lot of them. It doesn't seem like there's going to be any personalities that would be problematic. But all of them are talented enough to get more minutes than they're probably actually going to get.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. I. I'm sitting here looking at this Louisville man thing like. Like you almost you. You would think it's a parody. Like you can't even. You can't even believe it. People are telling me that D producers the guy that punched you at the TBT game, is that right?

[Mark]

I. I have no idea who produces Drew Deener show. But I mean that's a fun fact.

[Matt Jones]

If it is, that was when I was in Europe. I cannot believe you got punched in.

[Mark]

Again if he is the producer of that show added to the list of reasons we should be disappointed in Louisville law enforcement. He's right there. I mean, case closed.

[Matt Jones]

Just get him. He's in the room with me. He's right there.

[Mark]

How is he? Still running free?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Mark]

Open and shut case, Mark. Just grab him, nab him.

[Matt Jones]

I got video. Here we go. This is the start of It's a Louisville Man. I'm not gonna read the whole thing because it's very long. Ryan, are you ready before.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't wait.

[Matt Jones]

You know, we've all heard it before. What it means to be a Louisville man. Ryan Limon. It's a source of pride.

[Ryan Lemond]

Source of pride.

[Matt Jones]

A Louisville man does the right thing. He's honest.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's good to keep a straight face.

[Matt Jones]

He does what he needs to do. He loves his family. He takes pride in his work. He attempts to make himself better. Mario. Every day, a Louisville man displays his integrity, his ethics. He is honorable. He may not be perfect, but he strives to be. And being a Louisville man, Ryan, means when you mess up, you pay up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pay up.

[Matt Jones]

Louisville's fan base is not win at all cost. Of course not. In fact, we are quite patient as a group. Obviously, another quality of a Louisville man is we do not live in a microwave society. As an alumnus of Louisville, we don't deserve this. But sometimes bad things happen. People make bad decisions. People we love sometimes disappoint us. But Ryan, we aren't Louisville men Without forgiveness and the ability to evolve and learn. This is my favorite part. We've been here since 1798, and God willing, we'll be here another 217 years better than ever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

This is our school.

[Ryan Lemond]

Misty eyed, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

There's a lot more than that. And he wrote it. Seriously something.

[Ryan Lemond]

And this was after the.

[Matt Jones]

This was after this. The.

[Ryan Lemond]

The Patino 15 seconds, but before the prostitutes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So good memory from the past. Who's next? Noah is Noah. Go ahead, Noah.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. So I'm gonna be at the game or tonight versus Georgetown for. Really excited to see these guys hoop again. And I don't know if this is just for me in my own perspective, but I feel like for this team, I feel really excited because for the first time in a while, even with having so many players who are obviously competing hard to hard for minutes in every way, it still feels like these guys know one common goal and that's to reach number nine. And they are going to do whatever it takes to get there. Even aside with the fact we got potential draft picks from his lineup, like we have people, it just Feels more of like.

[Matt Jones]

Well, it is. You know, I. I think the. Appreciate the call. I think one of the things that was Cal's really was really good at is he would get all these guys with individual goals to come here. They would play together. They would be a team. I don't think Cal's players were selfish. I actually think he did really a masterful job at taking guys who were kind of all here for a goal for themselves and creating a team where they were close. With that said, I don't think it's unfair to say this group and last year's group was like, this, too, is much more focused on being here for the sake, Drew, of being here. It's not just a stop along the way. It is a destination in and of itself. And I think that that has kind of been cool and valuable to see.

[Mark]

Yeah, I said this last season, nothing against those guys, but Kentucky was a step on their ladder. They loved the step and they loved being here for a year, but their goal was a little higher up. These guys. Their goal, and it's a lot of post messaging when he started recruiting them is like, when are we putting that banner up there? I mean, that number nine is all over the facility.

[Matt Jones]

Everywhere. It's everywhere. I mean that if you go to the facility, the number 9 is. Is all over the place. And I think that's. I think, honestly, Ryan, that's what fans want the goal to be.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think that's how he sold Aberdeen, who won a national title last year at Florida. Diabate, who was in the final Four last year with Alabama. I think that's how he sold it. You know, come and we're going to win a banner, be a part of this, and they want to do it.

[Matt Jones]

It's just. It's a. I think both groups were cohesive, but this is a group cohesive around. I think it would be fair to say that in the last regime, it was cohesive around the idea of la familia. It was kind of cohesive around the idea of Calipari. And this thing we've created over the years, this bond. I mean, they literally called it la familia. I think now it's cohesive around the idea of Kentucky, Big blue nation, Calipari. He enunciated it better than himself than I could. When he went to Arkansas, he said, the train keeps going, the stop has just moved. He sort of sees the entire thing as a progression that started at Memphis, or, excuse me, started at UMass, went to Memphis, went Kentucky, and now to Arkansas. It's all one big thing to him. Popes. I mean, I think Pope. I'm sure he loves his players at byu, but Pope's not talking about what happened at byu. You know what I mean? Pope doesn't say we and then refer what happened in his four years at BYU or his three years at Utah Valley. I think that's a difference, Drew, do you know what I mean?

[Mark]

Absolutely. You said to start the show, we can say things are different. We're not trying to be critical of one or the other. I mean, I had as much fun with Cal as I'll ever have watching basketball in the beginning, and I was all in on the NBA messaging and it was working. So I'm not just trying to trash that, but it is like the. Somebody flipped a switch, and it is completely different how it was.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, remember, Cal would try to convince us that, like, Marcus Camby went here, Derrick Rose is coming to practice. Yeah.

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He would say, oh, man, it's awesome to see PJ Harvey or whatever. Like, it's like, well, I mean, that's good for you, but that's not us. And I think Mark Pope, again, I'm sure he loves his old guys, but you. Have you heard of any. He doesn't talk about the other guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no.

[Matt Jones]

It's about here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

And I think that is. That is something. And he talks about Tayshawn Prince or Tyrese Maxey, because that, Ryan is us.

[Ryan Lemond]

He gets it. He knows this program. I think we feel like we got our program back because he gets it. It is our fan program.

[Mark]

Yesterday, I had a thought laugh. It was la familia. Now we literally had a family day with, like, kids running around. It was that family. Now it's like everybody's family.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We'll take a break. Come right back here at KS Bar, Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. One person writes. Matt, does it make you upset that every time national people talk about Kentucky now, it seems like they're just talking about how much they paid. We paid for our roster. Do you think we're going to deal with that all year? Yes. That's going to be something people say all year when we have success. Well, they paid the most money, so blah, blah, blah. That's going to happen. And, you know, I think that's. I think that's. It's important, but it's also a little bit of nonsense. I mean, it's not like we went and bought the best Player. A lot of our guys returned. Our recruiting class was not ranked number one. It was what, fourth or something like that. And we got good transfers, but we didn't get all transfers. We wanted. I mean, probably the guy they wanted more than anybody didn't come here. Donovan, Dan, that went to ucla. So, yes, I mean, there's no doubt that like, we, we may have spent the most money and. But that I don't think, you know, part probably we spent the most money is we got, we bought a lot. We got a lot of dudes, but like our top level talent, it's not like it's crazy. Better than everybody else's.

[Mark]

We lost a yaxel to Michigan too. They loaded up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Mark]

People don't talk enough about how Michigan had a big transfer. You're spending a lot of money.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it's not like, like the Dodgers went and got Mookie Bats and they got Shohei Ohtani and they basically got like everybody good. We didn't really do that. I mean, our best players returning Ryan. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the narrative, though. You're right. The whole season it's going to be, well, they spent 22 million. They should be winning these games. They should be a number one seed.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'll fight back against that. I don't think that's completely fair. One person writes. Matt, do you think we're underrated at number nine in the country? Yes, I do. Definitely. I don't know for the best team because I haven't seen everybody. I probably put Houston number one just because they got dudes returning and because Kelvin Sampson's done this. I mean, I know they haven't won a title, but you could argue they've been the best team in the last five years consistently. So I'd probably put Houston one, but I don't know why we wouldn't be two. Right? I mean, why not?

[Ryan Lemond]

When there are poll from the Athletic came out, it said Houston won Kentucky two.

[Mark]

Since Friday, everybody's been updating their polls and moving Kentucky to.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it's crazy. John Ross still has us like 13th and I like John, but come on, man. Like, are you serious? Did you watch that game? I mean, do you think Purdue's the worst team in the country? Like, are they 29th? I mean, we, we ran them off the court. I. That doesn't mean we won't lose. That doesn't mean we won't lose at Louisville in a couple weeks. Like, it could happen. But if you're just asking me, yeah, we're better than the ninth team in the country.

[Ryan Lemond]

Purdue was everybody's pick for number one. We didn't have two of our better players and we didn't shoot the ball very well and still beat them by double digits and didn't even play.

[Matt Jones]

Our guy like away played 17 minutes. Their guys all played 30. I just. You don't have to listen to me. Just listen to what Matt Painter said, Drew. Matt Painter said all this. He was amazingly gracious. He said it.

[Mark]

That's what's been fun in all this. I mean, Kentucky fans, we overreact and we start fueling each other and yeah, we're going 40 and oh, but these are people outside of Kentucky and the opposing head coach who are just kind of in disbelief of how good Kentucky looked. Friday night. All the media publicate. You name a website that covers college basketball and they've moved Kentucky up in their preseason poll since last Friday.

[Matt Jones]

You see Meyer Metcalf, my host on Sunday morning, picks us to win the title.

[Ryan Lemond]

And a boy, he's a smart man.

[Matt Jones]

He picked Kentucky to win the title. He picked Mark Pope to be national coach of the year, and he picked which if we win the title, he will be. And he picked Otega away, I think second team all American.

[Mark]

But Joe Venardi even used it as an opportunity to change his bracketology. We're two now. You know, you give Joe a chance to make an adjustment and put something else on espn, he'll do it. So that got updated, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Who's up? Oh, wait. Before we do that, I want to give one shout out. Well, actually, two things. One, I want to give a shout out to and I don't know the name of the restaurant and if someone will send it to me, I'd like to praise this. This person publicly today or tomorrow. I saw a story about in Benton, Kentucky. Have you seen this store?

[Ryan Lemond]

Haven't seen it.

[Matt Jones]

There's a small locally owned restaurant in Benton, Kentucky. As you know, a big chunk a lot of America, 12%. And in Kentucky, I think this number is like 19% of people may lose their SNAP benefits starting this weekend because the government shut down. I'm not. We don't need to debate whose fault that is. It just may happen. And regardless of whose fault it is, that's going to have a strong effect on people's lives, especially people in rural Kentucky. And in Benton, Kentucky, there's a restaurant there who has said that if that happens, starting that day, they will be providing free meals to the community.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

In. In Benton to people. If you have A snap card. You can come in and they will basically honor it. Like it's a snap card. This is just a private restaurant.

[Ryan Lemond]

Awesome.

[Matt Jones]

How nice is that? And then I saw the restaurant you like.

[Mark]

Taco John's.

[Matt Jones]

Taco John's is doing that at. I don't know if it's all its locations, but it's quite a few of them.

[Mark]

Yeah. A group that owns a bunch in Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So it may not be all of them. So I don't want to put. But like a group that owns a bunch of them is doing the same thing. They're basically providing a meal that if this happens. I think at Taco John's they're like, even if you don't have the SNAP benefits, we're.

[Mark]

You just order the. I think they call it the community meal. That's all you have to say.

[Matt Jones]

That is like, that's the best places. Not everybody could do that, you know. I understand that. But in these small towns, like, that's going to be wildly beneficial. And I just want to give a big shout out to those places. And if Taco John's is one, if the place in Benton, if somebody sends me the name, I'm glad to mention it as well.

[Ryan Lemond]

So many stories we get are just, you know, gloom and doom stories. Then you get one like this makes you restore your faith in humanity a little bit. How awesome is that? Those people in Benton. I do gotta say one more thing about Ben. Today is Harold's wife's birthday. Today our friend Harold passed away. It's his wife's birthday. So I want to get.

[Matt Jones]

What's her name?

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't remember.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, happy birthday to Harold's wife. And thank you for remembering that. Who's up next? Tracy is up next. Tracy. Go ahead, Tracy.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. I'm kind of glad I had to be on hold a little bit. At least it gave me time to rinse my mouth out after that article you read earlier.

[Matt Jones]

Understandable.

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[Caller]

I don't think I could have gone on right after that. I had chunks and everything. This game tonight against Georgetown, been a long time coming. Even though it's exhibition. I was 24 whenever they bullied us in the final four and they just one thing I hated about that game, not only the loss, but that that's what a lot of people I believe probably at least that time thought about Joby Hall.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think that loss that lost did stick to Joby quite a bit. I think for a lot of people that was kind of a. That the 78 title was the perfect memory. But then people kind of remember that one is sort of towards the the end.

[Mark]

Yeah.

[Caller]

And that. That stung. I mean, they. They definitely bullied us. They're in my top five of most hated teams behind Lousyville, Duke, ucla, then Georgetown, and then the border schools, Tennessee and Indiana.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

My first four kept us away from. We should already have number nine or ten.

[Matt Jones]

And so I was saying, and I appreciate the call, I was saying yesterday, if you're a little bit older than me, so if you're in your, like, 50s, Ryan, kind of your age, Georgetown. There are people who still. They look at that game like probably we look at maybe Wisconsin's a little harsh, but like the West Virginia game. Right. Like, if you remember the West Virgin 2010, you got the West Virginia. But that's a game that sticks in my crawl because we were better than them and we should have beaten them and they kind of dominated us. And it's unfortunate. Like, it just annoys me. I think a lot of people that are lower than me feel that way about that Georgetown game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Because it was in the final four. You know, it was a big deal. We were back in the final four, had a chance to win it, and just could not hit a bucket. I mean, the one thing you do, you play your whole life for him. He could not hit a bucket.

[Matt Jones]

And part of the reason I hate the Celtics now, I hated him before, but part of it is that Joe Missoula is the coach from that 2010 team. I mean, he killed us in that game.

[Mark]

He was the whole problem. I think about that game every time I'm watching the Celtics and his mug is on tv. It takes me back to that place.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. If you ever we HEAR John and DeMarcus talk about it, they're still mad about it, too.

[Mark]

They were doing the John Wall dance.

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[Ryan Lemond]

We always know he can hit the shot. He just gonna have to learn to play better defense because when he goes out there, they go right at him most teams.

[Matt Jones]

But I think when he's playing with that second unit, he kind of controls the offense a little more. He just seems more comfortable. I just, I. Watching that opening night was a tough watch in that opening game for him because the whole country was roasting him and it wasn't fun to see.

[Mark]

Twitter was ugly that night. I. I wanted him to be the guy like the one that's teaming up with Durant, leading Houston. I don't think he'll be that, but he's still gonna play a lot. Just gotta figure out that defense.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Mark]

And we had Lamont with the torn ACL Butler yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

It's terrible news.

[Mark]

Horrible news. After we even talked about him.

[Matt Jones]

Lamont Torres, acl. He'll be out for the year. He was playing for the, I think the Hawks G League team. He said tough luck, man. With injuries, just. It's been one thing after another, unfortunately. So.

[Mark]

But when he's played in the briefly in the summer league and what little opportunities he's had, he's looked good, but he's just been so hurt.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We'll take a break. Be right back. Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Caller]

Welcome back.

[Matt Jones]

Final segment here at Kentucky Sports Radio. Remember, 4:30 today is the pregame show. We'll be right here. Come on out before the game and see us get some wonderful food. Thanks. The folks who made it. Where are you guys from? Right here. You're in West Virginia. Where are you from? Henry County. All right. I think like you've been here before. Henry County. What about you? What about you guys? Shelby County. Scott County. All right. And you've been? Oldham County. Well, nice to have all of you. The name of the restaurant, it's in Hardin, Kentucky, which is just outside of Benton is called the Hot Pig.

[Mark]

Sounds like a good restaurant.

[Matt Jones]

Shout out to the to the Hot Pig. If I live there, I would go eat and pay at the Hot Pig because that would be good. Because I know that would owning a restaurant myself, I know that would be very hard to to do what they're doing. So, so kudos to them.

[Mark]

In an area like Benton, if I'm driving through and I see a place called Hot Pig, that's all I need to know. Going straight there if I'm hungry, I.

[Matt Jones]

Kind of agree with you. That would be keep your chain restaurants.

[Mark]

Keep your fast food places. Give me the Hot Pig.

[Ryan Lemond]

Give me the Hot Pig. All day.

[Mark]

Don't cut that.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. One person writes. Matt, how's your opinion going to change about the team if we lose tonight? It's a great question. Would it change anything to you if we lost tonight?

[Ryan Lemond]

It would not change my mind whatsoever. We saw the team up close and personal. Yesterday is awesome. Wouldn't change my mind.

[Matt Jones]

Probably wouldn't change mine either. You know, I mean that'd be a little bummed out but like long term doesn't change anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nope.

[Mark]

I'm bracing myself for a little come down tonight. I don't think that'll be a loss. But you know, we mentioned Aberdeen didn't practice yesterday. I don't think that's anything long term.

[Matt Jones]

But you know, if he may not play.

[Mark]

Yeah. So if you don't have Aberdeen or low. They've got a good backcourt. They've got two all conference guards. I, I don't think Kentucky will lose.

[Matt Jones]

We already on third string point guard already this year. I mean, we did that last year very early in front of us.

[Mark]

But I still expect a fun night. I'm really interested to see if Jasper, if that was a preview of what's really ahead, how well he played on Friday, or if that was just a special, special debut.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan, as someone who himself has painted his head, what did you. What do you think of the Jalen Brown head paint thing? Have you seen that?

[Ryan Lemond]

I felt his pain. I mean, when you guys painted my head and we were on the elevator and those women standing behind me, you're laughing at me because they saw the paint dripping down my head. I felt for him.

[Matt Jones]

But you would think Jaylen Brown would have the money to not rub off on people's uniforms. Not just one night, but two games in a row.

[Ryan Lemond]

Two games in a row.

[Matt Jones]

You have your one game, you go, okay, can't do this again. Right.

[Mark]

And I know they're celebrities, they have the whole world. They don't want to be bald. But you need to understand how much worse Sharpie in your head looks than just being bald.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Mark]

Like these guys know that there are a hundred cameras in the building and Twitter is just waiting for something to latch on to. And he still dipped his head in black paint and walked out there and played basketball.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's a tough look. I mean in like you get and.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to think he just didn't start doing this. Like that wasn't the first game.

[Matt Jones]

Well, and it was a big spot up on the jersey too. I mean the, the inside, the NBA guys, Shaq and Charles, you should. They were just killing. I mean they were absolutely killing him. And like Jalen Brown's a big star.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's their meet their main star right now, I have to think.

[Matt Jones]

So here's what I would have to think this. You had him, remember Carlos Boozer had that shoe polish on his head many years ago. I have to think there's a lot of people doing it. Like, don't you think there's probably a lot of people doing it, but they just like doesn't rub off. Right.

[Mark]

They get a, they get a bad job. I think it's too late to go back.

[Matt Jones]

People are doing it and they just got the bad version because those are two very high profile players who both have had this happen to them over the years.

[Mark]

There's a clip of JALEN BROWN Calling LeBron for advice about his hairline a while back on a podcast.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Mark]

So maybe LeBron's getting the good one done.

[Matt Jones]

Thing happens. Like, I'm, you know, I've got it. I understand. I get it. And you try to figure out, what are you gonna do? I. I understand that, but, like, there. The answer can never be painted.

[Mark]

It is while you're sweating.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, a basketball game, the answer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I even think, like, you know, you get a. Okay. A transplant. Ryan, I think, is why that's worked well for you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know, or you can't paint it.

[Mark]

It's not even the act of doing. It's the situational awareness or the lack of it.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're.

[Mark]

You're running up and down in the NBA sweating with everyone watching you. I don't know. That's the moment he should have attempted it.

[Ryan Lemond]

When we think about Rudy, Judy, Giuliani, that's my first thought. Is that stuff just dripping down his face?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that happened, too. I forgot about that. It's a lot of famous paint heads. I mean, there's a very famous sports writer that has a very bad toupee, and every time we see it, it gets much worse because it's crooked. And sometimes it's, like, hanging down on his cheek. And, like, it doesn't. I mean, ma', am, it doesn't look good. At the same time, I'd rather have that than the paint. Yeah, well, there's at least plausible deniability with that.

[Mark]

I mean, the paint was on a white jersey. Like, I think of how hard I laughed at Ryan at that pizza place when he leaned back on the wall and left a little black stamp. I mean, that's the artist I've laughed in my life. And Jalen Brown did it in a game on. I think it was OG's uniform.

[Matt Jones]

We forced Ryan do it. Yeah. By the way, that's in contention for the top 20 shows. It has to be Ryan getting his head painted in College Station, Pennsylvania, while the Department of Homeland Security called for him. Running the bases at the Little League World Series like that. That's in the contention.

[Mark]

You over there. It was six hours later, and I could not stop laughing. I couldn't order at dinner because I was still laughing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I left a little spot in your car, too. My head.

[Matt Jones]

If you were to get in my car right now, on the top, on the felt, there's a little black spot. That is Ryan's head paint where he leaned back. Who's next? Matt is up next. Matt, Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller]

Yes, I was at the 85 final four in Rump Arena.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

And we randomly got tickets in the Villanova section, and Dick Vitale sat in the row right behind us.

[Matt Jones]

Can you remember, for that Villanova Georgetown game, how much did your tickets cost? I'm curious. For the Final Four national championship, I.

[Caller]

Was a student in the UK and they had a lottery. So many tickets went to students, and it was $80 for both sessions.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's pretty good. $80 to get the Final Four and the championship game.

[Caller]

Yeah. And I've been to the World Series and a Final Four. I guess the next thing is a Super Bowl.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you need to do that. Well, I appreciate the call.

[Mark]

Was that park at the final four for $80?

[Ryan Lemond]

Now, that's true. Wasn't that the last game? And that size, I mean, last Final Four, I mean.

[Matt Jones]

Well, now, wait. Didn't we. When we won the title in. In 96, wasn't that in an arena in New Jersey in the Meadowlands. But it was. Is what that was. The Meadowlands arena, though. It wasn't the stadium. Yeah, wasn't that. I think that was just in an arena, or am I wrong about.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, it was there. I was there. I was out in the parking lot.

[Matt Jones]

So where. If you were there, then what was it? An arena or state. You were there.

[Ryan Lemond]

It wasn't a big stick stadium. It was like an arena.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so then 85 wasn't the last arena. It might have been the last on campus or like, you know, arena. That's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe that's what it was.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. Reps. Not even considered on campus. But it may be the last one of those kind of home teams. Home floor. Yeah, Cornbread Hemp. You can go to cornbreadhemp.com you can get your. You can get your seltzers. You can get your gummies, remember, through Halloween tomorrow. But get $75 worth of stuff. They'll send you free gummies. $125, you get a free tote bag. It's comb. Cornbread hemp.com promo code. KSR. And 30 off.

[Mark]

If you use the.

[Matt Jones]

The. The code as well. We're at Whiskey Thief tomorrow. Terrible. Where that is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Whiskey Thief. It's right on the county line between Franklin county and Shelby County. It's a Frankfurt address, though.

[Mark]

So Crab Orchard is the road.

[Ryan Lemond]

There we go.

[Matt Jones]

Crab Orchard.

[Mark]

And the first 50 people get those nice blue KSR.

[Matt Jones]

They really are nice little bourbon glasses that come for the first 50 people. And we're gonna wear a costume.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep, that's right.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know what you have? What you're wearing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep. I'm picking it up this afternoon.

[Mark]

I'm gonna find one after the game tonight.

[Matt Jones]

See, I don't know what I'm wearing. What am I gonna do?

[Ryan Lemond]

You can go as the sheriff.

[Mark]

There you go. Be a Louisville sheriff.

[Ryan Lemond]

Be a Louisville man.

[Matt Jones]

Remember I used to remember when I dressed up as a Louisville fan?

[Mark]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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