2025-11-03- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR Hour 2 – November 3, 2025

Podcast: Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR)
Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Mario
Date: November 3, 2025

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Overview

This hour of Kentucky Sports Radio dives into a mix of Kentucky sports news, World Series reactions, high school football, local Kentucky color, Halloween happenings, upcoming college basketball, and playful banter about Kentucky culture. The hosts—Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, and Mario—share spirited opinions on recent sporting events, community gossip, and personal anecdotes, all delivered with their characteristic wit and regional flair.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Goat Yoga in Kentucky

• Bantering about "goat yoga," with Ryan questioning why anyone would want goats climbing on them during yoga.
• Mario references the purported health benefits (endorphins, laughter), but the crew is mostly bemused.
• Discussion of where to do goat yoga in Kentucky, with Versailles and Newcastle mentioned.
• Tone: Playful skepticism, with plenty of ribbing.

[02:04] Ryan Lemond: "Who wants that? When you're trying to do yoga, you're trying to get your Zen and you got this thing, thing snarling on you."

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2. World Series Recap

• Matt and Ryan describe the 2025 World Series as "the best of my lifetime" ([03:41]), highlighting drama, long games, and iconic moments.
• Will Smith’s Heroics: Celebrated as a Kentucky native (Kentucky Country Day alums) who hit one of the biggest World Series home runs, aligning him with legends like Carlton Fisk and Joe Carter.
• Discussion of a spectacular defensive play and the heartbreak for Blue Jays fans.
• The science angle: Mario mentions how Miguel Rojas hit a home run off a pitch requiring a never-before-seen bat speed in his career.
• Cultural pride: Kentucky ties highlighted repeatedly.

[03:41] Matt Jones: "Best world series of my lifetime. That was awesome. From the 18 inning game to the way the...game six ended with a double play. And then game seven was just crazy."

[05:21] Ryan Lemond: "Will Smith...went to Kentucky Country Day and now hits one of the biggest home runs in World Series history."

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3. Kentucky and Louisville Identity & Santa Claus, Indiana

• A humorous tangent on local identity—whether someone from Louisville can be called a Kentuckian.
• Discussion on Sheriff (sports figure) living in Indiana—in Santa Claus, Indiana’s Christmas Lake Village. Full of jokes about the town having street names like Jingle Bell Lane and Christmas themes year-round.
• Local tidbits: Actual population figures and playful skepticism about people living there.

[10:03] Ryan Lemond: "Sheriff reporting for duty. He was very upset because they called him a Kentuckian and not a Louisvillian. Yeah, but Louisville is subsumed by Kentucky. It's state federalism."

[11:04] Ryan Lemond: "You're just saying. They all 365 days a year have to think about Christmas?"

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4. Kentucky High School Football & County Rivalries

• Celebration of Middlesboro’s undefeated regular season.
• Twitter banter: Coach Schoffner tweets at Ryan about eating chicken livers through the tunnel (callback to prior show).
• Potential for two small schools from the same county to win state titles—a point of Kentucky pride.
• Good-natured ribbing about "siding with the elite" or the local underdogs.

[13:12] Ryan Lemond: "He tweeted after the game, he tweeted you and was like, we just won and we're driving through the Chunnel Tunnel chopping on chicken livers."

[14:25] Matt Jones: "You could have a state championship where of the six divisions, two of the teams are from the same county. And it's a tiny county."

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5. Lexington Halloween Bar Crawl

• Ryan and Mario recount their night searching for Halloween costumes and checking out bars in Lexington.
• Discussion of elaborate, creative group costumes; quips about the generational divide ("I felt old"), revelers' attire, and distributing prize money for the best costumes.
• Mario’s distractibility as a costume judge is teased.
• Notable moment: The sheer volume of people downtown for Halloween, with bars packed.

[21:09] Ryan Lemond: "I've never seen more people out in the city of Lexington than Friday night. It was an absolute circus. It looked like they just opened up the gates of the zoo and let everybody run out."

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6. Kentucky Connections & ‘Jingle Bell Lane’ in Lexington

• More local trivia: Jingle Bell Lane in Lexington named for the site of a former large Christmas tree company.
• Sidenote on a local tamale/taco shop with surprisingly good food.

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7. Upcoming College Basketball & Louisville-Kentucky Rivalry

• College basketball tips off, with Florida vs. Arizona highlighted as the "big game" (on, of all things, "True TV").
• Panel makes picks—favorites are Florida.
• Injuries to UK point guards (Low, Aberdeen) are a concern for the challenging slate ahead, including the rivalry game with Louisville.

[28:41] Ryan Lemond: "We desperately need one of those two guys to get healthy before we play Louisville." [34:45] Matt Jones: "I, my, my only, my first mild annoyance of the Pope era is the way they're handling injuries."

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8. Inside Kentucky Basketball

• Extended discussion about the team's guard injuries, who will play, and the impact on upcoming games.
• Ryan grilled for worrying about Aberdeen’s status.
• Playful segment on matching songs to UK basketball players’ names—a mix of quick-thinking, dad-joke-level humor and Kentucky in-jokes.

[40:13] Matt Jones: "This is a cage. The elephant Kentucky band has a song called Aberdeen." [40:32] Matt Jones: "Get low, get low, get low" (for Zvonimir Ivišić, nicknamed ‘Low’).

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9. Streaming Wars: YouTube TV & ESPN

• Brief but pointed discussion about the ongoing dispute between YouTube TV and ESPN, leaving subscribers without football games.
• Technical headaches with streaming apps; surprise at fans siding with YouTube TV over ESPN.

[37:38] Matt Jones: "Have any subscribers left after that?"

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10. Final Thoughts & PR for Mark Stoops

• Matt weighs in on what Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops should do: Just be himself and win. No over-selling after one win—just humility and pride.
• Reference to John Calipari’s infamous post-victory press conference and advice not to gloat after a single success.

[44:22] Ryan Lemond: “At this point, it’s just win. There’s really. There’s no. The sales jobs and the sort of PR that was kind of, in my opinion, screwed up prior. At this point, the only thing to do is win and then try to get slowly more and more fans on your side.”

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Memorable Quotes & Notable Moments (w/timestamps)

• [02:04] Ryan Lemond (on goat yoga): "Who wants that? When you're trying to do yoga, you're trying to get your Zen and you got this thing, thing snarling on you."
• [03:41] Matt Jones: "Best world series of my lifetime. That was awesome."
• [05:21] Ryan Lemond: "Will Smith...now hits one of the biggest home runs in World Series history."
• [11:04] Ryan Lemond (about Santa Claus, IN): "They all 365 days a year have to think about Christmas?"
• [13:12] Ryan Lemond (re: Coach Schofner): "So Coach Schofner telling you and your little preppy people to eat it."
• [21:09] Ryan Lemond (on Halloween): "I've never seen more people out in the city of Lexington than Friday night. It was an absolute circus."
• [34:45] Matt Jones: "My only...first mild annoyance of the Pope era is the way they're handling injuries."
• [37:38] Matt Jones (on YouTube TV): "Have any subscribers left after that?"
• [44:22] Ryan Lemond (advice to Stoops): "At this point, it’s just win...the only thing to do is win and then try to get slowly more and more fans on your side."

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Goat yoga discussion: 01:05 – 03:32
• World Series wrap and Kentucky angle: 03:32 – 09:17
• Santa Claus, Indiana/Louisville-Kentucky banter: 09:17 – 13:12
• High School football & regional pride: 13:12 – 15:08
• Lexington Halloween adventures: 19:27 – 25:02
• Lexington Christmas trivia / Tamale shop: 26:05 – 26:45
• College basketball preview / player injuries: 26:45 – 34:45
• YouTube TV and ESPN standoff: 37:27 – 39:08
• UK basketball player song names (light segment): 40:09 – 43:48
• PR advice for Mark Stoops: 44:00 – 45:38

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Overall Feel and Takeaway

This episode is classic KSR: a freewheeling, high-energy blend of sports analysis, Kentucky pride, and good-natured mockery. The show captures the pulse of the Commonwealth—whether celebrating Will Smith’s World Series heroics, debating high school football, or poking fun at local quirks ("Santa Claus, Indiana" and Jingle Bell Lane). Even non-fans can enjoy the crew’s camaraderie and sharp turns from sports to slice-of-life anecdotes.

If you missed Hour 2, you’ll feel right at home in the Bluegrass after this one.

Transcript

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-52541. See, the people are encouraging Ryan's jokes. This is the problem.

[Matt Jones]

No, stop.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's people who like the jokes.

[Mario]

No, I think they just like how bad they are. I don't think anyone thinks that that was a good joke.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but they like encourage. They like the badness and I don't think that's good.

[Matt Jones]

They like it because they know how much it hates you hate it. I think there's a reason they like it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I do hate it and I hate that he said goat and he does a sheep.

[Mario]

But that little laugh, him laughing at himself is what people like.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, no, I think you're right. They still haven't had anybody though. 772-7745254 Explain to me why the goats, like, why that makes it better. I mean, there's. What other animal would it be good to have you walking on you while you tried to do yoga?

Yoga's supposed to relax you. How is an animal walking all over.

[Matt Jones]

You relaxing you dirty and nasty and.

[Ryan Lemond]

Been stepping in everything, sitting there slobbering in your ear, like, who wants that? When you're trying to do yoga, you're trying to get your Zen and you got this thing, thing snarling on you.

[Mario]

The Internet says the playful and affectionate nature of goats can promote laughter and Reduce stress.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't want laugh. I thought yoga was your supposed. Like you don't want to laugh. It's not a comedy show.

[Mario]

But if you interact with them, it can release endorphins and foster a sense of well being.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm sure it'll release endorphins because I'll be like, get away from me, goat.

[Mario]

They do. They climb right up on your back. It's not like they're just in the room with you. They're climbing all over you while you're trying to do your.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, well, is there a place you can do that in Lexington? Is there a goat yoga place here?

I don't know. I'm not into.

Do you know Mario feels like the kind of women you date would know where that is.

[Mario]

If this has come up Friday, they had goats everywhere. We could have done it on the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I know they have it in Nashville. I've seen people do it. But you don't know if they have it in Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

I have it in Versailles.

[Ryan Lemond]

They have it in Versailles. You sure that's not just at a farm?

[Matt Jones]

Let's see. I'm just reading what it says here. Where does it says west six Brewing. They have it there.

[Ryan Lemond]

They have it at west six Brewery?

[Matt Jones]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, where in Versailles? I'm fascinated. Where? Where in Versailles? Bojangles.

[Matt Jones]

Somebody looked that up.

[Mario]

I would go get some bow rounds, have a little goat yoga.

[Matt Jones]

Newcastle also apparently is a place that has it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where's Newcastle?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. You're the guy who went all over Kentucky. You can't tell me where Newcastle is?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not sure. Where? Newcastle.

[Mario]

Henry county.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, 859-280-2287. We'll open up here in a minute. All right. So I'm gonna let you two baseball nerds wax poetic about the world Series.

[Matt Jones]

Best world series of my lifetime. That was awesome. From the 18 inning game to the way the. The game six ended with a double play. And then game seven was just crazy. I mean, had all of the drama that you would expect in a world series. It had it all wrapped up in one game in game seven.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was great. Game seven. I mean, I was watching it during the post game show. If you listen the postgame show on podcast, you'll hear us commenting about it as it was going. I mean, the. The. The Blue Jays lose by a half inch. That guy at the plate, I mean, it was so close. A cleat, you know, and. And then some random. Yeah, but then a random dude, Miguel Rojas. Did you see the pitch he threw in order to this is there was like. This is science. Okay, so Rojas, who hit the home run to tie it.

Right.

Top pitch he threw required 105 mile per hour bat speed to hit. Okay. You follow me?

Gotcha. Yeah.

And in his entire career he had never had 105 mile an hour bat swing until that pitch.

[Matt Jones]

Adrenaline, those endorphins you were talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now think about that though. That's an amazing statistic.

It is.

That's something where like there's too much science sometimes in sports, but that's a scientific fact. That's amazing to me. It required a swing that his body has never made in the history of his career. Like he's not good enough to swing that fast. But in that moment he did it.

Wow. Hit the home run to tie the game, the top of the ninth of game seven of the World Series.

And then Will Smith, who was, who's.

From Kentucky, went to Kentucky Country Day High school. People don't realize this is a teeny tiny private school in Louisville. He went to Kentucky Country Day and now hits one of the biggest home runs in World Series history.

Yes.

Repped it with Carlton Fisk and Joe Carter. We're going to remember him forever.

[Matt Jones]

Now we also can't skip over that play that the Dodger center fielder made that run over the left fielder.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's talk about that. I want to ask you about that. So the manager brings him in right before that great move. He wasn't even in the game. Defensive replacement, they bring him in and then he makes that catch, knocks the guy over. What did you want to ask about?

[Mario]

I was going to like baseball etiquette. I played left field, but I pick flowers and waved at people in the crowd. Ball never came my way. Like, obviously it worked. But if that hadn't worked. Did he just bulldoze that guy? I know the other guy had a bad angle, is kind of over the shoulder.

[Ryan Lemond]

Looked like he was in the wrong.

[Matt Jones]

Place, but he was center filter, always takes charge. He's one that calls all.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is that right?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. The center fielder is the guy that makes all the calls.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't know that. So center fielders in charge.

He's got priority over the balls to the infielders and the other outfitters.

So you would blame the left fielder for running into the way.

[Matt Jones]

Dude, yeah. Get out of the guy's way. He called it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, you know, I'm sure they're screaming at each other. I got, I got to get out. But you can't hear in the situation like that. So just an amazing finish.

Think about all the ways that the Blue Jays could have won. I mean, would you say this has to be one of the most heartbreaking losses for a team ever?

Yeah. On your home field.

Well, first of all, go back to the 18 inning game.

Yes, exactly. Lost that one.

Lose the 18 inning game. Myriad of ways they could have won that game. Game six, he gets that hit and he gets stuck under the thing.

Yeah.

If that doesn't get stuck, they might.

Have won that game.

[Matt Jones]

Second, third and one out. Even then, second, third, one out, you think you're going to get a run.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he gets second, third, but it would have. At least one run would have scored and you probably would have had the other guy on third just needing a fly ball to tie the game. Instead they don't, you know, bases loaded and they do the double play. And then you get to game seven, you're up three, nothing. Right. You feel like you're pretty good in the late innings.

You're feeling good.

You then end up with a guy who's never swung the ball. I mean, that pitch, I was listening to John Smoltz, he said that pitch was perfect. That the guy hit the home run.

Wow.

He couldn't have placed it better. He would have thought, there's no way this guy can swing this fast because he's never swung this fast. And then he does. And then you get the out at the plate. They bring in Yamamoto, who had started.

The night before over six innings the night before.

So is that like the best base? I mean, Jack Morris is always the one people point to against the Braves. Cause he won game one, four and seven. One seven and a one. Oh, shutout. This dude's got to be up there, though. Wins game two and six and then pitches the key innings in game seven.

Got the winning.

Game seven.

He got three wins. Three of their four wins, he got him.

[Matt Jones]

And then Shohei Ohtani also pitching off short rest. So it's. Yeah, it's crazy. Crazy.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was like for baseball, I saw highest rated game since like 2015. And highest rated World Series since like the Yankees like in the early 2000s.

It was, it was perfect for UK football fans. We got to watch our team win and then flip over and catch the last couple innings of that baseball game. It was awesome. I love it.

What does that have to do with being a UK fan?

Because we. You were all, you're all high. You just won the football game. Watched your team on what if you're.

[Matt Jones]

A Blue Jays fan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Streaming tv.

Yeah. I mean, that feels like all base everyone. But like, what's the UK connection? Louisville guy is the one that hit the home run.

We just won the football game. Flip over. Watch the grading of the baseball game. Is this a good night to sit in front of the TV and sit in your boxer shorts?

[Mario]

Because they wear blue.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is it with you in boxer shorts? Put your pants on. Now.

[Mario]

My favorite stat is a Will Smith has won six straight World Series.

[Ryan Lemond]

That is an amazing stat. Some guy has won six straight World Series.

[Mario]

There's a pitcher and then there's the catcher. The catchers won three with the Dodgers and the pitcher was on three different teams.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't realize we on on Matt Myron tried to get someone to call in whose name was Will Smith. And the guy calls in and we were like, just send us like a picture of your license because we just don't want somebody random to go. And he was like, I can't. We were like, oh, okay.

Why?

And he was like government and just hung up. Well, I don't know what that means. Do you?

[Mario]

He didn't trust you with that.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, isn't the government the one that issued the ID to begin with? The government knows that you have an id.

[Ryan Lemond]

The government, if they want, they know.

[Mario]

They already know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now we give the Herald Leader a hard time. Sometimes we need to give them a.

Shout out about the Blue Jays.

No, they didn't. They didn't call him a Louisville guy. He said Kentucky and Will Smith hits the game winning home run.

[Mario]

Sheriff had a meltdown about this.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he went crazy. The sheriff reporting for duty.

[Mario]

You looked like the Arquette in Scary Movie.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sheriff reporting for duty. He was very upset because they called him a Kentuckian and not a Louisvillian. Yeah, but Louisville is subsumed by Kentucky. It's state federalism.

[Mario]

Also, he lives in Indiana.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, he does.

[Mario]

People were pointing that out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Scarf lives in Indiana.

Yeah.

[Mario]

So he was telling people how they can talk about Kentucky and he doesn't even live in Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

You mean he lives across the river?

[Mario]

Somebody told me he lives in Santa Claus land or whatever that is.

[Ryan Lemond]

He does not live in Santa Claus. No, human beings that live in Santa Claus, who lives in Santa.

North Pole, Santa Claus. Santa Claus. Indiana is a.

How many people? I know that, but how many people? I thought Santa Claus was just like for commuters and vagrants.

It's a town and people live in.

They live in a place called Christmas Lake.

Christmas Lake.

[Mario]

Cutler is from the North Pole?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he's from.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let me go back. There are people that live in a place called Christmas Village.

Christmas Lake Village, which is in Santa Claus, Indiana.

[Mario]

I've been. It's Christmas everywhere. They don't turn it off.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're just saying. They all 365 days a year have to think about Christmas.

We don't have to, but you know.

But I mean if there's candy canes.

Up everywhere, every street is like Jingle Bell Lane.

Rudolph, there's not a Jingle Bell Lane.

Yes, there is. My ex in laws lived in Christmas Lake Village. I've been there.

Many roads are called Jingle Bell Lane.

Jingle Bell Lane. Yeah.

Is everything in the town, like the restaurants, like away in a burrito? Is that like. Is everything Christmas themed?

Have you never been Christmas, like Christmas, Santa Claus, Indiana.

But I knew I. I've heard of Holiday World, but I just didn't think about how many people live there. Like how big is the population?

[Matt Jones]

I got it right here. You want to take a guess first?

[Ryan Lemond]

20 something. So I heard you. What? What is it?

[Matt Jones]

Well, it's 2,657.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, that's so it's not that big.

[Mario]

That's not counting elves. You can't count.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they're busy in the workshop.

So of the 2,673 is Jay Cutler and reporting for duty.

He lives in Santa Claus, Indiana, according to the Internet.

[Mario]

I don't know that to be fact, but there were people replying. Dude, you live in Indiana.

[Ryan Lemond]

Will Smith is a Kentucky.

[Mario]

Yes, of course.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's also a Louisvillian. Those are not mutually exclusive.

[Mario]

If Will Smith sent you his id, well, it might say California now, but his old id, it would say Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right. Does it say Louisville? You can't get a real ID in Louisville.

[Mario]

I don't think so.

[Ryan Lemond]

I might say Jefferson, but that's not Louisville. That's a county.

[Mario]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where?

[Mario]

Mutual. He's just as Kentucky and as Will Smith.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kentucky.

[Mario]

What's her name? Patty Loveless.

[Ryan Lemond]

Patty Loveless. Well, great World Series.

Great World Series.

And the evil team won. But that's good for the sport because now people keep chasing the evil empire. Right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they're like Star wars. Like the new New York Yankees.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Chase the evil empire. That's good.

I was pulling for the Blue Jays just because I didn't want the Dodgers to win another one.

I think it also proves the Reds were the second best team in baseball because we lost to the Dodgers.

Guy swept.

I know, but it was not even close. Closer than the Score indicated it was Middlesboro beat Sayer.

They did, yes. Middlesbrough.

Did you see one of the coaches chirped at you on Twitter?

I did not.

Coach Schoffner, what do you say? Well, you said Friday. I didn't process this. That they were going to.

Eat.

What was it? Chicken livers. And drive through the tunnel to. Before the game. You did. You said something like, they're just all going to eat chicken livers and drive through the tunnel. So he tweeted after the game, he tweeted you and was like, we just won and we're driving through the Chunnel Tunnel chopping on chicken livers. So Coach Schofner telling you and your little preppy people to eat it. You side with the elite.

I do.

We. Because Drew and Shannon and I were on Middlesbrough side.

Okay.

You side. You side with the 1%. We had a.

[Mario]

This would be a bad time to tell everyone I have a. Say a golf towel in my golf bag.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know, but you have a Middlesboro shirt.

[Mario]

And it's in my heart. I have multiple Middlesboro shirts.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you looked back on the jackets. Jackets, yes. Who Almighty work all day and almighty went and beat sare for the 1%. And you went against us, and we finished undefeated. One of only 10 teams in the state to finish undefeated. And the first time since, like, 1999 for Kentucky is Bell county still Bell County's. They lost one, but Bell County's number one in. In their division.

Yeah.

And we're now like number three in ours. You could have a state championship where of the six divisions, two of the teams are from the same county. And it's a tiny county. It's not like Jefferson or Fayette or Warren. It's just like a little bitty caddy. And we might have two teams playing for a state, but they get to recruit.

All of eastern Tennessee goes again with.

The tunnel and the chicken livers. You owe Coach Shaffner an apology.

Coach Schaffner, I apologize, but I never said anything about chicken.

Say, apologize to Larry French.

Oh, I like Larry French a lot. Great.

Apologize to him.

I apologize, Coach French and now the team.

I don't know any of the players, but say I'm sorry.

There's got to be a cousin to Bobob on there.

I apologize to Bob because it is on there.

Yeah. So. So the. The playoffs start this week.

This week.

Yeah.

Yeah. So I don't know. I don't know who's. Who's playing who, but can we do.

[Mario]

A Middlesborough Madisonville tailgate at KROGER Field.

[Ryan Lemond]

In A who's going to be I know. Is it Louisville? Louisville Christian Academy.

They're like 3A I think.

So who's in A who are the good teams in A well, Middlesborough probably. Well, we've already beaten Sarah.

We know they're Raceland Pike.

Raceland's one and Pikeville. Yeah, they're hard, but those are two mats. So you get mountain teams together, then that's going to be like nobody can stop.

There's the defending state champs.

Well, they ain't defending anymore.

[Mario]

Big win.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big win.

[Mario]

You got Middlesborough.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now this is When I was a kid, I used to talk about the trifecta, how rare it was for me to get a trifecta of wins. Middlesboro was always pretty good, but Kentucky was never good and the Bears weren't good most of my childhood. So the trifecta of not just three wins, three big wins. Not against stinky teams. Well, the Bengals are stinky but. But like scored 40 some points. That's a great trifecta. The Middlesborough Kentucky was in the Sayre Auburn Bengals. I have friends that are fans of all three of them. Josh Hopkins likes all three of them.

[Mario]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he took three L's. 859-280-2287. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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Yeah, Idle hour.

I didn't know that. It's next to. They say Paul Miller Ford.

[Mario]

Yeah, I drive by a lot.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why did it get named that?

Oh, I don't know. Happy the. Maybe they developed it during Christmas time.

Maybe. So the two best teams in a. The two teams ranked ahead of Middlesboro, Kentucky country day. So you get.

Yeah.

Another set of elite rich kids.

Will Smith.

They want a piece.

[Mario]

They're definitely from Kentucky, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. But Sayre, we've already done that to one group of. Now we got another. And then Campbellsville.

Campbellsville.

Which is crazy because I have family in Campbell's, huh?

Yeah.

Can you imagine Middlesboro, Campbellsville State championship.

Your heartstrings will be torn.

Well, no, I'm Middlesboro. But you know, there'll be some people over there. I'm like, I know you.

Yeah.

What if you get Middlesborough Campbellsville?

It could possibly happen.

Apparently Campbellsville's very good. 859280, 2287. Okay, so I do want to. I did want to tell quickly I went with Mario on Friday to out in Lexington to find Halloween costume. Okay. This we started with. I was like, let's go to some, like, bars with people like our age, first of all. Hard to find those.

Yes.

Like, where do you even suggest. Like, we put it out and we said, where should we go? And so somebody set a bar that was underneath Everest on Alexandria. What was that place called? Party Door Back down.

[Mario]

Party. Party Door Back down.

[Ryan Lemond]

Party door Back Down.

[Mario]

Never been to that one.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was right under Everest on Alexandria. That had some good people watching. Everybody was in costumes. We were giving out $100 for the best costumes. So I gave out like 600 bucks.

Yeah.

Gave one to a lady who was dressed as a voodoo lady. Yeah, that was good. Then we went out to A bar out on Nicholsville. What is it? Cocktails. Two cocktails. Two. Had some folks there. Saw a lot of KSR fans out there.

[Mario]

Good spot.

[Ryan Lemond]

Had people dressed as Hulk. There was a girl dressed as Hulk Hogan and a guy dressed as Macho Man. They were a couple. Didn't know Hulk Hogan. Macho man rocked like that well, but they did.

[Matt Jones]

You never know who did a better.

[Ryan Lemond]

Impersonation, me or them. I was better at both impersonations than they were.

[Matt Jones]

So they didn't win the money then.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did not give them the money.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Then we went to a couple other places. Then we went downtown. I'm just going to tell you, in my entire life, I've never seen more people out in the city of Lexington than Friday night. It was an absolute circus. It looked like they just opened up the gates of the zoo and let everybody run out.

People everywhere were most of them in costume.

Almost everybody in costume except me. An old leather pants Mario over here.

I thought he was in costume with the leather pants.

What was the costume? You were not a biker. You had bikers.

[Matt Jones]

He just wanted an excuse to wear leather pants.

[Ryan Lemond]

You cannot wear leather pants and just say it was a biker. You didn't even have a jacket on a leather. You didn't have a bike. You didn't have a jacket. You just wanted to rock your leather pants in front of. Just be honest.

[Mario]

You were a catwoman as much as.

[Ryan Lemond]

You were a biker. You were not a biker. You just had on leather pants. There was nothing else that suggested bike. You didn't have a helmet. You didn't have anything. So we went walk. We went walking around. And some great costumes.

Yeah.

The amount of time people put into it. Sure is amazing. Couple things. Women put much more time into it than men.

Of course.

Women like. It's a whole extensive thing a man puts on. Well, I can't say anything. I did this at the remote. A man puts on a jersey and says, look, I'm Tom Brady. I kind of did that with Ellie at the remote.

[Mario]

Yeah. Guys could go to the closet and find something. Ed Worn and wild. Jersey.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Mario]

Cowboy hat. They'll pull something off.

[Ryan Lemond]

Lot of people not wearing a lot of clothing.

[Mario]

That's why.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Parents. You don't want to know what your kids were doing. You don't. I felt older. I mean, I felt old. But then again there were some other. But like all the old people we gave each other look like. Yeah, we're.

[Mario]

It's just your costume. You were going as old going as.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was going as old?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do I just go in as myself?

[Mario]

Yeah. They don't have to know that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. But we'd get a look at each other, like, yeah, we're. We're only. I've never seen that many people. If you owned a bar downtown Lexington Friday, you don't. You just paid your mortgage for six months, I would assume.

I saw a lot of groups.

Like, a lot of groups. Group dressed as the Blue Man Group.

Yeah. That was cool.

There were Mark Stoops people.

Yes.

Guy walked around with a $37 million check around his. His. Saw that neck asking people. He would go up to people and go, will you pay this? I saw Mitch Barnhart. He was wearing a. I thought you.

[Mario]

Said, I saw Mitch Barnhart. What was he going as?

[Ryan Lemond]

Mitch Barnhart was going as Lorax. No, I saw Mitch Barnhart. He was walking around. He had a UK polo with the top button. Button, which I think is. He forgot a costume. Just put the UK and then said, I'm Mitch Barnard. But it works. It made me laugh.

[Mario]

He walked to his closet, had a UK polo, pulled it off.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, here's the thing I learned. You can't have Mario in charge of a costume contest.

[Matt Jones]

Why is that?

[Ryan Lemond]

There are two things that distract Mario. One is women.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, it's understandable.

[Ryan Lemond]

Two is, I'm looking for creative costumes. Somebody put a lot of time into it. Maybe it's funny. Mario just likes things he knows. So he'll just be like, look, it's the Scream mask. I'm like, that's not a good costume. He just put a mask on.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. He bought that for $30 at Halloween.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Mario]

There's a vampire.

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

He would do that. He'd be like, look, he has a fireball on. I'm like, he just bought a costume with a fireball on. Was not a good costume. It was like. It was like you just put on a bat. He'd be like, batman mask. But it was like a plastic one you got at the store.

[Mario]

Easily impressed on Halloween over here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. So the video will come out this week of our winners. We had some big winners, and it was good.

Yeah. I haven't seen the video, obviously, but I saw the pictures. It looked like a lot of fun.

It was Halloween. Everybody's just always so happy.

It was a great night, too.

Yes. Beautiful night.

Yes, it was.

Hopefully, everybody. There was a stabbing downtown. Did you see, like, I think three people stabbed?

Hopefully.

I think everybody's okay, but it was the police. People didn't stop partying, though, at all. Even though it was happening, it happened right there. We'll be right back. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney.

Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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Yeah.

Was named Jingle Bell Lane because the National Tree Company, which was the largest Christmas tree manufacturer factor in the country, was once located there.

Makes total sense now, right?

Did you know that? I did not know Lexington once had that.

It had no idea.

There you go. Said they have good tamales.

[Mario]

Great tamales. Great spot over there. I don't know the name because their sign just says, like, best tamales in the world. So, I mean, that's why I pull in.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, off New Circle.

[Mario]

Yeah, it's right over there.

[Ryan Lemond]

I've always seen that place. Go check it out. I never thought they. I thought that was false advertising.

[Mario]

Trust me.

[Ryan Lemond]

So the place that says they have the best tamales, they actually do have the best tamales.

[Mario]

And I actually prefer their tacos. But good tamales also. That's over by Jingle Bell.

[Ryan Lemond]

Interesting. College. College basketball starts today. Big game tonight is Florida and Arizona. That'll be our Draft Kings pick. Go to DraftKings.com, use my promo code KSR. Bet 5. Get up to $3 in bonus bets. Tonight's big game forward in Arizona at the hall of Fame Series in Las Vegas. Take a guess what channel this game is on. Just take a guess.

[Matt Jones]

Lifetime.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not on Life.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nickelodeon.

No. True tv.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, True tv.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, True TV that you only remember during the tournament.

Yes. They're going to have the opener.

They'll have it. Jamal Mashburn on the call.

[Mario]

Nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

You get a little Jamal Mashburn on TV tonight.

Yeah.

Jamal Mashburn, Bruce Pearl.

[Matt Jones]

What a combination.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they're the. They're the studio.

Okay.

Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn and Bruce Pearl.

[Mario]

And Adam Lefkoe.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Adam Lefkoe. That's a good group.

It is a good group.

Don't you. I mean, for for true tv.

It's big time for true tv. I would tune in just for that.

So Florida and Arizona starts at 7:00'. Clock. What's your draft keys pick who you got in opening night. Really the only huge game of opening night.

[Mario]

That's a great game. Arizona is just outside the top 10 if I'm not mistaken. We all know what Florida is. I'll say Florida wins, but Arizona is good. It'll be close.

[Ryan Lemond]

Boogie Flan making his debut for the Florida Gators tonight. So he'll probably have a big game. I'll go with Florida.

What about you?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I guess I'll go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Florida, by the way, is a 2 1/2 point favorite like Florida. That's if you like Florida, that's a good cover to hit from them.

[Matt Jones]

So I, you know, I've kind of hesitate to say that Florida is going to win, but I think they still win tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm going to take. I'm going to take Florida as well. Playing in Las Vegas now, Mark Pope apparently said don't know if they'll have Low tomorrow. And Aberdeen also. Game time decision. I know we played Nichols, so you don't have either one of them. How do you feel about the game.

We saw without both of them? Against Georgetown we struggled. Offense struggled a little bit. Just seemed to be a little out of sync. Georgetown's guards were better than our guards. Without Low and Aberdeen both out there, I don't think Nichols State can provide that. But we desperately need one of those two guys to get healthy before we play Louisville.

[Mario]

I don't think we say state anymore. Just nickel. Times have changed, Ryan. We don't.

[Ryan Lemond]

There are no more states.

Not nickel state.

Yeah. I don't. I think most of these schools, like most of them are no longer states. Right.

[Mario]

I know they dropped the state.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think Mississippi Valley maybe dropped it.

[Mario]

I believe so.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kent dropped it.

Utah Valley. Kent brought it back.

Oh, they did bring it back.

Utah Valley dropped the state.

[Mario]

Yeah. Get that state out of here. We don't talk like that anymore.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

It's not your state anyway. Utah Valley. You just get the Valley. You don't get the whole state.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

My grandfather would say ain't no state nickels.

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Where's nickel?

[Mario]

I have Nichols facts. I did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Give me a little nickel. I mean, we're going to use this tomorrow. Let's use it today. What are the nickels?

[Mario]

I just want to show off my knowledge, honestly. They lost their top six scores.

[Ryan Lemond]

That'll hurt you.

[Mario]

Yeah, they are.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they weren't Good.

[Mario]

They are the highest ranked of the three teams in the BBN United Top Off Classic presented by.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're coming out of the gate with the.

[Mario]

With according to Ken Palm, there's not a lot of previews out right now on these teams, but in the Ken Palm metrics, they're much higher than the other two teams. Their coach is a former player. He's only been there two years and they won 20 games both seasons. So he's got, he's got some, some magic brewing there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are you saying this could be a tough game?

[Mario]

No, I'm not. But losing the six top scores hurts. They have a transfer from Iona and from Sacramento State and I'm liking the like an Adam in the move Billy Mas when he blacks out. I don't even know what I just said, but that's all.

[Ryan Lemond]

Does it worry you that Low and Aberdeen aren't certain to play? I mean we play Louisville in eight days.

They need to be on the court. We can still win this game tomorrow without them, but we need to get them on the court to get ready for.

But I mean are you worried about the fact that they had not playing yet? Like just in general? I'm not talking about necessarily the game tomorrow, but you know, I mean we're going to be playing a huge game and may not have either one of the guys, you know when. I mean, I think we will have them. But like does it worry you that they will not have played much going into it?

Not too much.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not glad Lowe's back because when the injury first happened I thought, well, he's not going to be ready for months. It looked like it was such an awful injury he first had.

[Mario]

I still feel all right about Low. I think we'll see him for Louisville, you know, with the shoulder we went through this with Lamont. You could, I think you get hit at any time. So maybe Pope just doesn't feel like this is a risk he needs to take. Aberdeen.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is that they played it all. We still haven't heard anything about Aberdeen one way or the other.

Now the only thing didn't he say something about it was a leg injury but we just missed what kind of leg injury.

But that, I mean that could be anything.

Exactly.

[Mario]

Got two of them and he looked fine at practice. I mean he was in uniform, he was sitting down but it wasn't like, you know, it didn't have anything on it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did he do I mean Low the practice we went to Low did the warm up stuff. Did Aberdeen.

[Mario]

I didn't watch him the whole practice. I will say most of the time I was watching him. He was sitting down, but he was in uniform and didn't appear to be.

[Ryan Lemond]

Part of me that wonders like, is the Aberdeen thing worse than we know? Because with low we get these definitive things and we saw him with our eyes warming up in practice and it.

Looked like he was going all out. Of course there were non contact drills, but he was going all out on the shooting drills. I didn't see Aberdeen do any shooting drills of practice.

[Mario]

Well, before the Georgetown scrimmage, Aberdeen did. He's one of the first people out and he was more goofing off. But he was out there dribbling and shooting and throwing it and that wasn't a lot of activity. But it wasn't like he was sitting there with his leg propped up. He was out there doing a little.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you have any lingering effects of the Georgetown game or is that just going to be one of those games that evades our memory and we just go yeah, that was weird.

I feel like the Purdue game mattered. Georgetown game didn't matter. That's. That's the fan base.

We. But is that you?

I think it's probably most of us like Georgetown, that doesn't matter now. The Purdue game that matters. Georgetown game doesn't matter. We didn't have a point guard. You know, their guards were better than our guards and we got beat.

[Matt Jones]

I got news for you. Neither one of them mattered. You're still. Oh and oh yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm gonna go ahead and say though Purdue mattered. No, it mattered for my psych.

No.

Because these teams are all these announcers are all still picking Purdue to win the national championship and we beat them.

[Mario]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

That Georgetown, that was different.

[Mario]

Well, we had Aberdeen with Purdue. Completely different team.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is weird though to see how different we looked. I mean we. That was a. That was a 30 point difference those two games.

[Mario]

I mean it was guards too. And I'm not defending. The defense was horrible. But those guards were tough.

[Ryan Lemond]

They are good. And RJ Lewis was a good player in Arizona.

Kentucky's got to shoot better. They didn't shoot the three very well. Didn't shoot free throws very well. I mean they got to clean that up too. Despite the lack of offense.

You this week. I don't want to ask Ryan because we know what happens when I asked Ryan Drew, do you have any concern about these two games this week?

[Mario]

I'll say no, but I. They need to get Aberdeen and Lobeck that Chandler. I love Him. I still have some stock.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are you still.

[Mario]

Yeah, yeah, we'll be fine. I'll admit though, couldn't guard anybody Thursday.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was very surprised how poor he was defensively because last year, last year they, he showed signs of being able to guard people, but he was awful.

[Mario]

Well, remember the Arkansas game? He was one of the best defenders.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

I hate to crush the kid because I think he can be good, but he was awful that entire game on both sides of the floor.

[Mario]

It's not a good game. I mentioned this on pregame show or for football, but we are running a special on the Colin Chandler fan club right now. It's not closed, but we have some offers if you want to get in. That was a low point, but that's to, to get back to just what the Georgetown game means. That's not the team we're going to be watching this season. So I do throw it away now. If these injuries linger, that is the team we're watching. But I don't think that will be the case.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, one person writes, matt, you're stressing on the Aberdeen thing way too much. I'm not stressing, but I always, I, I, my, my only, my first mild annoyance of the Pope era is the way they're handling injuries.

Yeah.

Like this just. I, I, I think he's so good with media and they're so good with fans and they're so good about like, but lingering injuries and not saying. I just don't think that's the way to go because it leads to people, you know, it leads to people speculating, which is not good.

[Matt Jones]

Call the coaches show. Maybe you can get some scoop from them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they're not. Oh, wait a minute. Are they taking calls on the Monday coaches show?

[Matt Jones]

Do they know that they don't do.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they're not taking them on the pregame show anymore. Yeah, we're getting more Dave and Cameron yelling at each other.

[Matt Jones]

That's what we need.

[Ryan Lemond]

And less Bob and Jamestown. I feel like that was, by the way, a direct slap to Bob. Jamestown when they canceled the calls to the pregame show. They might as well have just canceled Bob and Jamestown.

[Mario]

Well, that's what they did. They called Bob. That's, that was the announcement. There wasn't a release or an email. Just. We just called Bob and told him to stop calling.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sorry. We blocked your number, Bob, because he would get it on every one of them.

That was his moment of shining glory every day pregame show. Every time he got in, they got to talk to Dave and Cameron.

Yeah, So I don't know about tonight. I'm not sure. Do you think somebody will ask Mark tonight?

Well, I don't even know. Are they even doing a show? Because there's a women's game tonight. I mean, Stoops will do his thing.

Well, there might not be a Stoops or a Pope show.

I don't know what they're doing.

The women are at 6:30, so there may not be either one of them.

We need to get Billy.

Yeah, Billy would know the answer to that.

We'll figure it out.

[Mario]

There's still a stupid show.

[Ryan Lemond]

What time is that?

[Mario]

Six or seven at least. I wrote about it on the website.

[Ryan Lemond]

Games at 6:30.

[Mario]

Well, they'll have to figure that out. But he'll do a show. Not do your college show because there's a show.

[Ryan Lemond]

This is the tonight to do it. You just beat Auburn on the road.

[Mario]

Yeah, they'll do a College.

[Ryan Lemond]

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Did Ryan make any children cry at his Halloween?

I did. I made one little boy about 5 years old just burst out in tears. But then I got on his good side. I said, look, I won't scare you. I'll go scare your brother. And that he immediately.

How was the brother?

Price, seven.

Okay. That's not still children.

[Matt Jones]

You made him cry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. So you made two brothers cry?

Yeah.

Do you. Did their families not get mad? I had a couple of people write me say that if Ryan made my child cry, I would scream at him.

It's on. Fun, I think.

I mean, the parents may not think.

Yeah, I think the parents are, you know, they appreciate me scaring the bejesus out of their kids and maybe they'll listen to them next time.

One person writes. How about Matt? The fact that YouTube TV still doesn't have ESPN.

I couldn't believe they got through Saturday and Sunday with football and didn't have that settled. I really thought I can't believe they.

[Matt Jones]

Have any subscribers left after that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Remember Monday Night Football's tonight? Oh, wow. I mean that's that that they didn't have NFL yesterday. So this I think really hits them tonight.

Yeah.

With Monday Night Football. If they don't do it tonight, then you got to wonder like, well, this.

[Mario]

One feels a little different because ESPN is actually pushing an app. In the past they bicker and it's I want more money. You know, you don't get more money. And it's just rich companies being rich. But espn, I seems like they're gonna hold their ground. They went through a whole Saturday of college football trying to get people to go to this app. And I and it's way too way.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was really complicated to get on that app.

Yes, it was.

As somebody trying to do. I finally did. But I felt like you needed a College, you know, PhD to get on the app.

[Mario]

And I don't like they try to be like, we're gonna let everybody see game day today. You did that to get everybody excited and then direct them to your app at noon.

[Ryan Lemond]

But it also seems like people are siding with YouTube TV. Seems like ESPN is losing the PR battle, which surprises me.

I thought it'd be the exact opposite.

I did too, because I would thought you'd be like, I want to see the games. Remember from Kentucky purposes tomorrow night. If we don't have it, you can't see the Kentucky game again tomorrow night. That's a computer game.

[Mario]

Computer game. Women's game. Tonight's computer game.

[Ryan Lemond]

So there's computer. We have computer games.

I think Friday, Friday's a computer game too, isn't it?

I think everything's a computer game here early. So just something to watch. 859-280-2287. We'll take a break, be right back. KSR.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Welcome back. Final segment. Is this called Aberdeen?

[Matt Jones]

It is. This is a cage. The elephant Kentucky band has a song called Aberdeen.

[Ryan Lemond]

Look at that. That's great.

[Matt Jones]

Probably be hearing that a lot.

[Ryan Lemond]

So let's think. What. What could be songs for the players? This is Aberdeen.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so I like this. So we should. I should get to know this song, right?

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Yep.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get low, get low, get low.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mario]

You got your.

[Ryan Lemond]

What about one Shannon can play. You could. We could do the OA then. What. What's a. What's a M.O. d. Abate? So mo money. Mo problems, dude, we're killing it. All right, what's a Brandon Garrison song?

[Mario]

Oh, there's a rapper BG who has some great music, but I can't think of.

[Matt Jones]

Is there like one like a let's go Brandon song?

[Ryan Lemond]

We could play one of those Trumpy songs. Yeah. I don't know what Atlantis Go Brand. But you don't hear that phrase as much anymore. That is a thing for a long time.

[Matt Jones]

67 replaced it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, my goodness. Yeah, the 6, 7 thing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, although now I think adults know it so much that the kids think it's cringe.

[Mario]

Kids are moving on.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kids are moving on. Just as adults discover it. They're like, okay, we have to move on now.

Not cool anymore.

Yeah. Which I think is good for everybody. Who else on the team do we have? It's Colin.

[Mario]

Baton Rouge.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ah, dude, you're killing it.

Colin. Baton Rouge for Colin Chandler.

[Mario]

This is one of those skills I have that don't matter. Really do.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cam Williams.

[Mario]

Cam Cam.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's got to be something that, like, says ham with a camera.

[Mario]

Yeah, I don't have that one. All right, There is one, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm sure that one's out there somewhere. Yellow Vich.

[Matt Jones]

That might be a little tough.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, yell. Yeah, you can do something with rebel Yell. Rebel Yellow man.

There we go. We got it.

This is. This is the kind of insight that you get here. This Trent Noah, we gotta find one for him. There's got to be a song, even a biblical song that mentions Noah. Right?

Built the Ark. That's a Bible school song.

How does it go?

There's that one voice. No. Built the Ark. I don't remember the next line.

You're making that up.

No, I'm not.

You just said, well, the bears had a guy yesterday whose name was Zacchaeus.

Yeah.

Which led to me and hubby trying to sing that song, which is like, Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he.

Oh, yeah, I remember that song.

He Deborah into Jesus.

[Mario]

Trent's gonna run out of the tunnel to this or. Where are we playing this? It's just like a. Darren, am I.

[Ryan Lemond]

The only one that remembers this? Like, he was. Zacchaeus was like a wee little man walking through, and he couldn't seem. So he climbed up into a sycamore tree. He was in a sycamore tree.

[Mario]

That's it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

Right.

Yeah.

And then what?

[Matt Jones]

Then he fell out of it.

[Ryan Lemond]

That would not be a good solo. And then he fell on his head.

He tells him to come down from that tree.

Yeah. He says no. He does. He says, come down from that tree and be with me.

Sure.

[Mario]

All right, so there's Trent, Noah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, moving on.

[Matt Jones]

Malachi Moreno.

[Ryan Lemond]

Malachi Moreno.

[Mario]

Oh, that's gonna be a tough one.

[Matt Jones]

Whoa.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, but you got more, more, more. Oh, we cried. More, more, more.

That's Rebel Yale.

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

We already got that song.

[Ryan Lemond]

So we have. But when he says we cried more, more, more. That makes more sense for Moreno.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, then we don't have one for yellow bitch.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, what about Jasper? That's gonna be hard.

Tough list.

[Mario]

There's a Johnson.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. All right, well, these are the important things we have to decide.

We got most of the players.

We did pretty good there. One person writes Matt with Mark Stoops. What if you were Mark Stoops, PR representative, would you tell him to do over the next few weeks when. Yeah, he can't at this point. He can't win by anything he says. I would say to him, win and be yourself. Right. So if you win, show that emotion. That's good. People like it.

I love. You know, I kind of liked hearing his voice crack on the postgame show. It meant how much this program means to him to get that win for everybody.

But at this point, it's just win. Like, there's really. There's no. The sales jobs and the sort of PR that was kind of, in my opinion, screwed up at prior. At this point, the only thing to do is win and then try to get slowly more and more fans on your side. They're going to be something you can't get.

[Mario]

Yeah. And continue to be appreciative like he was after the game and have pride in your team. But don't Flex. Because remember when Cal beat Auburn and he sat down and did the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, look who came.

[Mario]

And then he lost, like, the next five games, like, don't get.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hang on, will you. Will you do that? Okay, let's. Kentucky beats Auburn. You do John Cal Peri. Walking into the press, he came in.

[Mario]

He said, no, no, no, no.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't need the narrative. You just be John Cal Perry.

[Mario]

Well, look who came to watch my funeral.

[Ryan Lemond]

Watch my last game. Came to watch me lose on the planes. Nanny Nanny Boo Boo.

[Mario]

Lost five games in a row after that. You can't do that. You can't get too cocky over one win like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have to tell you, I forgot the Nanny Boo Boo. Do you remember that? No, I do remember. He did. He saw Pat 40 and he wanted to talk trash to him.

[Mario]

So don't do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't do that. I don't think Mark would do that. I don't. Thank you all very much. We will see you tomorrow. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.