2025-11-06- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) — Hour 1

Date: November 6, 2025
Hosts: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon “The Dude”
Matt Jones is off for the day

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Overview

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio delivers a classic “Matt out of the office” show, with plenty of candid banter between Ryan, Drew, and Shannon covering Kentucky sports, especially UK basketball’s early-season performance, football playoff updates, and a heavy dose of Kentucky life and humor. The hosts invite listeners to share their takes and revisit the “starting five” lineup discussion for the men’s basketball team. Besides sports, there’s playful conversation about getting older, organizing life via to-do lists, and engaging with the KSR community through texts and calls.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Getting Old and Staying Organized

• The crew opens with light-hearted self-deprecation about age, memory lapses, and the necessity of to-do lists as they get older.
  • Ryan: “It’s no secret I’m the old guy on the show. I mean, I’m almost 60.” (01:04)
  • Drew admits to increasingly depending on his phone’s reminders and to-do lists (01:35–04:14).
  • Both joke about needing reminders for basic tasks, like getting gas in the morning.

Notable Quote

• Ryan: “I had to give myself a note to remind me to get gas on the way to work this morning. I was on empty last night. I had to write myself and put it in my calendar.” (02:41)

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2. NBA/UK Basketball Talk: Bronny Dunked on by Wemby

• The pre-show featured a viral highlight: Victor Wembanyama dunking on Bronny James.
  • Ryan: “Mario is just getting embarrassed because Bronny got ‘Oh, no!’ on his head last night by Victor Wembanyama.” (04:39)
  • Drew: “I don’t know why he jumped with Wemby. ... Mario is in a bad place today.” (05:12)
  • The hosts riff on the moment, comparing the photo to Colin Chandler’s leaping ability—a segue into UK players.

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3. “Alien” Exercise: Picking UK’s Starting Five Based Only on Current Games

(Segment Starts: 06:05)

• Listener Prompt: Imagine you’re an alien who just landed and only saw the Purdue, Georgetown, and Nichols games. Who are your starting five?
  • Drew’s picks: Oweh, Aberdeen, Diabate, (edge to) Garrison over Marino due to free-throw shooting, and a wavering fifth spot between Trent Noah and others. (06:44–08:07)
  • Shannon’s picks: Oweh, Colin Chandler, Garrison, Diabate, and Jasper Johnson. (08:08)
  • Ryan: Similar, but he prefers Jasper and Malachi as part of his five, with Chandler as the first off the bench (08:44–09:11).

Key Points

• Trent Noah and Cam Williams: Concerns over cold shooting starts (“I’m worried there’s been a little bit of a jinx on that... surely it’ll level out.” – Drew, 09:25)
• Team Offense: Complaints that the offense becomes stagnant when there’s no true point guard; shooters need better ball movement to get going.

Notable Quote

• Drew: “In that first half we saw when they weren’t moving the ball and they were sitting around looking at each other, they just took turns chucking up threes. And that’s not gonna help them at all.” (09:45)

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4. Free Throw and Shooting Woes

(Segment Starts: 09:56)

• Jack Givens’ insight: In practice, shooters play loose, but in games, they “try to aim” like golfers overthinking a shot (Ryan relaying, 09:56–10:21).
• Multiple hosts voice optimism that the team’s shooters, especially Cam Williams, will bounce back.
• Chandler is better as a two-guard than the primary initiator—needs to play off the ball (17:57–18:43).

Notable Quote

• Shannon: “Defensively, you held Nichols to 15 points... but then the flip side of that, the ugly part was the offense... the bad shooting, free throws too have got to improve. That was pretty ugly.” (18:48)

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5. Injury & Roster Updates

• Trent Noah’s ankle:
  • Was in a boot but “very active at halftime,” likely just a precaution. Unlikely to be out long (11:09–12:21).
• Jalen Lowe:
  • Hosts hope he plays before the Louisville game. He’s been ramping up but may not be fully cleared. (12:25–13:06)
• Other injuries: OTEGA’s extended summer boot-wearing as an example that boots are now common, precautionary measures.

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6. Listener Engagement & Text Responses

(Segment Starts: 15:38)

• Alien lineup continues:
  • Listeners suggest a small-ball lineup: Aberdeen, Johnson, Chandler, Oweh, and Diabate (16:00–16:13).
  • Another joke: “If I’m an alien, I’m asking to put that super tall guy named Mark Pope in the starting five.” (17:28)
• Jasper Johnson’s usage:
  • “The Jasper experience: a little messy, but it’s been fun.” (16:13)
  • His dad, Dennis, sitting alone at the top of the arena becomes an anecdote (16:51).

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7. Tyron Stokes Situation (Recruiting Talk)

(Starts: 20:45)

• Five-star prospect Tyron Stokes leaves school under ambiguous circumstances; rumored discipline or team fit issues.
  • Drew: “If it is something... really getting in trouble, you’re gonna have to... scale, how good at basketball are you and what could you potentially do to our culture.” (22:51)
  • Pope has shown willingness to “shake recruits' hands” and walk away if they’re not a fit for the program.

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8. UK Women’s Sports Update

• UK Women’s Basketball: Facing Monmouth tonight at Memorial Coliseum. It’s Girl Scout Day; Girl Scouts in uniform get in free (23:09–23:39).
• Volleyball ticket updates and general praise for team progress.

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9. High School Football Playoffs Rant

(Starts: 28:53)

• Hosts deep dive into local high school football playoff seeding, especially focusing on Drew’s alma mater, Madisonville Maroons.
  • Drew feels Madisonville is being “hosed” by the playoff system, being forced to play on the road despite a great record.
  • Extended comedic rant and local pride ensues, including debate on playoff seeding logic and the “Apollo loss problem.” (29:44–36:25)
• Madisonville’s football alumni and regional rivalries get frequent shoutouts.
• Lighthearted references to Madisonville native “Bosco France” (musician) and local UK basketball standouts like Zach Tow and Frank Ramsey (32:28–33:33).

Notable Quote

• Drew: “They are obviously trying to cheat us, our football success. ... I don’t care if they put the Chiefs in front of us. Three weeks from now, Madisonville is going to keep rolling.” (31:02)

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10. Listener Calls: Playoffs and More

(Selected Timestamps: 25:02, 36:35)

• Callers weigh in on football playoff seeding (Jay, 39:27), Henderson/Madisonville rivalries, and Kentucky nostalgia.
• “Truth” caller shares stories about Madisonville’s football history, reminisces about great athletes, and delivers light-hearted trash talk (36:35–38:39).
• Small fact-checking spat: Roger Bird is actually from Corbin, not Henderson (42:21).

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11. Random/Light-Hearted Moments

• Tony Romo “strange noise” audio is played and debated for comedic effect (43:09–44:22).
• Announcement that Cash Daniel will join for Hour 2, promising deeper football talk.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ryan (on aging and reminders):
  “I had to give myself a note to remind me to get gas on the way to work this morning. … I was on empty last night. I had to write myself and put it in my calendar.” (02:41)

• Drew (on team shooting woes):
  “I’m worried there’s been a little bit of a jinx on that. … But surely that will level out.” (09:25)

• Shannon (on Nichols game):
  “Defensively, you held Nichols to 15 points... but... the ugly part was the offense... the bad shooting, free throws too have got to improve.” (18:48)

• Drew (on hometown football frustration):
  “They're obviously trying to cheat us, our football success. … I don't care if they put the Chiefs in front of us. Three weeks from now, Madisonville is going to keep rolling.” (31:02)

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Key Timestamps for Segment Reference

• 00:37 – Show open; banter about aging and reminders
• 04:39 – Discussion of Wembanyama dunking on Bronny James
• 06:05 – “Alien” exercise: picking UK basketball’s starting five
• 09:56 – Deep dive into UK’s shooting and offensive struggles
• 11:09 – Trent Noah’s injury status; boot talk
• 15:38 – Listener texts and alternative lineups
• 20:45 – Tyron Stokes recruiting situation
• 23:09 – UK women’s sports updates; Girl Scout Day
• 28:53 – High school football playoff rants; Madisonville Maroons
• 36:35 – Listener “Truth” calls in: history and trash talk
• 39:27 – Callers discuss playoff seeding confusion
• 43:09 – Tony Romo “weird audio” segment
• 44:22 – Preview of Cash Daniel joining for Hour 2

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Tone & Language

The episode maintains its trademark blend of Kentucky warmth, dry wit, local pride, and honest sports discussion. Candid, playful, sometimes self-deprecating—the hosts are unmistakably themselves, modeling how sports conversation in Kentucky can be as much about feeling connected and informed as it is about box scores and statistics.

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Summary

This hour of KSR—hosted by Ryan, Drew, and Shannon sans Matt—delivers Kentucky basketball analysis, injury updates, and community-sourced debates about starting lineups and coaching decisions. Off-the-court, the show treads into local high school football, lighthearted rivalries, and the challenges of growing older. Full of recognizable Kentucky character and humor, the episode is both a source of fan insight and an affectionate snapshot of UK-centric life, with listener calls and local issues woven throughout.

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End of Hour 1 summary.

Transcript

[Drew Franklin]

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[Shannon]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, good morning. Welcome to this Thursday edition of Kentucky Sports Radio. What is today? Today's November 6th. November 6th, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin and Shannon the dude. Matt taking the day off today. He'll be back. Join us tomorrow when we're at Bespoken Spirits right down at Grand Line station.

[Drew Franklin]

Looking forward to that one. Always a fun one.

[Ryan Lemond]

Always a fun show down there. So Matt will be back for that, but we'll get you through today here on Kentucky sports radio. As always, KSR, sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office, called TJ & Shannon. What did he do?

[Shannon]

I thought you'd never ask. He'll make them pay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Make a pay? Yeah. Look, I'm the. It's no secret I'm the old guy on the show. I mean, I'm almost 60.

[Drew Franklin]

That's unbelievable, by the way. Every time you say that, it throws me off by years.

[Shannon]

By years. Not mentality.

[Ryan Lemond]

True. But I act like I'm 12 and I'm okay with that. Why not? Matt's the second oldest, and then Drew and Shannon are kind of like our.

[Drew Franklin]

Babies, although we don't really feel like babies.

[Ryan Lemond]

Drew, you are the baby, and you're having these old man episodes this morning. What is wrong with you?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm getting old. I walked in here and spent a few minutes looking for my computer, and our new friend here from Nashville is like, you didn't bring a computer? Went back to my car and got it. Had something to tell you. A topic we had. And I'm just sitting here and my brain's just spinning. It can't come to me. We were talking about a day when Matt's gone. We can finally speak freely about this topic that I can't think of.

[Ryan Lemond]

That would be the one.

[Drew Franklin]

I was sitting here looking at you going, so, yeah, I guess I'm feeling it this morning.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have learned that I have to take notes. If I have an idea for the show, I have to put it in my messages or my notes or my calendar or something. Or I just forget it earlier this year.

[Drew Franklin]

I've always been pretty good about writing things down. Have like an idea for a website post or something. I go to the notes app. But I have to have a to do list now. I surrendered to to do lists this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have one every day.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. With like times. If I get behind, you better catch up. Like it'll pop up an alert if.

[Ryan Lemond]

You missed your appointment.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'll put little things on there too. It's not big stuff like go do the radio show. It can be little something. Just a little chore I have to do. But I have to write stuff down now.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm going to embarrass myself. I had to give myself a note to remind me to get gas on the way to work this morning. I was on empty last night. I had to write myself and put it in my calendar.

[Drew Franklin]

I've done that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get gas.

[Drew Franklin]

It's all right. Part of it is you can't be late for the show, right? Like a job. Or you'd be like, hey, I'm five minutes behind. I'll catch up. I mean the show starts and the show starts. So something like gas. We already cut it close as is. You don't want to get in your car and look down and be on empty stuff before. I've done that this month and it's only the sixth.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, you know, I'm naked in the shower listening to pre show.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't need to hear about that.

[Ryan Lemond]

And when I get out.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's stick with the everyday.

[Ryan Lemond]

I listen to Shannon naked and then I get out and I look at my phone and look, an alert popped up. Get gas. Reminding me I need to get gas before I go do the radio show today.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't make fun of literally yesterday on my to do list app I had gas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get gas.

[Drew Franklin]

I had to get it by 1pm.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, welcome to the 40s.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's fun. You want me to read my to do list today? We got 20 things on there. I won't go through all of it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Drew Franklin's to do list for Thursday, November 6th.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I gotta do the radio show. We'll check that off at noon.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you have that on your to do list?

[Drew Franklin]

That one. That one's pretty common. I got. I got a website post I got to finish. Been working on it.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's on your to do list.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, gotta have that done by 3:30 or I start getting behind. Yeah, we got a Happy Hour on YouTube today. Watch that country boy. Everyone join us. Got that at four. I'll check that off. Five then. I got a few private things. Shopping, some gifts. I don't want to read that out on the air, but I got to get those done. I got to design some T shirts for Nashville, all kinds of things.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, because your wedding anniversary is the Tuesday, the day of the Louisville game next week.

[Drew Franklin]

Is it?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

That's why I got to get those gifts ASAP.

[Commercial/Announcer]

Thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

Knowing my anniversary, it's 11.

[Ryan Lemond]

11. Oh, God. Best number in all of the numbers.

[Drew Franklin]

There we go. Well, that's how we get through our days.

[Ryan Lemond]

And that's why you better put that on your to do list, because you cannot forget to get your wife Abby an anniversary gift.

[Drew Franklin]

She's fired up about there being a basketball game that night, I'll tell you that.

[Ryan Lemond]

The other thing standing that. God, we did this morning before the show. All the fun stuff happens before the show starts. Drew's having the old man moment, and Mario is just getting embarrassed because Bronnie got Oh, no. On His Head last night by Victor Wimbanyama.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, it's awful.

[Shannon]

I know that Mario is a big fan of LeBron or LeBron. Bronnie. Right. He loves some Bronnie, but he got absolutely embarrassed by that dunk. I mean, that was. That was. That was ugly.

[Drew Franklin]

Every morning, Mario, he doesn't say, good morning, hey, you look nice today, or, hey, you look bad today. Hey, do you remember your laptop today? First thing out of Mario's mouth every morning is, see Bronnie last night, and tonight, there's a little tear in. When Mario explained to me what happened, I don't know why he jumped with Wimby.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know what he thought was gonna happen, but Mario is in a bad place today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bronnie looks like a little. Looks like me out there, like a little kid out there.

[Drew Franklin]

And then there's that picture where Bronnie's at, like, the height of his jump, and he's still looking up at Wimpy, who's cocking it back on top of his head. Wimpy looked a lot like Colin Chandler in that clip.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, he did. Okay, which brings me. Which I Butch, by the way, I brought the Avision glass text machine.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you remember the number?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. 502.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

7.

[Ryan Lemond]

Huh?

[Drew Franklin]

Feel like there's an 8 here. Help me out. And then 85, 86, 34.

[Ryan Lemond]

35, 35, 36, 80.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I'm rusty. That's. That's on me.

[Ryan Lemond]

7. 35, 36, 80. I brought it. Because Matt's not here today, we need to, you know, people can review, work with the show with us. And there's a great question on there from like a week ago. And now it's even better. I think I want you to give. If you think the. The way they put it was if you were an alien and you came down from outer space.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

You knew nothing about Kentucky basketball. You knew nothing about who their freshmen were, who the returners were, who the transfer portal got. All you're judging is what you've seen from the Purdue game, the Georgetown game, and now we can add the Nichols game. Who's your starting five? After what you've seen, just what you've seen. Who's your starting five? I thought that was a good question.

[Drew Franklin]

It is. It's a little unfair because I haven't seen the injured guys who I would love to start.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's it. We can't even talk about them.

[Drew Franklin]

Also, this analogy is exactly what I said about Cutter Bowley in the fall we went to that media practice. In my exact words. Or if I were an alien that just landed and watched football practice, I would say that's the starting quarterback. That was my analogy in the fall. So probably done this once. But I guess I would have to say owe Aberdeen Diabate.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. I think those three are given.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think those three are locked in. The other two I think are up for debate.

[Drew Franklin]

Malcolm Marino would hit his free throws. I think I would. I would say him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

But one for six last game. I'm still given the slight edge to Garrison.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

But if I'm an alien, I'm like, who's this other guy? Because he's looking pretty good, too. I know those are tough for me. Yeah. But the free throw shooting alone, I'll give Garrison the edge. Okay, so I still need another guard or wing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, Trent.

[Ryan Lemond]

Noah's hurt and Trent has started all three games.

[Drew Franklin]

Do aliens know how rolled ankles work? Do I. Do I understand what I just watched.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you think Trent has played well enough to.

[Drew Franklin]

He and Cam aren't making their shot. I would probably just have to be like that. That curly haired blond kid, you know, he's been inconsistent, but I'm putting him in there. I think that's. That'd be my group. Aberdeen Chandler. Oh, way Diabate. Slight nod to Garrison because of Marino just being cold from the free throw.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, Shannon, who are you going with?

[Shannon]

Away for sure. Colin Chandler. Especially the way he played last game. Garrison Diabate. And I'd probably throw Jasper Johnson in there.

[Drew Franklin]

And if I'm an alien, I see that Colin Chandler dunk and I wonder if he's one of us, how did he get here and play for this team?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm really torn between Jasper Chandler because Chandler's. The game against Nichols is fresh in our mind. He struggled against Georgetown, didn't play that well against Purdue.

[Shannon]

But those games didn't count, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they count in this exercise.

[Drew Franklin]

Aliens don't know anything about preseason and post. They just. They just came and watched the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I think I'm.

[Drew Franklin]

Kim Kardashian will explain it to him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm going Aberdeen at the point zero eight to two and the. About eight to four. That's. Those are given.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

But then I think I'm going with Jasper and Malachi.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think you can be wrong in saying that Colin will be my.

[Ryan Lemond]

First guy off the bench because he could play any of the three spots. I like that. Yeah, he can come play the 1, 2 or the 3, but if you didn't know, you know, I think that would be your. The group. We're talking about those five or six guys.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, a lot of ups and downs with all those guys too. Maybe. Diabate has been pretty steady, but it's been an inconsistent start so far.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yellowic hasn't done much. Cam Williams hasn't done much. Trent Noah hasn't done much.

[Drew Franklin]

Surely Trent and Cam Williams. It'll start going in eventually. I mean, I don't think people were lying when they talked about how well they shot all summer. I mean, that's all we heard. I'm worried there's been a little bit of a jinx on that. A little bit of talking about them too much, lifting them up too high, and it hadn't shown. But surely that will level out. And I think part of it's just been the offense hasn't had the flow without a point guard. You know, it all works together. Y' all gotta be complementary. And in that first half we saw when they weren't moving the ball and they were sitting around looking at each other, they just took turn chucking up threes. And that's not gonna help them at all.

[Ryan Lemond]

I heard Jack Givens on the Leech Report this morning, and he was talking about how when you're a good shooter like that in practice, you're just catching it and shooting it. He said he compared it to a golfer you try to. You're trying to aim your golf shot instead of just swinging, just going back and just swinging and just Hitting it. Don't try to aim the ball. He thinks that's what Cam Williams is doing in the game. Not in practice, but in the game. Kind of just hesitating just enough where he's just trying to push it through.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, that and like, Chandler obviously went 3 for 3 in the second half. He looks more confident when it's more of catch, shoot, react than initiating as the lead ball handler. And then just all of them, they need the offense to be working like, oh, way can't drive when they're just passing around the perimeter. He needs shooters out there to space the defense so he can get a lane. I mean, all of it, you know, works together. That's the beauty in the offense. And then in that first half, when they're just looking at each other, nobody can do what they're supposed to be doing.

[Ryan Lemond]

So do we know anything about Trent? Noah's ankle is.

[Drew Franklin]

He sounds like he's good to go. Pope called him a liar. Was it. What night was that when we play?

[Ryan Lemond]

Tuesday night.

[Drew Franklin]

Tuesday night, yeah, after the game. Because Trent was saying at halftime, I'm good to go. Put me in. Put me in trainers. Like, he says he's good. Pope's like, he's lying to you. We're gonna sit him out. But he. He was very active during halftime. In the. In the shoot, around. It looked like he was ready to go. So I would suspect he's fine.

[Ryan Lemond]

There were reports he was in a boot yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they did the. The 2K, NBA 2K thing. Came to campus. Did you see that?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I didn't see that.

[Drew Franklin]

They. It's like a big lab, like a bus. But then they scan the players because Kentucky's gonna be in the new video game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, nice.

[Drew Franklin]

That's how Trent was spotted. They parked that thing outside the Joe Craft Center. There's a million pictures of it online. But it's very cool for the players. They all get to go in there, and it does a complete body scan so they can be in the video game. But point of that is that's how Trent was seen. In a boat.

[Ryan Lemond]

A boot.

[Drew Franklin]

I hope they scanned him without the boot for. So he can be in the game. But, you know, with boots, we all worry when you see a guy out of boot. This happens almost every season, but it's. Boots are pretty common these days. It's a precautionary. They're gonna be walking around campus in a boot. If they turn an ankle, it doesn't mean three, four months, six months. They wear boots all the time.

[Ryan Lemond]

OTEGA was in a boot most of the summer. Seemed like we just turf toe injury, very, very common. So we're not 100% for sure about Trent, but you lean that he's probably going to play.

[Drew Franklin]

He was very active at halftime. I thought he was going to come out and play the second half of the last game. Pope just took the precautionary measure because it's Nichols. But I'd be surprised if Trent's out too long. Maybe they hold him one more game just to be safe. But he was moving around pretty well.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then Jalen Lowe.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know anything. But just as a fan, I really hope they get him a game before a little because I feel like he's close and I don't want Louisville to be his first game, especially on the road. You want to get him a rep before that. But they're also, you don't want to push him too soon. But there's one game between now and Louisville, so I hope he's out there. And if I had to guess, I would say yes. But that's not an educated guess. That's just hearing how close he's been for several weeks.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do we know if he's in contact drills now?

[Drew Franklin]

He's been practicing. I don't know if it's been 100%, but he's been ramped up and practicing in some form for a while. I mean, even the family practice we went to, he wasn't doing five on fives or real aggressive in the drills. But he wasn't just sitting there watching either. He was doing some stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

So we want to hear from you today. We'll take a lot of phone calls. 859-280-2287. We have a special guest coming for the second hour. That's right, Cash Daniels coming in.

[Drew Franklin]

He might have some thoughts on the current state of the other team.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, perfect. You know, he think about the Kentucky's win over Florida. You think of him?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, that's his game. So Cash will be here to talk about. We'll get in the weeds on UK football and talk about his wrestling careers.

[Drew Franklin]

Also, I'll check this first segment off my to do list. Also chipping away at that.

[Ryan Lemond]

But before we go to break, we do need. I just want to acknowledge, you know, Louisville is still a city in mourning and the death toll now, Shane, I think is up to 12.

[Shannon]

I think that's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep. And Governor Beshear said they don't expect to find any more living bodies.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So the death Toll more than likely will increase. One of those dead is a child. So, you know, we know, we know the city of Louisville's in mourning. A lot of people live on that area are traumatized by it. You know, it happened right here in your backyard. So just want to acknowledge, you know, we're thinking about you guys, praying about you guys and hang in there because it's gonna get worse for it gets better, I think.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I mean, the loss of life is absolutely tragic. But there's several people in Louisville who just witnessed it. You know, Nick Roush doesn't live too far. A friend from, from the site. I mean that the whole city's going through right now thinking about everyone, especially the ones most impacted.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well said. All right. We'll take our break, come back, go to the phone lines. 859-280-2287. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, this is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

All right, welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, give us a call today. 859-280-2287. We'll try to get as many calls as we can. I do want to go to the aviation glass text machine.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm GLAD I brought it. 502-735-3680 or 3635 80.

[Shannon]

You don't even know your own.

[Ryan Lemond]

3536 80.

[Drew Franklin]

You had to look at the back.

[Ryan Lemond]

Had to look at the back.

[Drew Franklin]

I love that the numbers on the back know.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't remember. Okay, this one, somebody says if I'm an alien, I'm going small ball. With Aberdeen, Johnson, Chandler away and diabate.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought about that angle.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait, say that again. I've missed a person. I heard four names.

[Ryan Lemond]

Aberdeen, Johnson, Chandler.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I didn't catch Johnson.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, a bate.

[Drew Franklin]

I could see that. I'm enjoying the Jasper experience. So far. It's been. It's been a little messy, but it's been fun.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's just a scorer, man. He can just get the ball in the basket. And he's not afraid to take that shot either, so.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, that's. That's the case in the Georgetown game. I think he took four in a row, and Pope took five steps onto the court and yelled at him. But that's the fun part. He's figured out he comes from ot. He's young, he's got the. Got the creator in him. They'll get that dialed in. But so far, it's been fun watching him just get used to everything.

[Ryan Lemond]

His dad, Dennis, sent me a text, kind of upset. We outed him yesterday for sitting at the very tippy top of Rupp Arena. But that just. That's a dad, man. We. Those of us that are dad. That have kids at play, we. We understand why you do that.

[Drew Franklin]

And when the arena is as empty as it was, he wasn't hiding very well. I know his intent wasn't to be seen, but that section was pretty empty. Even if it wasn't his dad, people in there would be like, who's that person way up there in that seat? That's so unnecessary for them to be in the top row. And he's six.

[Ryan Lemond]

Six. I mean, he's not like, he can hide up there. You can see him up there.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I saw him and didn't know who it was. I just thought, man, that guy just wants a good seat. And that's when somebody's like, that's Dennis. And I, like, squinted like, that's Dennis.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here's another one on the aviation glass text machine. If I'm an alien and I don't know much about basketball, I'm asking to put that super tall guy named Mark Pope in the starting five.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, that's true. I got. Got a little age on him compared to the others, but just from the height, you know, I could see showing up on Earth and being like, who the hell is that?

[Ryan Lemond]

So what was your biggest takeaway from the season opener against Nichols? Is there something that you. Your. Let's go your most positive and then maybe your most negative.

[Drew Franklin]

I guess it's very clear that Chandler is a two. We suspected that. And he got his opportunity to try running the Show a little bit. But we saw what happened when they switched at halftime, slid him over and put Aberdeen in there. So I guess not giving up on Chandler and seeing that he's much better off the ball, better reacting than being more of the creator initiating. I'd say that's my biggest takeaway because he had a great half and we learned exactly how he needs to play. So that's my big one there. I'm still worried about overall shooting, I guess, but as I mentioned in the first segment, that was mostly in the first half when the offense was so clunky. So hopefully that'll fix itself. And when Noah's healthy and then whatever Cam Williams is going to become, those two have to get it going. They can't keep missing because they're the shooters on the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, what was your biggest takeaway? Positive and negative from the game against Nichols State. Nichols.

[Shannon]

That it was clear that Mark Pope worked on defense and practice all week and not offense. I mean defensively you held Nichols to 15 points. I think. What was the overall record? Like 11? I think it was the fewest points ever scored at Rupp arena. So that was impressive. But then the flip side of that, the ugly part was the offense, the. The bad shooting free throws to have got to improve. That was. That was pretty ugly.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. It's hard to not realize this is not our team at full strength. But when you see the product on the court, both you guys are right. Shooting outside shooting has not been what we thought it would be and Shannon said it. Free throw shooting. I mean they practice a lot on free throws and they have not shot free throws very well at all.

[Shannon]

12 for 22. I mean 54% that.

[Ryan Lemond]

So is it too early to get worried when this is not even our full strength team yet or is there a reason to get a little worried about the shooting?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you got to worry about it because it was in all preseason games and the, and the Nichols game. Now if you wanted to do a little silver lining, I think O way and Jasper took the M.O. other than Marino, they were four for five each. Leaf Chandler was like two for three or one for two. So your guards, your guys that are playing a lot, having the ball, were hitting them and don't mean to pick on them. But Marino going 1 for 6 really brought the team average down. Now the team average still matters and he took the most free throws, so that definitely matters. But it seems there's just a couple culprits so far that, that aren't knocking down their shots and you know, always a guy, it's going to take a lot of them. Him going 4 for 5, that. That's good to see.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I don't think Malachi is a bad free throw shooter. Maybe it's just. Is it just getting in, caught up in the moment, Then it gets in your head. You know, free throws, mental. Kind of like hitting a five foot putt. It gets in your head and all sudden you can't hit anything.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I mean, I have the box score up now. They missed 10 free throws. He and D. Bate missed seven or eight of the 10. Now that those guys are going to play and they're taking a lot of free throws, so they got to hit them. But it doesn't seem to be a whole team issue except for the team percentage.

[Ryan Lemond]

On the recruiting front, Tyron Stokes, the kid from Louisville, kind of was in the headlines yesterday. He's been kicked out of school or did he leave school? Did he get in trouble at school? What's the exact story there? There's something about he got a disciplinary issue and he decides to leave school here when the season is just getting ready to start.

[Drew Franklin]

I believe the official word says he has withdrawn to explore new opportunities. You know, that might be a nice way of putting it. Sounds like something happened there. Disciplinary might be more of the way. I genuinely don't know. But there's message boards and the buzz is that he's not completely innocent of withdrawing and exploring new opportunities. I don't know if it's just a fit with the team or if there was a locker room issue or what, but I've heard that saying he would withdrew to see other opportunities is a polite way of putting it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it's. It sends off alarm bells. The season is just getting ready to start. You're the number one player in the class. You just narrowed your list of three and you're getting almost kicked out of school. Does that, if you're a coach, does that alarm you a little bit or.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And if there's disciplinary actions and like, if, you know, there's. There's rumors out there of some. Some locker room stuff, you know, if that's true, you do worry. This is like your top target at Kentucky and you don't want to bring someone in with some baggage. So, I mean, Pope, you can't turn down Tyrone Stokes. Really, you're all in on him, but you do have to protect your own locker room. If he comes here, if he is an issue, that's one thing. Kentucky's been so good with Even with Cal, I mean, there are a few little spats that we've mentioned, but overall we've had pretty good character. Guys that haven't had big, you know, being baby issues behind the scenes or anything like that. And you want to keep that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

There's already been stories where important in this nil world.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's already been stories where Pope has kind of shaken recruits hands like, you know, hey, man, thanks. Good luck to you. I think, you know, realizing he's not a good fit for what he wants to do and I guess they have to look at that. I'm not saying I don't know what Tyron Stokes did. I don't know what the situation is, but, you know, he's a Kentucky kid. He grew up in Louisville. Kentucky was supposedly the number one team on these final three. So obviously there's a lot of interest on both parts there.

[Drew Franklin]

Definitely. And if it is something he's out, you know, altercations and really getting in trouble, you're gonna have to. There's a little scale there. How good at basketball are you and what could you potentially due to our culture that's been so good. And Pope, especially with his messaging of team and Kentucky and number nine, you don't want to bring in a bad apple. And because that can derail anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Before we go to the phone lines, I do want to mention too, the UK women are in action tonight playing Monmouth. Is it a special Girl Scout game?

[Drew Franklin]

No, the Girl Scout game was later. I don't remember seeing anything attached to it. I'll try to look on the fly, but it's not the Girl Scout game or the. Or whatever. The other one.

[Ryan Lemond]

So they host Monmouth at historic Memorial Coliseum at 6:30. Darren Hedrick, have the pregame show right here on 630. WLAP at 6:15 if you want to tune in, but.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, it is Girl Scout day. I thought that was next week. I apologize.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought maybe.

[Drew Franklin]

Sorry, Girl Scouts. I thought that was Buffalo on Sunday.

[Ryan Lemond]

So what does it mean if you wear your Girl Scout uniform? You get in free or a half price or.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know what it means. Also, while I'm looking at this, I got update. I mentioned Sunday. That's the volleyball game, not basketball. I said there weren't general admission tickets. I got on there more. So do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, they've released.

[Drew Franklin]

I got mine last night.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, there you go. There's your UK update. And we come back. We'll go to the phone lines 859-280-228. 7 Ryan, Drew and Shannon right here on Kentucky Sports Radio. Personal injury attorney call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones, little Darius Rucker to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get us going here on this Thursday edition of Kentucky Sports radio. Thank you Mr. Dude. Appreciate that. You know, he's, he's probably down to his South Carolina Gamecocks have not had the season they thought they were going to have either. They were all high and mighty thinking maybe they might the playoffs. They're struggling a little bit too.

[Drew Franklin]

They are. If you talk to him. Is he doing all right?

[Ryan Lemond]

He's doing all right, you know, hanging in there. We kind of been sharing our football woes a little bit. But you know, he's a happy man now. He got engaged. Just got engaged for him.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, he's got an older engagement. He's getting up there a little bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's exactly the same age I am. We're a couple of months apart.

[Shannon]

Maybe you should get engaged.

[Ryan Lemond]

859-280-2287. That's our, our Clark's Pumping Shop phone numbers. Want to call and get them? Bobby at one caller who's been waiting for a little while. Shannon. So let's get him on who we got.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's go to John.

[Ryan Lemond]

John, go ahead. John.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey guys, how's it going?

[Ryan Lemond]

How you John?

[Caller/Listener]

Pretty good. Hey listen, just a quick question for you guys. Regardless of like coach, regardless of who our coach is, soups, whoever, whatever, at any point in the end program, do you ever think or do you ever see like Kentucky football ever being, I don't know, or maybe just as a program in general just being a, like a balanced school, you know, like how Florida used to be or something of that nature, you know what I mean?

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate the phone call. Yeah, we had this conversation some when Kentucky football was winning nine, 10 games and Kentucky basketball though kind of dipped a little at that time. They couldn't get around the same season at the same time. Drew, do you ever foresee a time where they're both at their best?

[Drew Franklin]

I think there will be some runs where Kentucky football is above what we're used to seeing and we have a few years where both of them are rolling. When Cal and Stoops were having our little in house fight there. That's kind of when football was rocking and that was a fun time. But I don't think we'll ever consistently be living in that world. It'll happen occasionally and we'll love it, but it's just in the SEC where I don't think we can do it year, year after year.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought there was a chance when Stoops had the football team rolling, I thought Cal would get the basketball team back up making some final four runs. They just couldn't get him going at the same time. It seemed like.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but as we saw during that stretch, I know we all grew up wanting to play basketball and Kentucky basketball is our baby, but that football, when they were winning 10 games and stoops had it at the peak, that was a lot of fun too. And the fan base really got behind it. People were right. Is this back, is this a football state finally? Yeah, it was just very short lived and I think that will continue to be the case even when we pop back in for those fun moments.

[Ryan Lemond]

A vision glass text machine, not going to judge the shooting until we get low back. His job is to run the offense. It makes sense for the offense to look discombobulated without him. Well, I guess the counter argument is they looked pretty good when Aberdeen was in there running the offense in the second half. So what's your take on it?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they're exactly right. I mean, we're trying to grade a football team that doesn't have a quarterback right now. I mean, the guy who's gonna initiate and run the show is sitting in street clothes. But in that second half, Aberdeen proved that he is the serviceable back, serviceable backup. We've wondered how Pope would rotate the backcourt. You got Jasper, who could do a little bit of both. We thought Colin Chandler might be able to do a little both. Maybe not at this point, but Aberdeen, with six assists and zero turnovers, playing limited minutes, had that flashy no look past to Marino there in the second half. I think he, he showed what the offense looks like when you have a point guard out there.

[Ryan Lemond]

All that talk in the summer, who's gonna be the backup point guard? It's gonna be Jasper. Colin, Aberdeen. It's Aberdeen. I mean, I think he's won that job and proved to me especially we did against Purdue and then when he came in, did in the second half against Nichols.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, in that first half they barely played him with O way. Even though he got some minutes, he was with that second group. And then when Pope made the halftime adjustment kind of helped with Noah sitting out the second half, that's where we saw him go to the next level playing with the other guys. And that even though it was one game, that answered a big question, I think and Jasper can do it a little Bit. I mean, his first career game was just a few days ago. He might be the third option there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Jasper looks like he could. He could go back.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think so. I think he could do it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Matter of fact, if I ranked him, I probably would put low one Aberdeen to Jasper three. Now Colin, I'd drop him down to four in the point guard rotation.

[Drew Franklin]

And hopefully it's not like last year where you have to get down to four.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

These injuries have been insane to start Mark Pope's career. That's why when Noah was laying down there in the middle of all the camera people and I couldn't even really see him, you could heard a pin drop in Rupp Arena. I'm thinking, my God, this team is so cursed. But luckily it looks like he hopped up will be okay. But it felt like. Here we go again. One more.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm gonna switch gears just for a minute. This. This weekend, the high school football playoff start. Most of the games were supposed to be scheduled for tomorrow, but there's bad weather coming into Kentucky and so a lot of those games have been switched to tonight. So actually there are a ton of games tonight. Open up the football playoffs, including your bullet east Chargers, Shannon. They host North Harden tonight and their first round of the playoffs. Matt's Middlesbrough Yellow Jackets host Harlan tonight. Well, I mean, what a battle that is. Middlesborough and Harlan. 13th region showdown in Middlesborough. But Drew, your Madisonville Maroons I think are kind of getting hosed. I couldn't believe it. They play tomorrow night. So they didn't even move the game. They finished massive ill finished eight and two.

[Drew Franklin]

Eight two for us. I mean, that's give us a super bowl trophy for giving eight and getting going. Eight and two in Madisonville. That's a huge season for mama roots.

[Ryan Lemond]

So they have to play at Greenwood. Greenwood City 6 and 4. Greenwood didn't move the game to tonight. They want to play in the rain, in the storm tomorrow night. And it's at Green, I think Madisonville, North Hopkins getting hosed in this deal here.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you for saying that for me. And I gotta be honest, Ryan, I'm not used to having to pay attention to the playoffs as a massive maroon. So I don't even understand how this happens. I know the format changed, what, two years ago? Yeah, two years ago. I get it. This is new. It's. It's get more teams in. Everybody's happy. Yeah. But I'm not happy. How are we at 8 and 2? Going to Greenwood, the big city?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Going to bowling Green.

[Drew Franklin]

How does that happen?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't understand it.

[Drew Franklin]

I need to call.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought the. The high seated teams play the low seeded teams in the first round and the second round of the playoffs. So how are they getting. How are they having to go on the road to start with when they obviously won their district at 8 and 2?

[Drew Franklin]

Is your boy JTAC behind this?

[Ryan Lemond]

That is Mr. Sir. Julian Tackett, the honorable judge that he is.

[Drew Franklin]

Do I need to call him?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I don't know. Maybe somebody knows why. Why is this going on? But usually these first round games and second round games are kind of a lot of our blowouts.

[Drew Franklin]

Did anyone tell them that we beat Paducah Tillman? Has anyone brought that up at the committee?

[Ryan Lemond]

A very strong Paducah Tillman team that many thought might win that state title in 5A.

[Drew Franklin]

We scored 70 points in a game.

[Ryan Lemond]

That gives that against Owensboro.

[Drew Franklin]

No, they scored like 70 points get us. But that doesn't matter. Ryan. It was against Central, our rival.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's what I was going to say.

[Drew Franklin]

Central.

[Ryan Lemond]

Even if you beat Greenwood tomorrow night, your next round game is against Owensboro that just beat you a couple weeks ago.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm driving to KHSA headquarters. Is that in Lexington?

[Ryan Lemond]

It is.

[Drew Franklin]

It's by my house. It's over there by where you live to it. They're gonna hear from me today. I'm adding that to my to do list. Ryan. 130 KHSA offices. I need to start walking at about 110 to get there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Trevor, the radio guy. Madisonville's got to be having a field day. Trevor Rice. My goodness. I can't understand how they have to go on the road the first game and then probably play Owensboro in the second game.

[Drew Franklin]

If we didn't have a basketball game tomorrow night, I would be making a trip to Bowling Green and I would. I would be heard. They would know I'm there. Maroons. We gotta win. We can't let the system beat us. They're obviously trying to cheat us. They are football success. They're trying to put us back in the dark. In a closet like we don't matter. They're saying, get out of our playoffs. You don't belong here. But we're gonna upset Greenwood and we're gonna. We're gonna beat Owensboro. I don't care if they put the Chiefs in front of us. Three weeks from now, Madisonville is going to keep rolling.

[Ryan Lemond]

Drew Franklin, ladies gentlemen. Drew Franklin, ladies and gentlemen. There you go. Little Madisonville rant right there. That I think Is well deserved because they're getting hosed a little bit over there.

[Drew Franklin]

We beat Paducah. And thanks for bringing up Ryan because if I say we're getting hoes, people think I'm being a. Oh, no, but you are an objective journalist.

[Ryan Lemond]

Reporter. Journalist, yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You've covered high school football in this state longer than I've been alive. That might not be true, but thank you for standing up for our Murray.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now we're talking about Madisonville. I gotta ask you this. I was told there's a guy, a guitar player who's very famous from master named Bosco France.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

You said you'd never heard of him.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't have to say that out loud. Maybe Bosco, I'm sure you're doing a great job but no, I'm not familiar with.

[Ryan Lemond]

But he's like, I guess famous guitar player from Madisonville.

[Drew Franklin]

This is a bad look for me. I understand. We are the best town on earth. I love Madisonville. I am not familiar with Bosco France but please tell me more.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's played guitar in a lot of famous groups and I'm hearing like he's. He had a concert in Evansville last night. That's how I know about him. People are going to the Bosco France concert who's from Madisonville and apparently he plays on stage in overalls.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, good. That sounds like a good outfit. And I'm proud of anyone from Madisonville that's out doing good things. I feel bad that I wasn't familiar with Bosco, but I like another good Madison villian that's right there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who are they? Frank Ramsey, John Hood. John Hood. Travis Ford, Zach Tow.

[Drew Franklin]

We have more Kentucky basketball players than we should probably have.

[Ryan Lemond]

Zach Tao who got in the game the other night.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big moment.

[Drew Franklin]

Very proud of Zach too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Got in them again in the end of the game.

[Drew Franklin]

An SEC family? Sister was a volleyball or softball at Alabama.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, she was a superstar. She was a pitcher, right? She was their pitcher.

[Drew Franklin]

We play ball in Madisonville a little.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bit, but they get hosed when it comes to the football playoff.

[Drew Franklin]

Until we win it, eat at Greenwood.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, we'll take our break, come back, go back to the phone lines. 859-280-2287. If you got something you want to get off your chest or if you want to support the Madisonville Maroons, we'll take your call as well. 859-280-2287. That's the Clark's publish out phone number. We'll be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Go welcome back Kee Sports Radio. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, My friend Mike just sent me the RPI rankings in class 5A of high school football.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, let's hear them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Madisonville is seventh.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

Greenwood their opponent on Friday that they have to play at Greenwood 16th.

[Drew Franklin]

Getting worked up. I'm walked KHSA right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

It makes no sense. It really does. And I'm on Madisonville side. But the fact that Greenwood wouldn't even move the game to tonight where the weather's going to be a little better, tells me they're out to hose Madisonville as much as they can.

[Drew Franklin]

So I have a text from a source. Yeah, it's my dad. He's a good source. He says we're on the road because we lost to Apollo. And then Corey Price sent the standings and Apollo was 4 and 1 in the district. We're 3 and 2 in there in our district. So I guess that was the difference maker.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wait a minute. But that would just put you in second place behind Apollo.

[Drew Franklin]

Well worth it's it seems complicated but like the the one the two seed from this region region plays the three seed from this three. I don't know. Corey Price sent me a long explanation. There's even a spreadsheet. But it all comes down to Apollo. See, I'm not kidding. Look how much this I can't do this on the air. This be bad radio. But the loss to Apollo was apparently the difference.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was the difference maker. So you finish eight and two. Doesn't matter who you lose to. You lose one game the wrong people and it's hoses you.

[Drew Franklin]

Doesn't matter. Massively. Play the team in front of us. If we got to go to Bowling.

[Ryan Lemond]

Green, we'll go beat it up on Green. All right. We've got people on phones to get on. Get on with Drew here to talk about the Madisonville Maroon. So who we got, Jaden?

[Shannon]

The truth.

[Ryan Lemond]

The truth is on the truth. Go ahead, Truth.

[Caller/Listener]

Man, I true. I didn't know you were from Madisonville.

[Drew Franklin]

Best town on earth. Truth, born and raised.

[Caller/Listener]

All right. I know you got a good running back named Halftime.

[Drew Franklin]

Me, too. I know a lot of the Hightowers. He's a great running back.

[Caller/Listener]

Let me tell you something about these tickets. Nat Jones. Let me tell you something, man. I want you to hear. You didn't want to give me no tickets to go to IU in Texas. Guess what I got. On December 6th, somebody for IU reached out to me and said, I want you to go to the Louisville and Louisville. Louisville and IU game on December 6th. And you'll be able to go to the Big Ten championship game with Ohio State and Indiana play December 6th. And we paying for everything.

[Drew Franklin]

I can go.

[Caller/Listener]

Somebody for IU reached out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's awesome.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

They like to do that for fine, upstanding young citizens like yourself.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, let me. Drew, I'm throw this into Madisonville. You wrong about Madison, but you need to go. Back when I used to play against Madisonville in the 80s, when you had OC Nicholas, when Madisonville was number one in football and Henderson county was number two. And we beat y'.

[Ryan Lemond]

All.

[Drew Franklin]

Listen, listen.

[Ryan Lemond]

Talking trash.

[Drew Franklin]

Truth, if you want to talk Madisonville, Henderson, we'll have to put the radio down because we don't get along. So that's. That's for another time. But, yes, you're right. There has been some good football history at Madisonville. Ever heard of a guy named Sonny Collins?

[Ryan Lemond]

I believe I've heard of that.

[Drew Franklin]

We've had some good years. Just been a while since we've been in the conversation.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

Have you ever heard the two great guys played at uk, played at Henderson county, named Roger Bird and Sam Ball?

[Ryan Lemond]

I know them both.

[Drew Franklin]

And Will Fiddler.

[Ryan Lemond]

Will Fiddler. Good point.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Truth. Appreciate it. Thanks for the phone call. Yeah. Sam Ball, one of the greatest offensive linemen ever to play Kentucky.

[Drew Franklin]

It's gotten better in old age. Been in high school. Madison, Henderson. It's one of those. We all have those. Our golf teams got separated on the putting green.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm gonna doubt that Truth played football.

[Drew Franklin]

At Henderson though in the 80s he might have also. It's very nice they're taking him to the Louisville game. It is however going. Getting tickets to a Louisville game and getting tickets rep arena are two different things.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I might be able to walk right into the Yum center for that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Whatever you want not to take away.

[Drew Franklin]

It's gonna be exciting and it's cool. Indiana did that. But was it $4 ticket to go see a little game these days?

[Ryan Lemond]

Easy, easy, easy access to go to the Louisville game. So. But it was nicer taking truth.

[Drew Franklin]

No, it very, very. It'd be good having an away fan in Louisville. I'll actually be an Indiana fan that day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon]

Jay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Jay, Go ahead, Jay.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey.

[Caller/Listener]

The high school playoffs. The districts 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4, etc. The 1 seed plays, hosts the 4 seed. The 2 seed hosts the 3 seed. Madisonville was undefeated and went and got beat by Apollo 49 to 40. And then Owensboro went over and put a 61 to 7.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll be losing.

[Caller/Listener]

Down there. So if Madisonville is fortunate enough to win Friday night against Greenwood, I think Owensboro is not going to be real intimidated by him. Have a great.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate the phone call.

[Drew Franklin]

I'll need everybody to calm down on this trash talk. This is gonna be a different type of show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Owensboro has Evan Hampton, grandson of our friend Doug Hampton. Love Doug, son of referee Brent Hampton, committed to Vanderbilt to play football at the Commodores in the sec. So he's definitely one of the best players in the state.

[Drew Franklin]

Best thing Evan Hampton did was decommit from Louisville. Best decision anyone make.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's get another call. Shannon, who we got?

[Shannon]

Let's go to Madison.

[Ryan Lemond]

Madison, go ahead. Another call from Henderson. They're all calling from Henderson.

[Caller/Listener]

How you doing, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

How are you doing, Madison?

[Caller/Listener]

I'm doing fine. I got a couple questions. One, what how did the Valpo game come about? Was it was Mark Pope with one of the coaching friends with one of the head coaches. And then two, what's it gonna take for us to go bowling in football? I know we're not having a very good year.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, Madison.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it. Do the basketball while we how we added Valpo.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know how Valpo became the team. They are one of the three teams in the BBN United Tip Off Classic presented by Kentucky Tourism. But I don't know how they were selected. I don't know if there was a play in or how they qualified. I don't know of Any Pope Valpo connections?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't either.

[Drew Franklin]

I mentioned earlier their coaches, former Illinois player Roger Powell Jr. I don't know if there's any connections there, but no, I don't. I don't have the answer for Valpo.

[Ryan Lemond]

And what's it going to take for the Kentucky football team to go bowling.

[Drew Franklin]

Win more games, three more wins?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's going to take.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, we all know it's right there in front of us. I guess you could take one more loss, but other than that, you gotta win.

[Ryan Lemond]

You gotta go three and one in your last four games.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, that's the script.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you can start it off with Florida on Saturday. We're gonna talk about that. Cash just walked in, so we're gonna get into the weeds about UK football to get his take on what he's seen so far and the rest of the season with, you know, it seems to be a little more optimism, I think, going around now after they beat Auburn last weekend, where with me, I think you're.

[Drew Franklin]

That's a small group. I don't know. There's a lot of optimism, but I actually feel good about the Florida game. I really do. I'm still down on the overall operation. I was happy they got the win at Auburn and I oddly feel good going into this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Got time for another call, Shannon? Yep.

[Shannon]

Let's go to Mo.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mo, Go ahead, Mo.

[Caller/Listener]

I was just listening to the truth there.

[Drew Franklin]

Apparently he ain't right on nothing because.

[Ryan Lemond]

Roger Bird is from Corbin. He's not from Henderson. I knew. I thought he was from Corbin, but I thought maybe there's another Roger Bird he was talking about from Henderson. Is that it? Appreciate the phone call.

[Drew Franklin]

A lot of region to talk over here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, the Bird family down in Corbin, definitely very famous. And the Roger Bird, probably the best player they ever come out of. Corbin thought maybe there might be another Roger Bird he was talking about.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, that takes a hit with truth's credibility because I was actually going to defend him about the tickets that he said Matt promised him. But, you know, if he's just making up players from Henderson, I don't know if I can believe him on the ticket thing either.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now, before we leave and have good cash join us, Shane, let's play this Tony Romo thing real quick.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you haven't heard it, Tony Romo during his Sunday NFL game, prime time game, had a moment. I don't know. It's the best way to put it. You've not heard this yet?

[Drew Franklin]

I work for the NFL and recorded cover zero just yesterday and don't even know what you're talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, this is something you may have never heard during a NFL broadcast before. So, Shane, let's go ahead and hear. This is Tony Romo. He's fine. And you'll see right here polled.

[Drew Franklin]

And then another hold right there. I think it was.

[Ryan Lemond]

See?

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I don't know what that was. I don't know what he was doing.

[Drew Franklin]

Was he on screen? I only have the audio.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I think it was a play. He was showing a play and I had a. Had a moment like he was on the toilet. It sounded like a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

It was a bizarre kid. Can you just play the last clip there? That was the first time I've heard that the last couple seconds. Yeah. I mean, it is odd watching that game and you made that noise. I would wonder what's going on.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is. Yeah, what. What caused that? What's wrong? Is he okay? Maybe the first problem.

[Drew Franklin]

Hope he gets that looked at and checked out.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, we take our break. Cash, Daniel is in the house. We're going to talk UK football, get an update on his wrestling career as well. Ryan, Drew and Shannon.