2025-11-07- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: November 7, 2025
Host: Matt Jones with Ryan Lemond, Shannon Dawson, Drew Franklin
Location: Bespoken Spirits, Lexington, KY

Episode Overview

This lively episode of KSR dives into a wild week of UK sports news, leans into the viral "money video" saga involving Zach Calzada and “Garrett”, and recounts Matt Jones breaking major MLB news thanks to the show’s text machine. The crew also discusses Kentucky football's current culture and game night frustrations about college sports streaming. As ever, it’s a heady mix of absurdity, sports analysis, and classic KSR banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Zach Calzada’s “Money Video” Controversy

Segment Start: 02:30

• Background:
  News has blown up about Kentucky football’s backup QB Zach Calzada making a video responding to a troll by flashing a large stack of cash, presumed to be about $20,000. The video was directed at a critic (later revealed as “Garrett”) who had messaged him negatively on social media.
• Discipline Debate:
  • Ryan Lemond predicts, “I think they’ll discipline him in some form because they have to kind of send a message that, man, this is not the culture. This is not the look we want for our football program.” [03:02]
  • Matt Jones is skeptical: "It's a bad look, but what rule did he break? … You’re allowed to have money now. … I just don’t know, Drew, how do you suspend somebody? For what? For going, Garrett, get your money up?” [03:13]
  • Drew Franklin jokes, “Dave Ramsey would probably be upset with him,” but says the worst is just "looking foolish." [03:45]
• Social Media Culture:
  • Matt reflects on responding to trolls, noting the difference between a heated reply and “making a video” — which requires a series of deliberate steps. [04:05]
  • Shannon and Drew joke about the satisfaction Garrett must have felt in getting Calzada to react: “If I'm Garrett, I'm watching that video going, I got him.” [04:32]

2. Matt Jones Breaks Padres Manager News via Text Machine

Segment Start: 04:48

• Story:
  Matt details how, while eating pizza in Connecticut, a random but trusted texter tipped him that Craig Stammen would be announced as San Diego Padres manager (a name no one had previously reported).
  • Quote: “It’s so random that it almost has to be true. … Why would they pick this guy?” [06:10]
• Aftermath:
  • “A San Diego fan account finds it, and there’s like 30 minutes where they’re just berating me.” – Matt [07:11]
  • When news breaks for real, Matt is fielding interviews: “San Diego sports radio is in. It could be in the future.” [09:54]
• Reflection:
  The guys revel in being at the center of a bizarre media storm for an unrelated West Coast baseball team.
  • Drew Franklin sums up: “I think it’s much funnier that it’s the Padres. It’s like an obscure team.” [10:40]

3. Upcoming Stunt: Ryan Lemond Through a Table

Segment Start: 12:59

• Details:
  Ryan is reprising an infamous wrestling-style move: being put through a table by former UK player Cash Daniel to bring good luck for Kentucky’s home SEC game.
  • Ryan: “We need a home SEC win. Florida’s coming into town, so we’ve agreed to do it. Run it back and do it again tomorrow. 60 years old I am, and a little bigger than I was last time. But so is Cash.” [12:59]

4. Phone Segment: Mark/Sam and the Kentucky Football System

Segment Start: 14:19

• Caller’s Argument:
  Mark/Sam voices concern that UK is left with “scraps” due to a lackluster offensive system and questions the staff’s ability to develop talent.
  • Matt’s Response: “If it’s the case that we're not getting players because our system is bad and we're not developing them, that's on us. You don’t get to … go, we don’t have the players because we don’t have the system. That is the whole point of being a coach.” [15:08]

5. The Streaming Game Fiasco & Tipping ‘Pirate’ Streamers

Segment Start: 19:24

• Issue:
  Fans frustrated as UK’s basketball game is available only via unreliable streaming setups (mainly on YouTube).
• Tipping Debate:
  • Ryan admits tipping $10 to a streamer and plans to do $5 this time. Matt jokes: “If you tip me $3, I’ll mention you on the post game show.” [20:47]
• Industry Reflection:
  The segment includes tongue-in-cheek griping about ESPN, Disney, and YouTube’s confusing sports streaming models, with Drew Franklin putting it bluntly: “When Google is fighting Disney, I hope they both lose.” [22:09]

6. High School Football Playoff Gripes

Segment Start: 22:45

• Context:
  Listeners and hosts discuss the perceived unfairness in Kentucky high school playoff structure, especially Madisonville’s situation.
  • Ryan Lemond laments: “Even at 8-2, they have to go on the road and play at Greenwood tonight that finished 6-4.” [23:35]
  • Matt Jones: “That happens in all playoffs … the rules are the rules, right?” [24:05]

7. The Garrett Call: The Viral Troll Calls In

Segment Start: 27:04

• Context:
  The show verifies and speaks with the infamous “Garrett,” the fan who trolled Calzada and sparked the viral money response.
• Garrett’s Version:
  • "I decided to slide up on a Snapchat story and say, ‘you suck at football.’ … He started going at me, and he sent me a video, but before I could get it, he blocked me.” [27:13]
• Fan Ethics:
  • Matt probes whether Garrett regrets it. Garrett replies: “Not really. It was just kind of a goofy thing… and now I’m just known as that guy that trolls Zach Calzada.” [28:46]
• Regret?:
  Garrett says he thinks the video needed to be out to “show the state of this football program, that we’d bring somebody so immature into our program.” [29:52]
• Hosts' Reflection:
  The consensus: Calzada’s behavior was “embarrassing,” but the show also discourages trolling: “Don’t send ‘you suck’ messages.” – Drew Franklin [31:11]
  • Matt adds empathy: “You people think you can just say something to people and it does not affect them. … I have a little bit of sympathy.” [32:20]

8. Miscellaneous Sports and Life

• Football & Basketball Outlook:
  • The crew gives quick predictions ahead of UK’s basketball and football games, expressing concern over shooting and free-throw struggles, and the huge need to win a home SEC game. [43:04, 44:59]
  • Parlay picks are made, with comic confusion about who's taking what.
• Stoops’ Status & Home Losing Streak:
  • Caller Sam and the crew discuss whether Coach Stoops will stay and how crucial it is to end Kentucky’s SEC home losing streak. [35:24]
• Local Flavor:
  • Shoutouts to local high school teams, and thanks to Chef Lee for bringing tacos to the remote show.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Calzada Video Decision:

  “It’s a bad look, but what rule did he break? … You’re allowed to have money now... it makes you look immature. But I just don’t know, Drew, how do you suspend somebody? For what? For going, ‘Garrett, get your money up’?”
  – Matt Jones [03:13]

• On Breaking Padres News:

  “Why would someone send me something so random, like just take a name out of left field, Ryan? ... It’s so random that it almost has to be true.”
  – Matt Jones [06:10]

  “All these beat writers been working on this for weeks and you pull out a name … If you were right about it, you…”
  – Ryan Lemond [09:34]

• On Social Media Trolls & Reactions:

  “If I withdrew $20,000 every time somebody told me I sucked, I'd be making videos every day.”
  – Shannon Dawson [29:30]

  “I have a little bit of sympathy … You people think you can just say something to people and it does not affect them.”
  – Matt Jones [32:20]

• On Kentucky’s Perennial Football Issues:

  “You don’t get to say, ‘we’re not good because we don’t have the players,’ and then when we don’t have the players, ‘we don’t have the players because we don’t have the system.’ That is the whole point of being a coach.”
  – Matt Jones [15:08]

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Important Timestamps

• 02:30: Main show begins – Calzada video controversy discussed
• 04:48: Matt explains how he broke Padres manager news via the KSR text machine
• 12:59: Plans for Ryan Lemond to go through a table resurface
• 14:19: Call-in: Mark/Sam questions UK’s offensive football system and player development
• 19:24: Sports streaming frustrations and “tipping” for pirated streams
• 22:45: Kentucky High School football playoff complaints
• 27:04: Call-in from “the real Garrett” – his side of the social media saga
• 31:11: Hosts debate the ethics of trolling and public reactions
• 43:04 – End: Basketball and football predictions; show wraps at Bespoken Spirits

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The KSR Vibe

High-energy, self-aware, and irreverent. The second hour is a blend of inside jokes, behind-the-scenes sports radio antics, and candid sports talk. The highlight: landing in the middle of a viral sports controversy and then tracking down both sides of the social media beef, underlining why KSR remains so beloved in the UK sports community.

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Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

It is hour number two. Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287 Text machine is 772-774-5254. One person writes, Matt, I think Zach Calzada was just withdrawing his money in order to be able to take it to the concession stand Saturday night by.

[Shannon Dawson]

A lot of hot dogs.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. 20. Well, we don't know, but we're guessing $20,000. Do you think he will. You. You said that you. Do you think he will get disciplined?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, in some capacity. Maybe it won't be a suspension from a game, but I think they'll discipline him in some form because they have to kind of send a message that, man, this is not the culture. This is not the look we want for our football program.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let me acknowledge. I think it's a bad look. I'm not saying I don't think it's a bad look, but I would still ask you what rule he broke. I mean, it's a bad look, but, like, you're allowed to have money now. I mean, this isn't like Ashton Hagan's with his money phone or whatever it was back in the day. I mean, this. You're allowed to have money. It's. It makes you look immature. But I just don't know, Drew, how do you suspend somebody? For what? For going, garrett, get your money up. I mean, maybe he's giving good financial advice.

[Drew Franklin]

That was my original point. I mean, Dave Ramsey would probably be upset with him. He's certainly not through baby step three or four. But overall, like, it's just him looking foolish. I don't know what rule you could say. Don't take video of you with money. That's not probably in their student handbook. So I don't know how you can punish him other than, hey, man, don't ever do that again. You make us look ridiculous.

[Matt Jones]

I will say this, and as somebody who has responded to trolls, like, I. I know sometimes it's hard not to do it. Somebody trolls you, and you want to be like, eat it, you know, etc. It's one thing, though, to respond to troll and go, you know, whatever. It's another thing to make a video. Yeah, to, like, pull out your stack of money, make a video, send it. Like, there's a lot of steps to responding there, Shannon, that would make me go, why are you doing this? Why are you going through all of these steps?

[Shannon Dawson]

If I'm Garrett, I'm watching that video going, I got him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you.

[Shannon Dawson]

I got him. I triggered. He went, and he got all that money, and he's doing that just for me.

[Drew Franklin]

We defend Garrett But I do wonder what he sent Zach first to trigger him so much. But Garrett's probably not innocent in this, but I am still going to be on his side. Probably got called out in this economy.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

The ksr.

[Matt Jones]

The KSR text machine. This is kind of a wild story. All right. I had to be up in Connecticut for some meetings, and I got done and my flight wasn't until the evening, so I went to get pizza, and I look at the text machine, and there's not as many texts because, like, I'm not on the show given the number, and they're not. They know you all can't. Don't have access to it. But there are some. And I get one that says, matt, you're probably not going to care about this, but at noon Eastern, Craig Stammon will be announced as the new San Diego Padres manager. I was like, I don't know who Craig Stammon is, and I don't really know why you're writing me this, but I looked at the guy's number and he'd sent some nice messages in the past. I thought to myself, well, maybe everybody knows this. So I Google Craig Stammon, put it on Twitter. No one has even mentioned him as a candidate for the Padres job. Like, no one's even mentioned him. And I thought, why would someone send me something so random, like just take a name out of left field? Ryan. It's so random that it almost has to be true. You know what I mean? Like, why would they pick this guy? Why would they send it to me?

[Drew Franklin]

Why would they make that up?

[Matt Jones]

Why would you make that up? And the guy's not a troll. He sent some really nice things to me in the past. So I thought, you know what? I'm sitting here, I'm eating pizza. I'm killing time until I have a flight. I'm just going to put out that Craig Stammon's going to be the new manager of the San Diego Padres. So I put it out for a while. Nobody says anything. And then all of A sudden, a San Diego Padres fan account finds it says, could this random radio guy in Kentucky know who our next manager is? A lot of Padre fans start seeing it. There's like 30 minutes, Shannon, where they're just berating me. Yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

Going, taking this.

[Matt Jones]

You don't know anything. How dare you say it's going to be Craig Stammon? Because literally no one has mentioned this guy.

[Shannon Dawson]

I've never even heard of this.

[Matt Jones]

I've never even heard of this either. And no one has mentioned him as a potential manager. And then all of a sudden, the beat writer for the San Diego Padres tweets out, surprise. Craig Stammon to be the new manager of the Padres. Oh, it wasn't a surprise. It had come out if people had watched an hour and 15 minutes earlier thanks to a random person on the text machine. I don't even know who it was. I don't even know who sent it to me. All of a sudden, I'm getting blown up by San Diego radio shows and reporters wanting me to do interviews about Craig Stanmon. But, ma', am, I don't even know who he is.

[Shannon Dawson]

Did you do him?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, of course. Yeah, I did all of them. And I talked about Craig Stammon and how I just knew that he was going to be the manager.

[Shannon Dawson]

You didn't give any credit to the text?

[Matt Jones]

No, I said I had a source.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, that's what I always say, sources.

[Matt Jones]

I had a good source. Yeah. Who put it out there? Yeah, the Padres. Like Jeff Passon, the ESPN's guy. He wrote me and said, how did you know that? And I went, how did you not know that? Great.

[Shannon Dawson]

Great response. Aren't you the expert here? That's what I would have said.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Yeah. And he said, why didn't you write me before? And I said, I tried, but you had your old number. And he goes, well, I changed it seven years ago. And I said, there you go. You didn't think it was necessary to update me on your number seven years later.

[Shannon Dawson]

But later, next time you want some Padre scoop, just reach out to me.

[Matt Jones]

If you want Padre's news, I'm the guy to come to.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

So I don't even know how this person who told me knew. Yeah, I don't really know why they told me. After it went out there and it was announced, he wrote me back and said, that was fun, wasn't it? And I was like, yeah, it kind of was. And then right before I walked in here this morning, I was on their version, like their big show, their big show is a morning show. And I was on and they just said, like, you're all anyone in San Diego is talking about is, how did this guy get this information? They. There are people who think the GM told me, like, the general manager of the team, but I don't even know who the general manager of the team is unless he's on the text machine. Unless he's a BBN guy and he's listening. I still, Ryan, don't know who told me, but we were able to break the Padre scoop.

[Ryan Lemond]

There is so many elements of this story that I love. The fact that all these beat writers been working on this story for weeks and you pull out a name out of thin air, a guy they haven't even talked about or mentioned, and. And not only did you get pull this name out, he's the guy. If you were right about it, you.

[Shannon Dawson]

Need to take a trip to San Diego. You might be the most popular guy there.

[Matt Jones]

San Diego sports radio is in. It could be in the future.

[Shannon Dawson]

Stay classy, San Diego.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Craig's. And first of all, now Craig Stammons, my guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, no doubt. So we're all in.

[Matt Jones]

My ESPN producer wrote me last night and goes, how did you know this? And I said, look, you all underestimate me. You don't understand. You don't understand. My sources run deep. Yeah. And now our celebrity guest picker Sunday for the NFL is Craig Stanman.

[Shannon Dawson]

You're going to get like the first interview with him.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Shannon Dawson]

Or one of the first interviews.

[Matt Jones]

Craig Stanman is coming on with me and Myron on day to be our celebrity.

[Ryan Lemond]

So, you know, he's going to ask you, how did you know it was me when nobody else knew? How did you know?

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to say, Craig, you know how I knew, didn't you? I'll just try to act like he was the one that told me. But it was kind of a fun story yesterday while I was sitting there and eating pizza waiting on my flight.

[Drew Franklin]

And I think it's so much funnier that it's the Padres. It's like an obscure team. If you asked me to list MLB teams, I would probably forget to name the Padres. If it had been anything remotely local, you could understand how you might get that info. But it's the Padres on the other side of the country.

[Matt Jones]

So as I was taking my. As I was going to the airport, I was listening on podcast to the show that was running when I put it out. And you, you could listen to them in real Time. You ought to listen to it. I can't remember the name of it, but it's the San Diego Morning Show. They first see my tweet, and they're like, this couldn't be true. Who's this clown? He's wearing a cowboy hat in his profile. And then they start to go, well, wait a minute. You know, the general managers from Ohio, maybe they know each other, and they start rationalizing it. And then in the middle of the show, it breaks. And they're like, matt Jones. How did you know that? And I got to listen to all of that play out.

[Shannon Dawson]

It's one of the most random things I think you've ever done, but it's kind of awesome.

[Matt Jones]

So thank you to the. Whoever it was that sent that message. Yeah. Now, if you keep trying to send that when I tell these stories like this, then people try to fool me. You ain't gonna fool me. I could tell that that was correct just by the way he was. And I'm not, you know, I'm discerning on this stuff, but.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, I gotta tell you now what the three of us did. You sent us a text, and it said, hey, you guys should read my last three texts on the show.

[Shannon Dawson]

I think he meant tweets. Oh, I wrote texts.

[Ryan Lemond]

So we're all talking during the break. What's he talking about? His last text was a joke.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought Ryan's green messages meant. Because I. A lot of times don't get our.

[Matt Jones]

Group messages because of him. Yeah, yeah. Well.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, because we were trying to update Real Time yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

We're.

[Shannon Dawson]

Was it Bob Ryan? Bob Ryan replying?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, don't want to talk about Bob Ryan's reply. We're not talking about that.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's what we were going to read on the air.

[Matt Jones]

Don'. Bob Ryan.

[Ryan Lemond]

We thought that's what you wanted us.

[Matt Jones]

Don't go look at Bob R's Twitter account. No, you definitely shouldn't have said that. You shouldn't have even brought it up right there.

[Ryan Lemond]

But that was his last text to us.

[Drew Franklin]

It was your last three texts.

[Matt Jones]

Well, all right. So I did send it to you.

[Shannon Dawson]

He just said hi to somebody on Twitter.

[Matt Jones]

He did say hi to somebody. All right, go look it up. Second thing. Did I hear yesterday on the show that you're going to let Cash Daniel put you through a table again?

[Ryan Lemond]

We feel like it's a good omen. The last time he did it, Kentucky beat Florida at home. We need a home sec win. Florida's coming into town, so we've agreed to do it. Run it back and do it again tomorrow. 60 years old I am, and I'm a little bigger than I was last time. But guess what? So is Cash. He's a lot bigger than he was last time.

[Matt Jones]

So you're going to do that at the bar tomorrow?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he's.

[Matt Jones]

During the pregame.

[Ryan Lemond]

During the pregame show? Yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

Get the medics on standby.

[Matt Jones]

Where are you going to do it? The pregame show's inside. Are you going to do it in the bar?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, no, I think we're going to go outside and have those plants cushion my fall. In the rain?

[Drew Franklin]

In the mulch? In the rain.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you're gonna do it, But. But the show's not out there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you guys can look through the window. You can kind of peek and see it.

[Matt Jones]

No, I think we'll do it. I think we'll do it in the bar. I think that concrete doesn't have a.

[Drew Franklin]

Lot of give in the bar, though.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, Ryan's the one choosing to do this.

[Shannon Dawson]

He doesn't have a whole lot of give either.

[Drew Franklin]

I got plenty of cushion.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so you're gonna do that tomorrow during the pregame show?

[Ryan Lemond]

Tomorrow outside on the bushes.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, we'll see.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. By the way, I will be Shannon Craig Stammon's biggest fan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

Like the Reds are my team. But if he does.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, you are forever connected.

[Matt Jones]

I'm forever.

[Shannon Dawson]

And if the Reds ever need a manager.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I only break Craig Stamen news. Who's up next?

[Ryan Lemond]

Mark.

[Shannon Dawson]

Mark.

[Matt Jones]

Mark. Go ahead, Mark.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

Hey, what's going on, Matt?

[Matt Jones]

Go for it.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

Hello. Oh, hey, real quick, Just kind of piggyback on this Zach Calzada thing. Yeah, I don't think you can, you know, just one the guy. I mean, because it is. This is the new normal that we're dealing with now. I mean, it's kind of like if we say, hey, denzel, Aberdeen goes 3, 4, 11. Do we tell him he can't drive his Maybach? I mean, it's just different things like that. But I think the reason you were coming. Coming down kind of hard on our evaluation of our coaches of players we're bringing in. I think they're kind of working shorthanded because we really have a really bad offensive system, and I think we get the scraps of what people are left over, and people don't come here and develop. I mean, I look at, like, Jamari Macklin, but whose fault is that?

[Matt Jones]

Just a second, though. Like, whose fault is that? He doesn't. If it's the case that we're not getting players because our system is bad and we're not developing them, that's on us. You don't get to, like. You don't get to say, well, we're not good because we don't have the players. And then when we don't have the players, go. We don't have the players because we don't have the system. That is the whole point of being a coach. So I don't disagree with you that we don't get players sometimes because our system is bad because we don't develop them. But that's on the coaches. That's not like. That's not some systematic thing. It's their decision and coaching.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I. I agree.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

I agree with that. I agree with that. And what I'm saying about that. What I'm saying about that is. I mean, it's kind of like a crapshoot. This kid had a thousand yards before he came here. A lot of people wanted him. He's only had 24 catches the last two years here. I mean, I look at the guys we had last year, Barry and Brown. It's kind of worked out for him. He's a leading receiver at lsu. Hadn't worked out as good for Dane Key. I mean, you know, you never know what you're getting into because.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't. I just don't buy all that. I don't. I. I don't buy all that, first of all, and I appreciate the call. Let's go to your first point. This is the new normal. Calzada's making money. I make money. I don't make videos throwing cash at people who talk trash to me. Like. Like he makes money. That doesn't mean he has to act like a fool. Like he just all he's. I'm fine with him making money. I'm saying, you know, we had players do this kind of thing before. Before they were making money. It was dumb then, too. It's just a dumb decision. As far as the other part, you. At the end of the day, I used to say this about Cal. You. You have to judge me. I have to be able to judge you on something. Cal used to say, don't worry about the losses in the preseason. It only matters about March. And then when we lose in March, he'd go, didn't we have a great season?

[Drew Franklin]

We're young.

[Matt Jones]

And I'd say, which one do I get to care about? Which one do I get to judge you on? So am I gonna, I gotta judge Mark on something and it's gonna have to be wins and losses because the rest of this just there are too many problems. Tell me about Stockton, Stockton Market.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

A break and be right back here at Bespoken Spirits. This is ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome Back it is Kentucky sports radio. That's a memory we can't share on the air. 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-7745254. We're just reminiscing on old text that have come in over the years with stuff. I wanted to ask you about the. The streaming thing tonight.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, yeah, it'll be there.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's gonna still be there? Sports live reaction. The game's on the computer again. Can come watch it. KS bar. Hope you will. You don't have to worry about tipping anybody. Well, you do have to tip, actually. You have to tip our servers but you don't have to tip the people on the stream. But are you gonna. You think it'll be there?

[Shannon Dawson]

The game, you're right, will be on the computer. It'll be on YouTube dot com. Just go there and search for Kentucky versus Valpo and. And it'll be there for you.

[Matt Jones]

So what's the guy's name? The one you're going to get kicked off the Internet.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sports Live reactions.

[Matt Jones]

Sports live reactions. Are you. Are you. You had said you might watch the game at the bar.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are you going to still up in the air.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let's say you don't. Are you going to tip this guy again?

[Ryan Lemond]

I probably would. You know, he's providing a service he's putting the stream up for.

[Matt Jones]

Would you tip him $10?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll probably drop it to 5 this time.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, this one's not as important for you. No, no.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was so happy that I got to watch the game on the streaming service like Shannon told us all to do. I found it like, oh yeah, this guy's doing me a service. I'm going to tip him big $.

[Matt Jones]

So if you want, I'm going to make you an offer. If you tip me $3, I'll mention you on the post game show.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm going to cash app you $3.

[Matt Jones]

Just get to mention just I, I will say say hello to you. And do you think the Arabic Islamic stream will be up to.

[Shannon Dawson]

Of course. It's got to be there for all of you.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to make you prediction. I think there's going to be a lot more of them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yes.

[Matt Jones]

I think a lot of people are going to hear this and they're going to try to do it and I think there's going to be many, many more streams all hoping for Ryan Lemon to come and give them money.

[Shannon Dawson]

So it went from 3,000 to 25,000 to close to 30,000 at one point. I think tonight we will.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I'm telling you.

[Matt Jones]

But I think it's going to combine, like, I think it'll get spread out, though. I think there's going to be a lot of. Because I think other people now are going to do this because they found. I think you've created a whole hassle.

[Shannon Dawson]

This guy got the KSR bump.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's okay.

[Shannon Dawson]

It's good for his streaming career.

[Ryan Lemond]

They were good streams up the other night, and all three of them had like 20,000 at least streaming at one time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's a lot of people to be watching live.

[Shannon Dawson]

YouTube TV did this to themselves.

[Announcer]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

The whole ESP.

[Matt Jones]

Actually, it was more ESP because YouTube TV is at least getting the YouTube views.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, they created this monster, and now they're gonna have to deal with it.

[Matt Jones]

I think espn, see, I think more. And again, I got to be careful because I'm an employee. But I think more people are blaming espn. I mean, I. I've gotten the sense, from a PR perspective, I've kind of gotten the sense this has not gone great for espn.

[Ryan Lemond]

Drew.

[Matt Jones]

I think people have been blaming them, which is crazy because we've now missed a whole week of football and the world's kind of gone on. There's always this amend, this belief. You can't miss football. It's kind of gone on this week.

[Drew Franklin]

I blame espn. I mean, I don't. I mean, when Google is fighting Disney, I hope they both lose. But they took ESPN plus, which everyone had, and split it into two things without really telling anyone. Yeah, and everyone thought they had this, but they completely changed the whole model and just jacked up the price on the new one. So the way they went about it, they tricked a lot of people.

[Matt Jones]

I think you're right about that. Who's up next? Doug. Doug, Go ahead, Doug.

[Caller Garrett]

Hey.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

I'm normally a podcast listener, and yes, I was just this morning listening to yesterday's show, and Drew and Ryan were talking about Madison, Madisonville, North Hopkins getting hosed in the football playoffs. And I just want to explain to him really fast. They play their district plays against another district, and the way it's set up, the winner of their district, which was Owensboro, will play the fourth place team in the second district, which is Grayson County.

[Drew Franklin]

Then Apollo, who's second that. But we still got host.

[Matt Jones]

Why did you get. Let me hear this. And I appreciate the call. Let me hear what you. Because I. The text machine. Besides Craig Stammen news. The other thing where people writing angry at you about whatever.

[Drew Franklin]

Ryan brought it up. Ryan's the one defending my Maroons. I even said it was right coming from me.

[Ryan Lemond]

Madisonville finished 8 and 2. Their two losses were to Apollo and Owensboro. But even at 8 and 2, they have to go on the road and play at Greenwood tonight. That finished 6 and 4.

[Matt Jones]

But didn't. But didn't. Did Madisonville come in third in district and Greenwood second?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Well, then what's different districts?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they're different districts.

[Drew Franklin]

But the fact that we're 10 spots.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that happens in all playoffs.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they used to base it on RPI. And like Drew said, their Madison was 10 spots higher in RPI.

[Drew Franklin]

So we got host is the point.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're pro Madisonville.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I'm pro Madisonville in theory. I also don't think if that's. If the rules. The Shannon, the rules are the rules, right? Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Dumb rules.

[Shannon Dawson]

Kind of. Kind of the way it's supposed to.

[Matt Jones]

Be laid out and you're supposed to have rules and enforce them. What? Is there a good game tonight? This is the week of the playoffs where teams win like 75 to nothing.

[Drew Franklin]

Greenwood, they're going to win 75 nothings.

[Matt Jones]

Is there any other one?

[Ryan Lemond]

Your Middlesboro jackets won by 50 last night over Harlan. Yeah, like 50 something to six qualities north.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bullet east beat North Harden by a touchdown last night.

[Matt Jones]

And shout out to Western High School in Louisville that came and ate at the bar before. I think they lost badly, but they still came. Left us sweatshirts there last night.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Louisville Western stopped by the bar last night. So we were. We were Warrior fans for a night.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think it worked out, but we were still for it. Who's up next?

[Drew Franklin]

Garrett.

[Matt Jones]

Garrett. Garrett. All right, now, I don't know if this is. I don't know if this is going to be the Garrett or not. Garrett, go ahead. Garrett, are you there?

[Caller Garrett]

Yes, sir. Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Now, are you really Garrett? Are you just a different Garrett?

[Caller Garrett]

This is the Garrett, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right, here's what I. I'm gonna have to have a conversation with you, and there's only like 30 seconds left. Do you have the text machine? 772-774-5254. Okay, send me a text that would somehow prove that you're the real Garrett. Will you do that during the break?

[Caller Garrett]

Yes, sir.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You send me a text and if I believe that you're the real Garrett, then we'll have the conversation. So do that during the break. We're gonna take a break. This might be the real Garrett. I think it's him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Please be the real Garrett.

[Matt Jones]

Why do you believe?

[Drew Franklin]

I believe.

[Matt Jones]

All right. We will find out. We'll find out if he actually has gotten his money. Right. Presumably he'll be able to send me something.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That will make me believe. That's correct. We are here at Bespoken spirits. Remember, you come to Bespoken voted best of Lexington as a place to go for a date and best distillery. It's Bespoken Spirits right here, right off Loudon in Gray line. We will take a break and be right back potentially with Garrett. This is ksr. Welcome back. It is Kentucky sports radio. Great thing about this show, you don't know what's going to happen at any given point. And we got one of those moments coming right now. Before I do it, your dream home awaits@bluegrass homecenter.com you can choose the siding, shutters, kitchen colors and more. To see your kitchen come to life with bluegrass home center new home online home design center. You go online, design your home. They offer it as low as 48,900, including delivery. It's on Rudy Bear road in London. They'll match competitor pricing. 606-215-3300 or go to bluegrasshomescenter.com and check them out. Now joining us on the phone is Garrett. Now, Garrett sent me a text message. I can't be a hundred percent, but I think it's close enough that I'll. I'll go with it. So, Garrett, you are the Garrett who can't seem to get his money, right? Am I correct?

[Caller Garrett]

That is correct, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

So explain to me how this happened and first of all, how did it happen? And then when did it happen?

[Caller Garrett]

So basically even before the season, I had just been so sending joking messages, kind of trolling him. And they didn't amount to much, but he responded to a few, and I didn't make much of it. Well, I was just sitting in my room a couple nights ago, well, I guess last night. And I decided to slide up on a Snapchat story and say, you suck at football. And he proceeded to call me autistic. And then after maybe just a little bit of stuff that got under his skin, you know, the normal trolling stuff about.

[Matt Jones]

I don't want you to say all that. I don't want you to, like, get in too much. But, like, when you say normal, you know, I'm not an advocate of, like, writing players and trolling them Is that something you do regularly?

[Caller Garrett]

No, it is not.

[Matt Jones]

So why him?

[Caller Garrett]

Why?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, he's not even playing well.

[Caller Garrett]

I'm not a fan of him. I think he's immature, and the fact that the staff brought him in I thought was just a complete embarrassment. So I just felt the need to let him know that he sucked at football, and it escalated to something that I thought would never happen.

[Matt Jones]

So he then sent you that you're saying on. On Snapchat?

[Caller Garrett]

Yes. I slid up and said, you suck at football, and he started going at me, and I really. The only insult I gave him, and he just went off. He sent me another video, but before I could get it, he blocked me.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so that was just a couple days ago.

[Caller Garrett]

That was last. Last night. Two nights ago. Two nights ago.

[Matt Jones]

Two nights ago. I was about to say, yeah, it came out yesterday. That was two nights ago. And then. And then you ended up. You put it out. So do you, like, regret at all trolling him, or is that, like, just something you. You do?

[Caller Garrett]

I mean, not really. It was just kind of a goofy thing that I was just having fun with. I didn't think anything would come of it, and when it did, they kind of caught me by surprise, and now I'm just known as the guy that trolls that Calzada, I guess.

[Matt Jones]

So do. Let me ask you, do you get your money right, or was he correct that it's something you need to work on in the future?

[Caller Garrett]

Oh, my money's just right. I'm chilling financially, I'm doing just fine, so nothing to worry about.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, he's chilling financially. Don't worry.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, that's good. If I withdrew $20,000 every time somebody told me I sucked, I'd be making videos every day.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, I mean, it's an. It's. It's an interesting situation. Do you have anything like, you know, fans have blown it up and fans are upset? Do you. Do you at all regret putting it out there, or do you think it needed to be out there?

[Caller Garrett]

I think it needed to be out there to show the state of this football program, that we'd bring somebody so immature into our program. And from what I've seen, and even you guys, I feel like a lot of people are on my side that it's embarrassing that he would even do this to a general fan that says one thing to him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, okay. Well, I. I would just. I do have to say. I do think he. It was embarrassing also, you know, I would say don't troll the players either, but You're a grown man, so I'll let you make your own decision. But, Garrett, thank you very much for calling in. I appreciate it.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

And.

[Caller Garrett]

And by the way, I keep my $20,000 safe in the bank. I'm not out here throwing it around.

[Shannon Dawson]

I can't appreciate one last.

[Matt Jones]

He's like, I take my 20,000 and I appreciate it.

[Drew Franklin]

In good investments, 20,000 makes more money while Zach's just sitting there on the carpet as a Snapchat.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so there you go. Appreciate the call. Do we believe. Do you all believe that is Garrett?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Too much detail.

[Shannon Dawson]

Kind of on Garrett's side. I mean, he just said you suck and that was it. Apparently, according to him.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Ryan, you know what's crazy? You mentioned how Calzada came with us on media day. He seemed like straight business, no joking around. He didn't joke around with us. Like, he's super, super mature. Now we fast forward two months later, and he's acting like he's the most immature dude on the team, and he's 25 years old. That's a little disappointing.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't imagine going out of my way to make a video because someone sent me a message on Snapchat. I think that says a lot about Zach, but I'll also, Garrett, I'm glad your money's good, but we shouldn't send you sucked in messages.

[Matt Jones]

Well, it sounds like you've been doing it for a while.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't get behind that either, so. Garrett, don't do that. Everyone, don't do that. But Zach, also, that was. Zach's the most wrong here because that's weird behavior. But don't send the players.

[Shannon Dawson]

You probably get a form of that on a daily basis, right? I mean, we all do. Not. Not daily.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm not going to act like, though. I'm not going to act like that stuff is easy to sit there and get. I mean, listen, I didn't handle it great 10 years ago, and I was in my 30s. If I was in my 20s and people were sending me that stuff, I wouldn't have done that because it's just not my style. But I would have been like, I'm sure I would have said stuff that I wish I had not. So, you know, I mean, one of the things I would say is Zach clearly made a mistake, and I. He. And whether he should be punished or not, I'm not sure. But he's. It's certainly a bad look. I think the criticism he's getting is totally fair. I also would Say, you got to remember these are human beings, man. Like you.

[Announcer]

You.

[Matt Jones]

You people just think you can just say something to people and it does not affect them. Some people it doesn't affect. Like Shannon, it doesn't affect.

[Shannon Dawson]

Send me your. Your you suck messages. Go ahead, tweet me.

[Matt Jones]

It doesn't affect you, but, like, it affects me sometimes. Not as much now as it used to, but, you know, there were times that it did. So, you know, I. I wouldn't have handled it like that. But, Ryan, I can't say there would have never been a time I wouldn't have done something that I went, why did I do that? I mean, I've. Listen, I've been in the public eye now for 15 years. I have had reactions to people in various places, including in public, that I regret. Like. Like, it happens.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you handle it so much better now, though, than used to. You're kind of getting funny with them now. He'll say something.

[Matt Jones]

You don't think so?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think he does. But here's my question.

[Matt Jones]

Sometimes, like, what? But I. But I don't do anything. I actually try, for the most part. I've now go to one of two ways. I either mock the person back. Yeah. Or I actually try to win them over.

[Shannon Dawson]

You still respond to people with three.

[Matt Jones]

Followers I shouldn't do? Well, I now have a rule. You gotta have at least, like 50, at least 20. But I am to the point that if somebody says something personal now. Yeah. I just block them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like that. Like there's not.

[Shannon Dawson]

Like, that's the best thing to do.

[Matt Jones]

But somebody said something personal.

[Drew Franklin]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

But, you know, the other thing I would say is it's easy for people to act like it's nothing if it doesn't happen to you. You know what I mean? Like, if you don't, it's easy to act like, oh, just move on you. There are people out there that I can say something about Trump, and they lose their mind on me. They lose their mind. Imagine if I said something about them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know, that's somebody you don't even know. You've never even met, and you are willing to say awful things to me. What if I had said something about you? Not you, Stephen, but like. But you know what I'm saying? So I. I have a little bit of sympathy, empathy for the people receiving it. At the same time, though, you can't do what Zach did.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I. I'm getting my Zach jokes off. That was weird thing to do. But I also think it's almost equally weird To. Especially on Snapchat. It's kind of supposed to be more. I mean, you didn't message them, period. We need a wall between the. They need a little bit of protection. And I think anyone that sends you suck to a player, whatever the team, whatever the circumstances, that's odd behavior.

[Matt Jones]

I do appreciate, though, Garrett actually comes on and talks about what happened.

[Ryan Lemond]

I do appreciate that. But why is he even going after Calzada now? The dude hadn't played in two months. He's a troll.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's what trolls do.

[Ryan Lemond]

What was there to troll him about? You.

[Matt Jones]

Did you think Shannon. If you were not on the radio. Yeah. And you were just like Shannon, doing, like a regular job, do you think you would be an online troll?

[Shannon Dawson]

Possibly. Quite possibly.

[Matt Jones]

I'm glad you're honest about that. I do think you have online troll.

[Shannon Dawson]

Characteristics, but I really don't troll anybody now.

[Matt Jones]

But, yeah, you know, you could maybe pull it out of me. I feel like you could.

[Shannon Dawson]

As a matter of fact, I might write him right now. What's his at? What's his handle?

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next? Go ahead, Sam. Hey, Matt.

[Caller Mark/Sam]

I just want to let you know, you know, I'm a realist. And Saturday night after that ball game down in Auburn, the emotions that I seen between Stoops. Barnhart tells me that Stoops ain't going nowhere. And you kind of stole my thunder Monday morning. I was going to call Monday about this, and you kind of stole it from me. But, you know, I'm just here, you know, bbn, it's, you know, let's pony up and let's get behind these boys this weekend and get our rear ends in a seat Saturday night and let's roll, baby. Let's go.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. I agree with you on part two. I hope everybody comes. I hope it's loud. I hope we win. I hope it's a fun atmosphere. We need to win an sec game just for the program. Just we need to win an sec home. We have won a sec home game two and a half years, so we need to win a game just for the program. With that said, yes, he gave them the hug, but I saw him give Joker similar hugs.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Like, I think it matters, but I don't think that's the ending. I know I said last week, we'll know more Saturday night. Drew, I do think we'll know more Saturday night. This is the second straight lose, and I think you're not coming back game. Now, if he wins, then it's one of these things. It's probably gonna be the last minute before we find out what happens.

[Drew Franklin]

And I think Saturday's big just for the whole operation because even if Stoops leaves, fired, retires, whatever the next coach, as soon as they get here, we're gonna hear had one home game in two years. Like that streak can't linger into the spring, the summer. We will talk about it. I will talk about it. Everyone will continue to talk about that home losing streak. And you have one game left to shut it up before this season ends and it's tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

And go look at the SEC home schedule next year and tell me where the win is.

[Drew Franklin]

What I mean, you got to close the book on that now.

[Matt Jones]

What is it next year we play both Alabama and LSU at home.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know, just find the obvious win next year. What it is literally like we don't, we've got Alabama, lsu, South Carolina is the one potential. I mean it's, it's a hard, it's a hard schedule next year for the home games. I want to thank, by the way, Chef Lee who brought, she's next door. She brought some tacos here that are great. She's part of the community kitchen over here. Brought us food last year as well here in Greyline station. Thank her very much because the food is excellent. We'll take a break and come back. Final segment. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is the final segment here of Kentucky sports Radio at Bespoken Spirits Club Blue Bourbon still here. Go to Club Blue. Excuse me. Go to bespokenspirits.com you can order the blue and the white. Thank you to them very much for having us out here. And yeah, hope everybody got to try the smoked smoked Bourbons. We're gonna do our college football parlay from DraftKings. By the way, the NBA players are back. You can do NBA parlay. You can do football. It's the number one sports book for live betting. Just they just signed a deal with ESPN so you can get there. Remember, new customers bet just five bucks, you get three months of NBA league pass. Watch all the Kentucky guys on there. Just download the DraftKings sportsbook. It's DraftKings. The Crown is yours. If you have a game problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER 18 plus Kentucky only eligibility restrict supply bet Must win to receive bonus bet which expire in 6 to 77 days minimum odds required me a league pass auto renews until Cancel Additional terms.dkngco/audio Limited time offer let's pick our four games. I'll go first. I'm gonna take BYU's getting 10 and a half on the road at Texas Tech. It's a top ten matchup. I'm giving ten and a half. No way. BYU covers that ten and a half. I don't know if they win the game but give me the storm of Mormons to cover the 10 and a half. What about you?

[Drew Franklin]

I think BYU is off a buy too. I think there's no way to lose.

[Matt Jones]

About ten and a half.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm going with a Vandy bounce back game. In fact the line just changed in front of my eyes. It was six and a half and now it's six. So I'm even getting a point. Vandy minus six. They're hosting Auburn which just scored three. We all saw that game. They don't even know what quarterback they want to play. So I have Vandy bouncing back after a loss last week at home.

[Matt Jones]

BYU and Vandy Ryan has been absolutely atrocious at this but this might be the time he turns it around. What do you got?

[Ryan Lemond]

I got. I got. I was on the positive last week with the Nebraska game but when I don't listen to Shannon on Double Q. I listen to Paul Fine. Bomb. The people hated Paul Feinbaup during the commercial breaks. It's entertainment.

[Shannon Dawson]

What if Paul Feinbaum just want to follow him around, listen to Paul Feinbomb's commercial breaks.

[Ryan Lemond]

I listen when you're on commercial. Okay, I turned to Paul Fine. Bob.

[Matt Jones]

I thought you hated that show though.

[Ryan Lemond]

But it's so fun this time of year because the people are losing their mind about Memphis being in the playoff picture. Memphis hosts Tulane this week. That's the other big conversation. John Sumrall in Auburn. They've already got it figured out. He's going to Auburn. So I'm picking Memphis Moneyline over Tulane at Memphis.

[Matt Jones]

Memphis money line?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. It's only like three and a half.

[Matt Jones]

So pick them to cover. You can. We're not doing Money line.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay? If I lose it by their two points, I'm blaming it on you.

[Matt Jones]

All right, fine. Moneyline. Make it Money Line though. I don't want to listen to Whiny McButt when two lane wins. Go ahead.

[Shannon Dawson]

I love Drew's.

[Drew Franklin]

I still don't really know what he bet. What was that?

[Matt Jones]

Memphis money.

[Drew Franklin]

Memphis money.

[Shannon Dawson]

I was going to take your pick, Drew, but since you took mine, I'm going to jump over. It's okay. I'm gonna jump over to Florida State and Clemson. Clemson is a 1 1/2 point favorite. I'm going to take Clemson.

[Matt Jones]

I like that one. Clemson hosting.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah. I like.

[Shannon Dawson]

Give me Clemson.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good. I like that pick. That's a good pick. All right, so Florida State, Ryan's wimpy. Memphis Moneyline, BYU and Vandy are our picks. All right, let's. Let's talk a little basketball. Tonight Kentucky plays at 7 o' clock against Foul Pope, home of Bryce Drew back in the day. They're not good. Although they did win the first game of the BBN United.

[Drew Franklin]

They played the four seed. Three seed played the four seed.

[Matt Jones]

So they. This could end up being for the championship of the. Of the Classic. We are a what, 33 and a half more than.

[Drew Franklin]

More than the other night.

[Matt Jones]

Not touching that one feels really, really.

[Drew Franklin]

And the team totals 95.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's mean.

[Drew Franklin]

I love Kentucky, but I don't. 95.

[Matt Jones]

We're not scoring 95 tonight, but pregame show starts at 4:30. Just in four and a half hours. Come to the bar if you're going to watch the game. Let's talk about. What do you want to see tonight, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

Obviously we want to see him shoot the ball like they did in the second half. Got to carry that over to tonight with Aberdeen and low maybe you're both get a chance to run the point. The offense looks a lot better and we don't have 25 points at halftime.

[Matt Jones]

28.

[Shannon Dawson]

But yes, the shooting has got to improve. The defense was much better from the Georgetown game, but the shooting has got to improve tonight.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a couple guys who have been pretty atrocious from the free throw line and their guys are going to be playing significant minutes. One of them took the most free throws in the last game. So Malachi Marino, I'm watching you. A couple others have struggled. Threes have been a problem. I think that'll correct correct itself when the offense gets flow. But the free throw shooting has to get better.

[Matt Jones]

What worries me about our team shooting is we're also still not shooting free throws well. Like it's not just we're not shooting threes well, we're not shooting free throws well. That's a bad combination to not make either of those. Now we are actually doing twos at a pretty good rate. But we're not shooting threes or free throws. That worries me. I'm going to take a score. I'm going to go Kentucky 87, Valpo 58 and I'll say the MVP is going to be my guy. Jalen Lowe in his first game. You think I'm not going to pick him? What do you got?

[Shannon Dawson]

I got 79, 56, 6 Kentucky and ugly game. Yeah, I think. Yeah, but Jasper Johnson I think will be the MVP tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll go Kentucky 86, 60s and I'm gonna take one of the big I go Brandon Garrison, our MVP tonight.

[Matt Jones]

I need to see more from him too. Yeah, I don't think he's had the best start to the year. What about you?

[Drew Franklin]

I will say a reminder. Both these teams control their own destiny in the BB United tip off classic tourism. I will actually take Malachi Marino since I just called him out for not making out making free throws. I think he'll continue to push. Garrison coming off the bench. Kentucky wins. 87, 64.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's go to football. You raise your hand.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, yeah, Liam said that. Do we have Tulane in our parlay?

[Matt Jones]

No, we have Memphis.

[Shannon Dawson]

Okay, never mind. Liam, you don't know what you're talking about.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Liam. Watch it.

[Caller Garrett]

Liam.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, all right. It's about football, Kentucky and Florida. Florida's a three point favorite. Shannon, I'll let you go first.

[Shannon Dawson]

Oh, I think Kentucky wins, but it's going to be ugly. I think 2017 and I'll go, cutter, bully.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'll go. 24, 21. Kentucky Cowboy Hits a game winning field goal. As time expires, we storm the field again and life is good.

[Matt Jones]

When you said cow, I thought, you're gonna pick Calzada as your mvp.

[Drew Franklin]

You should. I swear I was picking Cowboys, my mvp. It's even on the graphic.

[Matt Jones]

I think it would be fascinating, by the way. I mean, I've. Obviously I want Cutter to be in the game and not. But what if Calzada has to come in and play? What if Calzada came in and played and led us to a victory and played well? Yes. After this, wouldn't that be. And then, yes, in the post game he starts, he starts counting his money. That would be funny. I have to tell you, while I do think that was a mistake, if I were him, if he were to play at least to a victory, he needs to get his money right in the post game, I would, I would give him that.

[Drew Franklin]

I love Cutter Bowley, but I would love nothing more than Calzada winning that game. In the press conference, just calling out Garrett at the microphone.

[Matt Jones]

So just double down.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Kentucky wins. I haven't switched. I believe in it. I think Cutter Bowley has his first turnover free game. Had a lot of turnovers with the offense lately and I'm, I'm sticking with Calaway as my pick because I have him making three field goals. He had that one from 48. That would have been good from 58 last week, right down the middle. I think he'll have the decisive points.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I've gone back and forth on this. I think, I think they got one more left in them. I think the only fitting way for the Stoops era to close would be with everybody in controversy and not sure what. Which is why I think we're going to end up 5 and 7. So I think Kentucky's going to win. I'm going to say 1917. And I'll take Cam Miller, my man. The young receiver has been doing great, so I'll take him. Thank you all very much here at Bespoken Spirits in the crowd. That came out Club Blue Bourbon. We will see you at 4:30 today, 3:30 tomorrow for KS Bar for the pregame. This has been Kentucky sports.

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