2025-12-02- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio — Hour 1 (December 2, 2025)

Main Theme:
A momentous day for Kentucky Wildcats fans as KSR dives deep into the hiring of Will Stein as UK’s new head football coach, recaps the whirlwind of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, and sets the stage for Kentucky’s big basketball matchup against North Carolina—all while enduring relentless fire alarm tests in the studio.

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Overview

This episode captures a pivotal moment for UK athletics, as Matt Jones and the KSR crew (Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemond, Shannon Ragland) react in real time to the "lightning fast" hiring of Will Stein as Kentucky’s football coach—just over half a day after Mark Stoops’ departure became official. The crew discusses Stein’s deep Kentucky roots, his offensive pedigree, the local network’s reaction, and how this hire reenergizes the program. All this unfolds with comic disruptions from building fire alarms, lending classic KSR chaos and humor to a historically consequential show.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Will Stein Hired as UK Football Coach

• Timing and Speed of the Hire

  • Stoops’ departure was announced late Sunday/early Monday, and within ~14 hours, Will Stein was named the new head coach.
  • Matt:
    “I grade the hiring A. It was 14 hours which is crazy, but I am just really, really happy with what we ended up with.” [06:09]

• Stein’s Kentucky Ties

  • Louisville native whose family were Kentucky season ticket holders.
  • Dad played for Kentucky; personal family and community connections run deep.
  • “We now have a football and a basketball coach that is specifically one of us.” — Matt [06:57]
  • Drew notes there’s even a highlight of Stein’s dad scoring for UK:
    “His dad falling on a fumble in the end zone or something... That video will surface today.” [07:10]

• Recruiting Impact, Program Re-energizing, and Locker Room

  • Hire seen as essential to energize both fans and boosters in the NIL era.
  • Drew:
    “It had to be a hire that re-energized the fan base, got the boosters nil people back on board… and this guy checks all those boxes.” [07:20]

• Stein's Coaching Credentials

  • Offensive coordinator at UTSA and Oregon; developed multiple QBs projected as high NFL draft picks (Bo Nix, Dylan Gabriel, Dante Moore).
  • Lewd praise from Matt’s industry contacts in Oregon.

• Recruiting Connections & Challenges

  • Noted how quickly the process moved, but speculation that talks happened earlier.
    “You’re not going to convince me that in 14 hours they went from, ‘Hello, my name’s Mitch Barnhart. Hello, my name’s Will Stein.’” — Matt [08:01]

2. Community Connections and the “Trinity Era”

• Discussion about Louisville’s Catholic school networks, particularly Trinity High School, acting as an influential, almost “underground” network now coming to UK athletics.
  “Trinity is like a network, an underground society that’s above ground.” — Matt [22:21]
  “This is going to be the era of... the Trinity hotline.” — Matt [23:17]

• KSR's crew marvels at how many Louisville and Trinity alums have local media and coaching ties, all seemingly having Will Stein’s number.

3. Comic Relief: Studio Fire Alarms

• Throughout the show, the crew is interrupted—and driven mad—by persistent fire alarm testing in their iHeart Lexington studio.
• Matt’s escalating frustration becomes a running gag: “This is gonna drive me insane today. I’m gonna have to figure out, all right, how do we get the zen of this fire alarm?” [19:59] “If you could see my face as these things…” [30:37]
• Listeners text in saying they find it hilarious; cohosts note it makes for peak KSR “Best Of” content.

4. Flight Tracking Drama and Speculation

• The KSR crew recounts the previous night’s “airplane drama”—with fans tracking jets on flight apps to deduce whom the administration was interviewing.
• Speculation swirled around whether certain flights were a “smokescreen” or backup plan.
  • “I don’t feel like our people are clever enough to do that. Like, they don’t do that kind of…” — Matt [15:24]
  • Ryan, Drew, and Shannon debate the plausibility of decoy flights, revealing the wildness and paranoia of coaching searches in the social media age.

5. Stein’s Offense and Immediate Future

• The group breaks down Stein’s prolific, up-tempo Oregon offenses and quarterback development prowess.

  • Matt:
    “Oregon’s offense… up tempo, fast paced, they put up a lot of points. I think the development of quarterbacks… is huge for me.” [12:07]

• Discussion of whether Stein should coach in Oregon’s playoff games (they agree it’s beneficial for UK if he does).

  • “As fans, we’re going to get to learn our offense; people are going to say during the game, ‘Offensive coordinator Will Stein going to Kentucky’—people can be like what a great hire.” — Matt [26:56]

• Possible introduction at the Kentucky-North Carolina basketball game is teased (weather/flight-permitting).

6. Fanbase Excitement and Expectations

• Crew agrees Stein gets a “year of grace,” with all noting the positive buzz and patience from fans as he builds his program.
  • “Anytime there’s a new coach, you get an injection of energy… as long as people see positivity, fans, I think will give him certainly a year to get going.” — Matt [33:32]
• Age noted—Stein is 36, making him the SEC’s youngest head coach.

7. Nostalgia and Local Color

• Anecdotes about Stein’s family bakery in Louisville (“Sissy Cakes”); KSR fans are encouraged to go and report back.
• The rivalry and “insider” nature of Louisville’s Trinity/Saint X/Assumption crowd is discussed at length with humor.
• References to old KSR posts where Will Stein was once called “Louisville’s little leprechaun quarterback,” and joking about whether this will come up at the press conference.
  • “Maybe we don’t bring that up at the press conference.” — Matt [39:54]

8. Callers Chime In

• Several callers share excitement, ask about quarterback recruiting (especially keeping Cutter Bowley), and weigh in on how the move plays with the fanbase.
• One caller shares stats on Stein’s effect on quarterback efficiency:
  “Whenever he has a quarterback in their first year with him, they take a huge leap in efficiency... Bo Nix… went from 71% to 78% with Stein.” [48:46]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Hire:
  “I think if you had gone back four or three months ago and said, ‘Who would you want if Mark Stoops is not the coach at the end of the year?’ You would have said either John Sumrall or Will Stein. So you get one of them.” — Matt, [03:51]

• On Community Connections:
  “Everyone I know with a Louisville number text… Trinity is like a network, an underground society that’s above ground.” — Matt, [22:08 and 22:21]

• On KSR's Own Legacy:
  “There’s a chance you specifically have written something bad.” — Matt [34:26]
  “Well Matt, I don’t look backwards.” — Ryan [34:41]

• On the Fire Alarm:
  "Just so people know, we're in the City Center building in Lexington... Why can't you test it at night?" — Matt [20:13]
  “That's a problem that everybody feels…” — Matt [32:22]

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Key Timestamps

• [03:08] – KSR opens with news of the snowstorm and the breaking Will Stein hire
• [06:09] – Matt grades the hire an “A”; reaction from panel
• [06:57-07:20] – Discussion of “one of us” coach and family/Kentucky connections
• [15:20] – Jet flight confusion/smokescreen discussion
• [22:08-22:41] – Louisville/Trinity networking stories
• [26:56] – Should Stein coach Oregon’s playoff games? Consensus: Yes
• [33:32] – Expectations for Year 1 and fan reaction
• [39:13-39:54] – Joking about old KSR posts/“little leprechaun quarterback” nickname
• [48:46] – Caller shares stats on QB improvement under Stein

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Tone & Flavor

• Loose, conversational, honest, with classic KSR humor
• Camaraderie among hosts, self-deprecation about the fire alarm chaos
• Unfiltered, local talk—mix of serious sports discussion and social satire

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Conclusion

If you missed this episode, catch up for a genuine slice of Kentucky sports history, as KSR navigates the craziness of a coaching hire, local politics, and technical glitches, all while never losing the humor, unity, and passionate fandom that defines the show. Will Stein’s arrival heralds a new era—one grounded in Kentucky roots, up-tempo football, and, perhaps, a little more insider information than ever before.

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Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Ragland]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Tuesday, December 2nd. I am Matt Jones. Here on a day full of snow all around the. Well, probably all around the state, certainly here in Lexington. I heard they had more in Louisville and it is all over the place. Some places out of school. Fayette County Public Schools is them. So we are here. But it's also one of the more massive days in recent KSR history. You can give us Sean the Clark's Pump and Shop phone line 859-280-2287. Avision Auto Glass Text Machine, 772-774-5254. In this dish and sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ he'll make them pay. It is on the same day we have a massive basketball game as Kentucky plays North Carolina tonight. The two winning this programs of all time or two, I guess Kansas is up there now. Kentucky has a new football coach. Yesterday it was officially announced at 11:15 at night. They're doing a tough job about announcing this stuff in the middle of the night, but it leaked earlier in the evening. Will Stein is the new University of Kentucky football coach. If you were keeping score at home just 25 hours after they announced that Stoops was leaving, they have announced. Actually they didn't officially announce Stoops was leaving till Tuesday, till Monday morning. So 14 hours, I think after they announced they already had a new coach as Will Stein is the coach. Let's just start with this. I'll give you my reaction and then let's do yours. I think this is a great hire. I think if you had gone back four or three months ago and said who are the. Who would you want if Mark Stoops is not the coach at the end of the year, you would have said either John Sumrall or, or Will Stein. So you get one of them. I'm sure some people might have wanted another. Some people whatever. But you got one of the two candidates I think most people would have thought would have been the best for this job. Grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. Dad played for Kentucky season ticket holders apparently in section 1 28. 128 at Kroger Field. So whoever's in 1 28, you've been sitting next to the we for years. You were sitting next to the new head football coach. He was a kid that apparently went to every game played at Louisville. Has been the offensive coordinator at UTSA and then Oregon. He has coached three quarterbacks at Oregon. All three are going to end up top three round draft picks in the NFL. Bo Nix, Dylan Gabriel and his quarterback more now will as well whenever he leaves. So loves the school. I had my friend Jeff Schwartz who I did my ESPN show with after I did it with Orlovsky. Myron and I did it with a guy to named Jeff Schwartz. For a year he played at Oregon. Lives in Eugene. Huge Oregon fan. Does radio for the PAC 12 or now it's I guess the big well I don't know if he's with the Big ten network or not but he did do it with the pack 12. He wrote me yesterday and said you guys have a brilliant coach. We hate to lose him. He's going to be awesome there. So I am very, very happy. I grade the hiring a. It was 14 hours which is crazy, but I am just really, really happy with what we ended up with. What about you, Drew?

[Ryan Lemond]

Me too. It's been in my brain some Raw and Stein for a long time. Some Raw clearly wasn't an option with the way it played out and I love how quickly they move to get Stein. You know, this day and age you got to go fast. Players are already looking out and looking for other places and you don't want to miss out on that window. I know it's not officially open, but come on, let's be honest. They're all talking behind the scenes so I'm glad they got it done early. And even though it it shouldn't matter that much, something about him having those season tickets goes along with being one of us matters.

[Matt Jones]

We now have a football and a basketball coach that is specifically one of us. Ryan, you remember when Will Stein. I don't know if you remember when his dad played, but you remember a long time. What do you think about his dad.

[Drew Franklin]

Actually scored a touchdown Punk found a touchdown of his dad falling on a fumble in the end zone or something.

[Ryan Lemond]

So.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so that video.

[Drew Franklin]

That video will surface today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big man T. But you're right, man.

[Drew Franklin]

You know it had to be a hire that re energized the fan base, got the fan base back on board. It had to be a hire that got the boosters nil people back on board. It had to be a hire to get that locker room back on board. And this guy checks all those boxes. You know, when we walked out of this room yesterday, he was maybe choice one heartline was 1A. And then who would have thought we'd come back in here today and it's a done deal. I mean, it happened, but it had to happen fast.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I think that that's one of the things you have to go back and look at. Clearly they didn't have their first conversation with him yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they had to have talked to him at some point.

[Drew Franklin]

Had to.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, there's no way that you could have. I mean, there's no way that it could have gone from zero to nothing in a day.

[Drew Franklin]

So do you think they talked Sunday?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, probably, but I bet there were conversations maybe not between Mitch and. But I bet there were conversations of if this job would come open maybe two weeks ago. Right. Maybe when it looked like, who knows? Yeah. We'll never know the answer because they'll never say. But you're not going to convince me that in 14 hours they went from, hello, my name's Mitch Barnhart. Hello, my name's Will Stein. And I mean, that's just.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mitch can't call Will Stein mid year. But they both have friends, agents. That happens every team, everywhere. There's constant communication.

[Matt Jones]

Somebody talked. And you know what's funny? Is this the word of it yesterday. Well, first of all, Shannon, what do you think of it? We didn't.

[Shannon Ragland]

Well, first of all, I was told, if you believe any of my sources, that the decision was made on Sunday.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so see, this is what I. This was exactly. I'm glad you said that's why we're going to. Yeah, this. Will Stein's family, like everyone in Louisville knows these people. Literally. Like everyone. Like I can. I mean, there are like three or four names in Kentucky media that grew up with him. Okay. I mean, Stephen Peak, who works for.

[Ryan Lemond]

Us, played on the same baseball team. He was wearing the jersey last night.

[Matt Jones]

On our rapid reaction for TJ Walker, former KSR guy, I think knew him as a kid. Katie George. There are multiple pictures of Katie George and he as little kids together. The reporter, every person like Shannon. And I'm not saying Shannon, whoever told you that's not correct, but everyone wrote me yesterday, hundreds of People wrote the text machine and said, I have a source. Deals done. And they may all have been right. They may have none been right. I don't think it was done. I was talking to somebody who was part of it. I don't think it was done until about 9:30 or 10 last night. I think they were ready for official people to report it when the Pete Thaymore and all those people did. But I think there was probably an agreement. Who knows when, maybe even Sunday. It will be interesting to have somebody though. This is going to be the age of. So I was talking. I got to like, there's going to be more sources. I was thinking about this. We haven't had a coach connected to this state, like, since I've been doing it. Like, Mark played here, but he didn't know anybody here. They're still very closed off.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's from Washington State.

[Matt Jones]

This is going to be the era of my Baker Tobin the Hunter. Like, this is going to be the era of. Just wait. Yep.

[Shannon Ragland]

All the Trinity connections.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, first of all, Trinity.

[Shannon Ragland]

What is that?

[Ryan Lemond]

I was wondering what's going on. Some loud noise was in the fire alarm.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so what do we do with this? Okay, it stopped. I mean, this. Yes. Trinity is everywhere. There what, 9,000 kids at Trinity every year. I mean, the age of Trinity. Both the uk. Both the UK and Trinity guys.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. Both of them.

[Matt Jones]

This is the age of Trinity.

[Drew Franklin]

But who would have thought we'd have a former Louisville quarterback as our head coach?

[Matt Jones]

But it seems like. Do you think he's more us than them? We're going to be. You may just have to deal with this the whole time. Can we not. Can we not do a show like this?

[Shannon Ragland]

I mean, I can't have this going over the air. There you go. Stops. What kind of fire alarm starts and stops like that?

[Matt Jones]

All right, if it does it again.

[Shannon Ragland]

Shannon tell you my take real quick.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, if it doesn't. If it does again, then you can just talk until we get here. 859-280-2287. Hopefully it won't do it again. But anyway, point being, you mentioned the U of L coach or U of L plane. I consider him more of a Kentucky guy though, right? If he grew up a fan.

[Shannon Ragland]

Fan wanted to play here.

[Matt Jones]

Wanted to play here.

[Shannon Ragland]

I don't know how that didn't.

[Ryan Lemond]

He wanted to walk on spot and couldn't get. Yeah, his dad played with Joker. It's like, hey, you gotta spot from a boy.

[Shannon Ragland]

So I don't even blame him for Being a boy.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

So he wanted it bad and just didn't have the opportunity.

[Matt Jones]

So let's talk about what we have. I mean, Oregon's offense, I mean, they. They're. They're up tempo, they're fast paced, they put up a lot of points. I think the development of quarterbacks, Ryan, is huge for me.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't get a.

[Matt Jones]

All right, we'll have to do this now. I don't know what we'll do. I'll try to get connected somewhere else. Shannon. Okay, you. You get going and we'll see what we can do. I mean, what a day. What a day for this to happen. I know, but it's just going to keep doing it the whole time. I mean, can you handle six beeps over the air?

[Shannon Ragland]

Worst fire alarm ever.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, why don't you go see what's happening, Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

Beeping twice and then quitting. So it's done that three times.

[Matt Jones]

Only at I Heart on a day that you hire Will Stein does the building decide to beep.

[Shannon Ragland]

The buildings beep.

[Matt Jones]

I'll also note that there's, like a pretty big meeting going on right now in this building. Yeah, with some of this, like, I'm not kidding. Not on this floor, but somewhere else.

[Drew Franklin]

Not in the iHeart offices because we.

[Matt Jones]

Ran into them in the elevator. Shannon.

[Shannon Ragland]

Yeah, well, I don't know what you're referring to, but that's okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't need to.

[Shannon Ragland]

It's on brand. Though I will say that I.

[Matt Jones]

A few things yesterday happened that were great. Kentucky. One is the whole airplane situation.

[Drew Franklin]

Hold on.

[Ryan Lemond]

The building's okay, by the way. We're safe.

[Matt Jones]

Is this going to stop?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know about that, but we don't have to evacuate our top floor of the city center.

[Matt Jones]

Can you ask them not are they doing testing?

[Shannon Ragland]

Hit it with a hand.

[Matt Jones]

Cannot be doing.

[Ryan Lemond]

No one in the office is budged. Everyone's just zooming and typing away out there.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so no one knows. The airplane situation was great yesterday. All right, so I get it. I get a message that says there's an airplane on the tarmac in Lexington that is going from Lexington to Columbus and then Columbus to Eugene. Okay? Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

Can't be coincidence on the day.

[Matt Jones]

Come on. Like, like, what was it, Billy?

[Drew Franklin]

A test.

[Matt Jones]

A test.

[Shannon Ragland]

What are we testing?

[Matt Jones]

There's a show going on. Test. A test.

[Shannon Ragland]

Why can't they test this at midnight?

[Matt Jones]

Why? They got a tested during the day, snowing outside.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not going to have a test.

[Matt Jones]

Good grief. And Billy says It can go over the air.

[Shannon Ragland]

Well, it did too late.

[Matt Jones]

So when you see that, you go. And by the way, it's owned by probably the second biggest football donor, right?

[Drew Franklin]

The jet.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean we could say he was all over the Internet. Brett Setzer.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who literally is probably the second biggest football.

[Drew Franklin]

And they use his jet a lot.

[Matt Jones]

And they use his jet all the time. So you, I mean the natural inclination is, okay, they're going to go interview Brian Hartline and then they're going to go to. To Oregon. But then an hour before that, a jet is going from Jeffersonville, Indiana directly to Eugene, Oregon. That's a rental jet, like a net jets kind of thing. So they're both going on the one to Columbus and Eugene never took off. There's some people speculating they just put that out there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Smokescreen.

[Matt Jones]

Smoke screen.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because you know, you gotta let the airport know they gotta get it in the system.

[Matt Jones]

I don't feel like our people are clever enough to do that. Like they don't do that kind of.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I know in the basketball search they had a few tricks up their sleeve. They were leaving from other airports and.

[Matt Jones]

No leaving from other airports. I get like they've drew. They've actually flown from that Jeffersonville airport before. So that doesn't shock me. But do you think they put out a fake flight plan?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think the most likely scenario.

[Matt Jones]

You don't think so, Shannon?

[Shannon Ragland]

No, not for a college football president.

[Matt Jones]

Why would there have been a flight plan that didn't take off that would go to Columbus and then Eugene?

[Ryan Lemond]

I lean a little misdirection, but I don't believe UK athletics has that in them.

[Matt Jones]

You think just to get my, my.

[Ryan Lemond]

My best guess is maybe they weren't all done with Stein yet and they thought we might have to go talk to higher line who could get us there. And it's like getting it in the system as a. Just in case Stein says yes and like, all right, we don't need that.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean it was, I think.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was kind of just having it lined up in case we have to go to Columbus.

[Matt Jones]

Smokescreen. That's like that's a backup plan.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I, that's just me completely trying to think of what they could be.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think it was total. They had to get ready just in case. So they had to notify the pilot who had to notify the air traffic controllers to get on the flight path pattern. And then so if they had to.

[Matt Jones]

Take off, I mean they're kind of bougie. If they can't drive to Columbus.

[Drew Franklin]

I agree.

[Matt Jones]

I felt like far Shannon like you can drive to clutch three and a half hours.

[Ryan Lemond]

You would have gone to Eugene.

[Matt Jones]

I would have driven to Eugene, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Will will be there in eight days to interview you.

[Matt Jones]

If it was a smoke, it's literally the Oregon Trail.

[Drew Franklin]

If it was a smokescreen, they probably would have had a trip to Las Vegas. Try to really throw us off.

[Matt Jones]

Oh for Dan Mullen. All right, well, let's take a break. 859-280-2287 Text machine is 77 what a KSR set. First segment I playing this whole Will Stein my beep beep. Good grief. We'll be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

This is gonna drive me in crazy today. I'm gonna have to. I'm gonna have to figure out like, all right, how do we get the zen of this fire alarm? I mean, just so people know, we're in the city, this is the city center building in Lexington, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

What is wrong with these people who own. Like, how are they doing this? Forget about us. How are you testing firearm during the work day? Why can't you test it at night?

[Ryan Lemond]

There's several floors full of.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, look, right now, like, just listen to this.

[Ryan Lemond]

Also. They tested it. What's with the over and over? We're good.

[Matt Jones]

Can someone at the city sit or understand? Shannon, it's working now.

[Shannon Ragland]

They're just doing it to make you mad. Like, now it's doing it more than it was.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you have it.

[Caller]

There has been a report of an emergency.

[Matt Jones]

Now see, is that real or are they testing it?

[Shannon Ragland]

Emergency.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they. But they said they sent an email saying they were doing this. By the way, thank you to iheart for letting me know about that email. We could have gone to the restaurant. Restaurant today. This place runs like a dream.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gotta admit, I'm smiling over here.

[Matt Jones]

People are saying it's funny listening to me be frustrated. It's just because, like, this is the kind of show you do, Shannon. And we can use on a best of, like we just played on Thanksgiving the day after Mark Pope was hired, right?

[Shannon Ragland]

Some random summer show. This is kind of a big show.

[Matt Jones]

So if Will Stein ends up being successful, this is when we could have played for years. And now we can't.

[Drew Franklin]

Because I might argue this is definitely a best of now.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-22 87 one person writes. Matt, I wrote you this at 11:37. I said he had already accepted job you didn't read it on the show. You could have had it. I got. Sir, with respect, I got like 200 of them. Those. But I mean, you know, how do you know if that's true? Plus, I was talking to someone that was involved in, in, in, in the process and they were saying, it's not, not done. We think it's going to be done, but it's not done. So, I mean, you know, I'm like you.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not, I'm not from Louisville. I have friends from Louisville. This was my first taste of how Louisville operates. Everyone I know with a Louisville number text.

[Matt Jones]

Let me tell you a story about everyone. This is Louisville. I've lived there. Louisville, especially the Catholic schools in Louisville and specifically Shannon. Trinity.

[Shannon Ragland]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Trinity is like a network. It's like an underground society that's above ground. Am I wrong about this?

[Shannon Ragland]

No, you got it. You're right.

[Matt Jones]

Trinity. There's nothing like it in Lexington. Like, Trinity runs a little.

[Drew Franklin]

Does Saint X have their own underground also?

[Matt Jones]

I'm sure they're connected, but I don't think it's as I think the Trinity. I, I maybe I just know. But think about all the people we know that went to Trinity. Dana, you know, Vanetti, like, they're all Trinity people. Jody Dimling. They're all Trinity people and they're everywhere. And this is how it's going to be. Like, the amount of. My cousin told me, like, that's just how it's gonna be.

[Ryan Lemond]

The moment there's something whatever during the.

[Matt Jones]

Season we're trying to figure out this is. It's going to be great for us. Like, it's going to be great for news agencies because we've had a number of coaches here back to back that were relatively tight lipped. Cal was. Tight lip.

[Drew Franklin]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

For the most part. Popes. Popes. The most tight limbed I've seen. Stoops was. I mean, some people talked, but it wasn't crazy. This will, whether, whether they do or the Trinity will be on fire. The Trinity hotline.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Wilstein's bomb owns a cake store. Yes. In Louisville.

[Shannon Ragland]

It's got to be good for business.

[Matt Jones]

What's the name of the cake store? Oh, Sissy Cakes.

[Ryan Lemond]

That sounds right.

[Drew Franklin]

I think that sounds right.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the one.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's all confirmed, but I'm okay. Has anyone ever had sissy cakes?

[Drew Franklin]

No, but I'm anxious to try them.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So here's what I want to do. Sissy cakes. Now, I know it's snowy, but I Would like someone.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, my goodness.

[Drew Franklin]

Two cycles. Here's the second one.

[Shannon Ragland]

Can we get the.

[Matt Jones]

I would like someone.

[Ryan Lemond]

Can I take the batteries out of that? How does that work?

[Matt Jones]

To go to Sissy Cakes during the show?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I like it. Who?

[Matt Jones]

Shannon. Could we get to go to Sissy Cakes and buy cake and eat it in Louisville? In Louisville. Sissy Cakes is on Fairfax Avenue. This is an in show thing I would like to do. I would like to have someone. It looks like it is next to. It's in St. Matthews. Yeah, it's next to the black Rabbit, which I've been watching Netflix. Got to be careful there.

[Shannon Ragland]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good show.

[Shannon Ragland]

I don't know. Where's Rick when you need him?

[Matt Jones]

You know, who could we get to go? All right, I'll tell you what. If there's someone that will volunteer if you have nothing to do to go to Sissy Cakes and be our Will Stein's mom's bakery correspondent, Jane Linden.

[Drew Franklin]

We're calling you out.

[Matt Jones]

Just text the text machine. 772-774-5254. But go ahead and like, actually say, like, don't do it unless you can. Then I'll have Shannon call you and we will send you to Sissy Cats and I'll pay for your cake. All right. Because I want to. I want to taste the sissy cake.

[Ryan Lemond]

She has orange juice cakes, so they're unique.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, all the cakes are made of orange.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, she might have others, but that's like. That's one of the things.

[Matt Jones]

That's what her thing is.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know what a bundt cake is like? Yeah, it's kind of like that.

[Matt Jones]

So she.

[Ryan Lemond]

Orange juice. Maybe a little orange zest.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right, Let me know if you can do it. 772-7745254. Do you think he wins the fan base vote?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. And in the story's coming out about how he's a Kentucky fan. I read yesterday on KSR his parents had a life size demarcus Cousins poster in their home. When I read that, I didn't need.

[Matt Jones]

To know anything older than that or younger than that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, people can't have pictures of.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you're saying his parents did, not him. Okay, gotcha, Gotcha. His parents had a life size.

[Ryan Lemond]

When I heard that, I don't care. I don't care about anything else. I know that's dumb. That should not matter, but it's not like, yeah, I kind of like Kentucky. Kind of went to games. If you have a life size demarcus Cousins poster in Your home. I'm all in. They could have made his mom the coach and I would have been all in. So I think the fan connection, it goes a long way here. We know that. And him knowing his. His exact seat number from when he had the season tickets, I think that's going to carry a lot of weight. Then of course he has one of the best offenses in the last several years.

[Drew Franklin]

You mentioned that before the alarm started going off. That's how I know him is just what he did with Bo Nix. When Bo Nix was there a couple years ago, they were so fun to watch. He was much watched tv man, until Gabriel.

[Matt Jones]

He got. He became a third pick in the draft and he's going to make this. I think his name's Dante Moore. A pick, you know, that's exciting.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you have an opinion about him coaching through the playoffs?

[Matt Jones]

I think he should do it. I think it's good for us. I really do. It's going to be. Let's. I mean let's say they win a couple. Let's say they win a game or two. We're going to. Not only. We're not only as fans going to get to learn our offense. People are going to say during the game, offensive coordinator Will Stein going to Kentucky, people can be like what a great hire. I mean all the national media loves the guy. Like we got universal praise yesterday. So I'm good with it. I know some people would say you need to focus on the job but I'm having to do a show with a fire alarm. So I feel like he can also do. I feel like he can also do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll be all right. We'll figure it out here. I mean he can work the phones from there. I'm with you. There will be a tight shot of him on the sideline. It'll have a UK logo like first.

[Matt Jones]

They're trying to get him here tonight for the game to be introduced. Introduced to the game but there are flight issues because of the weathers.

[Drew Franklin]

Then we only have a private jet up there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe they shouldn't go through the lineback, just go straight.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I would assume that was the one that went from Indiana but there's a chance he could be introduced at the game which would be nuts. That would. The place would go nuts. Will not be a press conference today. Today though. Maybe tomorrow. I don't know. We'll be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Ragland]

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[Matt Jones]

All right, so Jay Linda is going to get the cat.

[Drew Franklin]

He's going to get the cake. Yep.

[Matt Jones]

And this thing beeped during the entire break. We got out of the way. Just gonna keep beeping. Look, I don't understand how these things work. Shannon. You. You're a tech guy.

[Shannon Ragland]

No, I'm not. No, I'm not at all.

[Matt Jones]

Why? How many times do they. Like, once. It beeps once.

[Shannon Ragland]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know what I mean. Like, it beeps. It works. So what else do we need to do?

[Ryan Lemond]

I tested my smoke detectors like two nights ago.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Button. It beeped. And I went on living my life.

[Matt Jones]

Go on.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I don't know why we're on. It's been over 30 minutes now of testing.

[Matt Jones]

What does. Is there a reason? Maybe somebody can tell me. I don't know what the reason would be.

[Shannon Ragland]

I mean, is it possible? Maybe there's not even anybody in there really doing that? They just hit it one time and walked away. And now every so often, it just goes off on its own.

[Matt Jones]

And what if in an actual emergency started happening?

[Drew Franklin]

You're screwed right now. We would think it's a test.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're up high in the air and.

[Matt Jones]

We would think it's a test.

[Shannon Ragland]

You'd see the smoke.

[Matt Jones]

There's too much testing.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of testing with a screwdriver. I think I could just take this off the ceiling. That might be illegal, but I see it. I could do it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-28022. 87. All right, so Jay and Lyndon's going to go to Sissy Cake. Apparently it's right next to Trendy. There are now people in the text machine arguing about Trinity versus Sadex, which, by the way, is all living in.

[Ryan Lemond]

Louisville is well, Adam Lock it who covers football for his played at Saint X and he's already thinks he has a rivalry with. It's like they don't turn that off. Like that lives with them.

[Matt Jones]

Also, this is gives you an example of how much Will is connected to the Kentucky community. I sat there and thought of like seven people who had some connection to him. And I texted all of them and said, do any of you have Will's. I said, stacks himself for. Do you have Will Stein's number? All seven.

[Drew Franklin]

They all had it.

[Matt Jones]

Everyone, Shannon.

[Shannon Ragland]

Everyone's got it.

[Matt Jones]

Everyone's got it.

[Shannon Ragland]

Too bad we don't have the number to whoever's running these fire alarm tests.

[Matt Jones]

85928.

[Shannon Ragland]

Stop it.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's go to Madison. I'm gonna. I'm Gonna break this thing before it's over. Madison, how.

[Caller]

How we doing, Matt?

[Matt Jones]

Great. Madison, if you can't tell.

[Caller]

I hate it for you that the fire alarm's going off, but, you know. But I got two things.

[Matt Jones]

This would be one I wish you had a live camera for.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

If you could see my face as these things.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mario just walked in.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Madison, go ahead.

[Caller]

One is, do you think some of the organ commits that they have set up for the national signing day, you think they'll commit to Kentucky? And two, who needs to step up first, North Carolina, for us to beat a ranked team?

[Matt Jones]

I don't even know what you said, Shannon. I mean, what do we do? I'm being honest. This is like. We just have to talk about it here on the air. What do we do? I mean, I. Is it better to just let you go and take people's calls, or should we keep this going on?

[Shannon Ragland]

Just keep it going. It's fine. I mean, it's. It's part of the KSR charm to have.

[Matt Jones]

I can't imagine. I mean, right, Right. Drew and Ryan, my friends are texting me more. More alarms. No more alarms now.

[Drew Franklin]

It's like going over and over and over. Won't stop now.

[Shannon Ragland]

They're just messing with you now.

[Matt Jones]

You know what? I'm going to flip off city center if we're not careful.

[Drew Franklin]

We can't go to another studio because doing the same thing in every studio.

[Matt Jones]

Up here, one of our bosses just wrote me and goes, well, we never know if you're here, so we didn't know to tell you. I was like, do you want me to every single day write you and go, is there going to be a fire alarm? The entire show today would have been helpful.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just a little heads up would have.

[Matt Jones]

Been helpful to know I could have.

[Ryan Lemond]

Happily gone to the bar.

[Shannon Ragland]

All right, Matt, Madison wanted to know who's gonna step up tonight in the North Carolina Kentucky game.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know, Michael. Go ahead, Michael.

[Shannon Ragland]

Great answer. I don't know.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, I'm not gonna lie. When I heard that fire alarm, at first I thought something was going on at my house. So I understand how annoying that could be.

[Matt Jones]

That's a problem. That might be a problem that everybody feels. Go ahead.

[Caller]

So my question to you is that how do you think the reaction is going to be for Wilson? Like, do you think that the energy around the program this year is going to be similar to how it's been, like, years where we expected soups to go 9 and 3, 8 and 4?

[Matt Jones]

He gets a year of grace. No, but I don't think. Well, it's a good question. I appreciate the call. Do you think. I mean, what. What do you think the expectations will be? Year one?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think people are going to give him a year to get. I mean, you got to build a team and his, you know, with one.

[Matt Jones]

Of the hardest schedules we've ever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Of course. And he does the feed the studs offense. He's big about. I got a playmaker. Get him the ball.

[Matt Jones]

You know, who came up with that phrase?

[Ryan Lemond]

Doesn't matter. No care. I don't look backwards.

[Matt Jones]

I look forward to Trino.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who cares? I've already forgotten who you said. We've moved on feed the studs here in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, we're feeding the studs.

[Ryan Lemond]

But to that point, one concern I actually have is we have to have studs for him to feed. I mean, that's a great concept when you're at Oregon because Oregon is loaded with talent. So I think. And I think he can get it, but I don't know that he'll be able to just in year one, just have an offense full of guys that you can just get the ball to a bunch of playmakers. Maybe he will, but I think he needs a little bit of time.

[Matt Jones]

Anytime there's a new coach, Ryan, you get an injection of energy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

So I think that's going to be good. And then I think that once you have that fans, as long as people see positivity, fans, I think will give him certainly a year to get going.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think there's any doubt about it. And I think he'll take him a minute to get his people in place that he wants to get here. But if you're a recruit, you want to play in a system like that, you know, he can go out now and sell his system that he had at Oregon, get some guys to come here to make it fun and exciting. Offense.

[Matt Jones]

And he's the youngest coach in the SEC with 36. 36.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that's. That's nuts.

[Ryan Lemond]

I've never been older than a coach before this.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, that's the first time. 36.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did like on the recruiting. Matt Ponotoski put out a picture of him and Will Stein last night because people were wondering, will Kentucky keep him? I mean, Oregon was second his recruitment and he tweeted something like, I could get used to this or this might work or something like that.

[Matt Jones]

Have you gone back in the archives? I mean, there's a chance. I mean, he Played in the ksr. There's a chance you specifically have written something bad.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, Matt, I don't look backwards.

[Shannon Ragland]

I look forwards.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, like there's a chance that there are old KSR posts that we could take down.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's fine.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I honestly don't remember. But that was Will Stein played in the.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think he was.

[Matt Jones]

You could be mean back then.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah. But again, I don't look backwards. You know he's the head coach of Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

I know. I'm just saying there's a. This is the first Kentucky coach.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's fine.

[Matt Jones]

You remember that one little comment that I wrote once in the comment section about Cal that stayed forever, that brought people brought up for years?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but I don't care. I'm not trying to be his best friend. I need him to come here and win games. If he doesn't like something I wrote back then, that's fine. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan, do you remember him like playing high school?

[Drew Franklin]

I play him high school, but not really in at Louisville, he didn't play.

[Matt Jones]

A lot, but I think he played against us one year.

[Drew Franklin]

I think he started against us.

[Matt Jones]

I think he started and either. I think he got hurt and Teddy Bridgewater came in.

[Drew Franklin]

I think that's exactly right.

[Matt Jones]

Or maybe, and I think maybe the year before he came in for somebody else. I think he played against us twice.

[Ryan Lemond]

He went three. Well, let me make sure this is right. Looks like he went 3 for 5 against Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

And again, I think he played against us twice, once coming in and once he got hurt and got replaced. I could be wrong about that, but I think that's correct.

[Ryan Lemond]

He came in for Teddy in his senior year.

[Matt Jones]

That's. That's okay. Did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did we replace him the year before? He also took a few snaps behind Teddy. Yeah, through four passes in one year, five in another.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so he played with Teddy. Jamie, Go ahead. Jamie.

[Caller]

Yeah, I just wanted to ask about the quarterbacks. I know it'll come up, but why would Cutter want to leave when we had a poor type performance on the field? For a court for a quarterback coach, that's really going to do great things. What do you all think about the.

[Matt Jones]

Has anybody said he was. Yeah, I haven't heard he's going to leave. Ryan. I would think he stays. Don't you.

[Drew Franklin]

You would think. Now more than ever he wants to stay. To be in a system like this with a guy that develop Bo Nicks, Dylan Gabriel. Yeah. You want to be a part of that?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cutter, I'm sure has to consider all options. But when you're looking around, what more fun offense would there be than Oregon's? And now he's coming to you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, if you're a quarterback. I mean let's say Cutter was going to leave and he got to decide where to go to college. Let's say he decided at the end of the season. I appreciate the call. I'm leaving uk, Shannon. I'm going to go somewhere else. And let's say he had an offer from every school in the country. I would think Oregon with the last three dudes getting drafted in the NFL in the first three rounds would have been one of his top choices, don't you? Absolutely. I mean I'm not saying that's where he would have picked, but it would have been one of them.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, it would have.

[Matt Jones]

So then if that offensive coordinator ends up in your lap, I mean where are you going to go?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think he had an offer from Oregon. I know he wasn't like.

[Matt Jones]

Wasn't like top five.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was looking more Tennessee and things like that behind Kentucky. But there was connection there and I assume it would be with Stein in the recruitment.

[Matt Jones]

And as you said yesterday, the one commitment we have have that four star Matt Ponotowski. His other school was Oregon.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's got a picture of him and.

[Matt Jones]

Stein so you got to think he's coming. Right.

[Drew Franklin]

So we'll have all these pictures next year of Cutter at the game as a little guy. Now have Will Stein at the game.

[Shannon Ragland]

As a little guy and the style that he likes to play. He says fast and free, you know, for the quarterback I would think that.

[Matt Jones]

And when we've seen Cutter play well this year it's been like that. It's been in those up tempo.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'd watch for Stein. He might even bring someone with him to compete with Cutter of Cutter stays. I don't know any of his connections out there but when you're the.

[Matt Jones]

Well the one that is back the Dante Moore I think has to go back.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's a quarterback at Cal that had been there. But when you're the OC at Oregon you have a pretty big contact list of QBs.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

I have an update on our past, by the way. Quickly.

[Matt Jones]

What?

[Ryan Lemond]

Stephen texts me that Will might remember KSR calling him Louisville's little leprechaun quarterback back in the day.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no, no, no, no, we didn't.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't say anyone in particular.

[Matt Jones]

That would have been you.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's fine.

[Matt Jones]

I would not have called someone a leprechaun quarterback. That was you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I'll tell you, you were really mean back then.

[Shannon Ragland]

Sometimes I feel like you needed now you got to say it to us.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I've told the story before, but when I was thinking about running for Senate and I got the background check. Most of the background check were Drew and Turkey Hunter post that they thought I might have to answer for.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sorry, we don't look back. Matt. He's going to bring an exciting offense to Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so maybe we don't bring that up at the press conference.

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big Will Stein fan, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break. Barry. Pass.

[Drew Franklin]

Huge guy.

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[Matt Jones]

Least it wasn't me and Drew.

[Ryan Lemond]

We've been cleared.

[Matt Jones]

We've been cleared.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Actually, yeah, it was. It was TJ.

[Drew Franklin]

TJ is the guilty party.

[Matt Jones]

TJ's the guilty party. With the post on KSR, that would have been a good guess. He was mean back then too. Now they were funny. Don't get me wrong, T.J. drew back then. Turkey Hunter. Like they were funny. But there were things like I look back and go, I can't believe we wrote that. Somebody was talking to me about this the other day and I'm like, yeah, there are things I just can't believe we wrote. And the aforementioned line, that was a TJ line. That was I knew it wasn't me.

[Ryan Lemond]

It didn't sound like something I would do, but I was going to own it if I did.

[Matt Jones]

I could have seen you do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I would have been much meaner. Oh my goodness.

[Matt Jones]

It didn't go off. One time during the they came in during the commercial break and they said, we've, we've turned that off. And they have.

[Drew Franklin]

And it didn't go off once during the commercial break.

[Matt Jones]

You have it. Thank you very much. One person writes, matt, this is the best KSR show in a decade. I love hearing you mad. That's not nice. Another person writes, it's the most KSR thing ever. Fire alarm going off non stop is hilarious. Especially right after we hired a new football coach and we played North Carolina. What if we were had him on?

[Drew Franklin]

That's true.

[Shannon Ragland]

Perfect.

[Matt Jones]

I mean then I might have exploded. There's traveling going on right now, which is why I invited Mitch Barnhart to come on to talk about the hire. But there's traveling going on. I'm going to assume that if they don't do the press conference tomorrow, I could get Mitch on tomorrow. I don't think they know when they're going to do because he still has to prep for safe. So I think he's coming here but he's not staying long because I think he has to go back for practice tomorrow. So I think like our long form interview with him. Who knows when that'll happen. I mean it may be a bit because of the, the playoff.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, if we can do it tomorrow, my friend Corey said he's going to snow blow his driveway. If we want to come sit there next to a snowblower interview will start to keep this theme.

[Matt Jones]

We'll be at the bar. We'll be at the bar Wednesday and Thursday. We're also at the bar today, by the way. 7 o' clock for Kentucky Carolina pregame. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

That's gotten lost in the shuffle ball. There's a big basketball game.

[Matt Jones]

A huge basketball game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we're going to be without Jalen Lowe, Jaden Quaint and Mo Di Abata.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. Which kind of, kind of scares me a little bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think we'll win, but I am nervous for what happens if we don't win three in significant games.

[Matt Jones]

We had eight and a half point favorite.

[Ryan Lemond]

It dropped five. That was silly.

[Matt Jones]

It's down to five and a half.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know Kentucky fans who bet it like, I'll just lose my money. If we win by nine or more, I'll happily lose that money.

[Matt Jones]

That's a lot. I was surprised Dick Vital is doing the game. He is doing the game tonight and next week and next week he's doing.

[Drew Franklin]

It with Charles Barkley.

[Matt Jones]

That's so think about that. Tonight we have Dick Vital and Jay Williams. Against Indiana we have Dick Vital and Charles Barkley.

[Drew Franklin]

I love it. I love it.

[Matt Jones]

Can you imagine how little the game will be talked about when Dick Vital and Charles Barkley are on the call together.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I don't miss a home game. I think I'm going to stay home. I would rather listen to that than be in the arena.

[Matt Jones]

It's not going to be about the game. I know. That's why they end up Shannon talking about something way different than the game.

[Shannon Ragland]

Well, I mean, any game that Bill Walt never called was never about the game either.

[Ryan Lemond]

So.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he didn't do a lot of ours though.

[Shannon Ragland]

Yeah, he's sign me up for it every time like I want.

[Matt Jones]

They're doing two games. They're doing this one and then they're doing like Indiana. No, no, they're not doing the one tonight. They're doing Indy, Kentucky, Indiana and then they're doing the game, a first four game in Dayton together. So they're only working together twice. This is the only regular season game they're working together.

[Ryan Lemond]

When, when Charles would do March Madness in the past, he would just openly admit he didn't know the teams. Hopefully he does a little more research. If not, it could be chaos.

[Matt Jones]

He's not going to do any research. They're not going to have any idea what is happening tonight. Vital. This is his first game of the year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, right.

[Matt Jones]

Tonight again with Jay Williams.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't believe they gave dick vital 9:30 game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, you think he'd be in bed?

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe. Maybe he wanted it.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, this, this got to be one of the latest starts in row because it really. When is Rup had a later start because he used to be 9, but like 9:30.

[Drew Franklin]

I honestly cannot remember a game starting at 9:30 or later at Rup.

[Matt Jones]

I don't either. Let's go to Will. Go ahead, Will.

[Caller]

I'm laughing because I live in Louisville and Louisville's like the, you know, smallest large town ever. When everybody asks you where you went to high school, starting out by a conversation. But I went to Trinity, know some of Will's family and this has been going on for. For a while. They actually asked him two years ago to be the OC and he turned them down. So I suspect conversations have been going on for a while.

[Matt Jones]

So. Well, let me ask you. And I'm not, I'm not in any way.

[Caller]

Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not in any way saying whatever you say is not correct. When did you get confirmed this happened?

[Caller]

I didn't get confirmed about the head coach. I'd reached out. I know his uncle pretty well and you know, a few months ago when things were going south, I said, said hey, how you know, can we bring him back as an oc? We need one. He said. Well, actually, they asked him two years ago and he turned them down. And you know, I just heard it yesterday like everybody else.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you actually didn't have a source, unlike some of these folks.

[Caller]

All right, well, actually shout out to Cakes because you can find them at Paul's Fruit Market. And they are awesome.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. I don't know where Paul's Fruit Market is.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're just not enough into this Louisville.

[Matt Jones]

I'm telling you, this Trinity culture is going to be taken over. Over the university. It'll be. Wait and see. It.

[Drew Franklin]

It is a part of Louisville that is kind of. You're right. Except from the whole rest of the city.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, it. Is it the Trinity. And okay, fine, I'll throw in say next they don't get mad. And then the whole assumption and like all Sacred Heart, like that is a. That is a whole thing their own little. And it's like, oh, it's its own thing that I was, you know, I don't know. I was never part of that. But it. It's. It. It is all over. And I mean, the amount of people that were like, Will Stein has. I know his uncle, I know his cousin, I know his sister. Like, it's like, that's just. That's what it is, Bobby. Go ahead, Bobby.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. So the most excited thing that I'm about Will Stein and I hope Cutter Bowley stays because I hope he's listening is whenever he has quarterback in their first year with him that take a huge leap in efficiency. Bo Nix, when he was already efficient. He was 71 before Willstein. After Will Stein, 78%. Same thing with Dylan Gabriel, Oklahoma, he was at 68%. He went to Wilson 73%. It's insane. I'm just so excited to see this QB guru go and just want to thank you all for all you all do.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you. Love the numbers. I like that. That makes me excited. I didn't know all that. So. Yeah. Yeah. Very exciting. We will talk more about Willstein. Jay and Lyndon is live right now at Sissy Cakes. We will see what the scene is at Sissy Cakes and maybe we'll talk about basketball and maybe I'll yell at this alarm again. We'll be right back. Hour number two.

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