2025-12-02- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) – Hour 2

Episode Date: December 2, 2025
Host: Matt Jones and the KSR Crew

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Episode Overview

This lively episode centers around the big news of Will Stein becoming the new University of Kentucky football coach. The KSR team dives into reactions from fans and insiders, speaks live with Coach Stein’s family at their Louisville bakery, discusses the transition from Mark Stoops, and shares a mix of emotional, insightful, and lighthearted moments as Big Blue Nation gears up for a new football era.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Live Reporting from Sissy Cakes – Will Stein’s Family Bakery

• [04:12–18:04]
  • Jay (Caller/Correspondent) is posted outside “Sissy Cakes,” the bakery co-owned by Will Stein’s mother, Debbie, and her sister, Blakey.
  • Jay samples the famous orange juice cake, declaring it:
    • “Absolutely incredible... it is so moist. I'm not kidding. It is phenomenal.” [06:19]
  • KSR urges listeners to support the bakery, joking that a bite of the cake might “decide what the Will Stein era is going to be like at Kentucky.” [05:26–06:33]
  • The KSR community effect is immediately felt, with more fans reportedly visiting the bakery.
  • Debbie Stein comes on air:
    • She is introduced as a proud, emotional UK fan and “KSR listener,” exclaiming:
      • “It's hard to even put into words. I mean, my heart is racing right now so fast. It's so flipping exciting...I'm verklempt.” [12:44]
    • Shares stories about her deep UK fandom, including having a laminated DeMarcus Cousins poster in her sons’ room. [13:52]
    • Explains her family’s ties to UK sports, and talks about how Will’s time playing at Louisville was bittersweet:
      • “At some of the UofL games, I know that I maybe sometimes said, Go Cats accidentally.” [15:01]
  • Blakey (Debbie’s sister and baker) assures Matt the orange cake will be ready for him and the flood of KSR fans:
    • “We're excited to feed the masses.” [17:49]

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2. Mark Stoops’ Transition and Community Reaction

• [08:37–11:16]
  • KSR team discusses Stoops’ decision to remain in Lexington:
    • “He loves Kentucky, he loves the university, he loves the football program. And I genuinely believe it has hurt him that he wasn't as successful as he should have been the last couple years.” —Shannon [09:17]
  • The panel discusses whether Stoops would (or should) attend UK basketball/football games, pondering fan reactions and Stoops’ ongoing legacy.
  • Positive change noted in how fans view Stoops, especially after he agreed to amend his buyout terms:
    • “I've been a little surprised just how positive the online...reception to him has been.” —Matt Jones [11:04]

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3. Will Stein’s Hiring and its Ripple Effect

• [16:39–23:56]
  • Insights into the hiring process and fan excitement:
    • Debbie Stein reveals Will is arriving in Lexington later that day, sparking speculation he’ll attend the basketball game.
  • The team jokes about Louiseville fans’ mixed feelings, comparing the situation to if a beloved UK player became Louisville’s coach:
    • “It'd be almost like Jared Polson becoming the coach of Louisville.” —Matt Jones [27:33]
  • Speculation about Will Stein’s staff, including possible Trinity High “mafia” connections, and chatter about Charlie Strong or other ex-UL ties.
  • Community pokes fun at the ‘Trinity Mafia’ and the evolving local football landscape.
  • Multiple mentions of tracking Will’s flight from Oregon, bringing levity and involving listeners in real time:
    • “There can't be too many flights, Shannon. From Eugene to Clark County, Indiana...It's a private plane, so there you go.” —Matt Jones [22:18]

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4. KSR Listener Engagement and Show Energy

• [23:56–28:00]
  • Fans call in praising the episode, suggesting it should be “best of” or saved for Christmas reruns.
  • Matt Jones reflects on why “chaos” and unplanned moments make for memorable shows:
    • “You get so excited about these big shows and you want to go well, and then you come in, it starts...Maybe that's part of the beauty of it all.” [24:46]
  • Nostalgic references made to classic KSR moments (e.g., Charles Ramsey show, Ryan’s hair plugs as a past correspondent moment).

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5. Team Dynamics and Player/Staff Controversy

• [29:09–31:05]
  • The group discusses recent former player comments regarding Vince Marrow and past assistant coaches—a brewing online debate about whether some UK assistants supported or hurt players' NFL prospects.
  • Mixed feelings and anecdotes are shared, acknowledging both the good and the messiness behind the scenes:
    • “Fans should hear how they [players] spoke about Kentucky. They're just raving about their time otherwise.” —Hawk [33:31]
  • Discussion about Vince Marrow’s “boss move” tweet during the Louisville game, with panelists saying it’s all part of the intense UK/UL rivalry.
    • “You're up 41-nothing, go for it.” —Howard [32:22]

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6. Mitch Barnhart’s Legacy and the Will Stein Hire

• [36:14–38:52]
  • The panel speculates whether this will be Mitch Barnhart’s final major hire, with the sense that landing Stein and Pope could cement his legacy:
    • “I do wonder if, like, this is a way for Mitch to leave and say, I've left this in the hand of two of your own, two young, rising, potential stars...” —Matt Jones [36:28]
  • Matt evaluates Barnhart’s “2 out of 3” record on major hires and how the new football coach fits this pattern.

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7. Recruiting News and SEC/ACC Basketball Chatter

• [42:59–44:50]
  • Breaking News: Four-star QB recruit, Ronnie “Nana” Panataski, now commits to Kentucky officially after the Stein hire.
    • “He was down to Kentucky and Oregon...Sounds like William was quick to get that done.” —Hawk [43:41]
  • Quick analysis of SEC/ACC hoops challenge, with the crew picking Duke and Tennessee in key games.
  • Jokes about rooting for Louisville or Duke based on what helps UK’s basketball schedule.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “My heart is racing right now so fast. It's so flipping exciting...I'm for clumped.”
  —Debbie Stein [12:44]

• “At some of the [Louisville] games, I maybe sometimes said, ‘Go Cats!’ accidentally.”
  —Debbie Stein [15:01]

• “The orange cake is the world famous cake.”
  —Debbie Stein [16:16]

• “Fans should hear how they spoke about Kentucky. They're just raving about their time otherwise.”
  —Hawk [33:31]

• “You get so excited about these big shows...maybe that's part of the beauty of it all.”
  —Matt Jones [24:46]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment |
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| 04:12–18:04 | Live from Sissy Cakes: Interviews with Debbie & Blakey Stein, orange cake tasting, KSR fans descend on bakery |
| 08:37–11:16 | Stoops’ staying in Lexington and fan reception |
| 16:39–23:56 | Will Stein’s flight, hire details, and ripple effect, “Trinity Mafia” chat |
| 23:56–28:00 | Listener praise for episode, chaos of live shows |
| 29:09–31:05 | Vince Marrow/player controversy and staff dynamics |
| 36:14–38:52 | Mitch Barnhart’s tenure and legacy discussion |
| 42:59–44:50 | Breaking recruiting news and basketball predictions |

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Episode Tone & Style

This episode is energetic, good-natured, and occasionally chaotic (in classic KSR style). The hosts are candid, emotional, and humorous—never taking themselves too seriously, yet giving proper respect to the genuine excitement and significance of the moment for Kentucky fans.

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Takeaways

• The KSR crew provided a “heart of BBN” perspective on what Will Stein’s hiring means, mixing personal stories, food, insider scoops, and cultural context.
• Hearing from Debbie Stein—a true fan-turned-coach’s-mom—humanized the moment and energized the fanbase.
• The team balanced football news, recruiting, and even some hoops banter, while capturing the joyful chaos and connectivity that defines Kentucky sports fandom.

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For Kentucky fans, this will go down as an instant-classic, best-of KSR episode—emotional, funny, informative, and full of that unique Big Blue spirit.

Transcript

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[Howard]

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[Matt Jones]

All right, welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio. Lots going on. People are telling me, Ryan, that the alarm is not as loud over the radio as I make it out to be. But they can't hear it right here where it feels like it's like piercing my soul. I'm glad it's not as annoying on the radio, but here I can't hear myself think when it beeps.

[Shannon]

Allegedly they've agreed to not test it till after 12 noon. It's supposed to be this hour. No alarm.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Thank you to City Center. That's nice of you.

[Shannon]

Allegedly.

[Matt Jones]

Again, for my purposes, feels tested.

[Shannon]

I think we're good.

[Matt Jones]

For my purposes it feels like it works. But thank you to them for doing that. All right, Jay and Lyndon is live at Sissy Cakes. Okay. This is the bakery that I think is co owned or owned by Will Stein's mom. Jay, you are there. How are you?

[Jay]

I'm actually standing outside while Will Stein's mom is being interviewed on tv.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. That's exciting. Have you, have you gotten to eat a cake yet?

[Jay]

I have it ready to go. I haven't tried it yet. You know, I'm a no, I'm getting blown up all my trinity buddies because I'm a known trinity hater. I guess this is my penance.

[Matt Jones]

See. So you're a trinity hater.

[Jay]

I'm A trinity and U of L hater. So I bet this is like my. I went to the sales. So with Rouse. So I. This is my penance, I guess.

[Matt Jones]

So what is this? Sales is like. Is the sales like the Catholic school for the working class?

[Jay]

That's exactly it. It's a school of the people.

[Matt Jones]

Well, it's a private school. It can't be that much of the people, but it is like more of the. Okay, so. So first of all, the cake. What kind of cake is this?

[Jay]

This is the orange juice cake.

[Matt Jones]

Orange cake. Jay, take a bite for us and tell us. This bite will decide what the Will Stein era is going to be like at Kentucky.

[Jay]

All right, I'm in here now.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, this is Will's mom talking station there. By the way, the reporter. The TV reporter said there are KSR fans coming in during the show buying cakes. So say. When you go in, say KSR to the mom along with saying, go cats.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Jay]

And she actually brought up KSR in the interview.

[Matt Jones]

What'd she say?

[Jay]

She said she's a KSR listener.

[Shannon]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that. Our new coach's mom is a listener. Shannon, how about that?

[Howard]

That's awesome. Now.

[Matt Jones]

That is awesome.

[Howard]

We need to hear how this cake is, though.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so taste. Tell me what the cake's like.

[Jay]

It is absolutely incredible.

[Matt Jones]

We're going to the playoffs. Orange Bowl. Orange Bowl.

[Jay]

I see in the middle of it. It is so moist. I'm not kidding. It is phenomenal.

[Matt Jones]

Orange Bowl. Here we go. The orange juice cake at Sissy Cakes. If you're a Kentucky fan of Louisville, you got to go sell them out. Right?

[Shannon]

They're going to be sold out by the.

[Matt Jones]

You got to go and say. So is. Is she off her interview yet?

[Jay]

They are not, but they said they want to. Come on. They said they. It's. I don't know what they're talking about now, but they got.

[Matt Jones]

How long could they talk? All right, Jay, you go ahead. Hang on. When she's ready to talk. What? Just. Well, I'll tell you what. Hang up, and then when she's ready to talk, call back and that'll give Shannon the signal. Okay.

[Jay]

All right. Is this my first correspondent job?

[Matt Jones]

This. I think this is the first time I've been to court. You're doing great. Like, the last correspondent we had was. Woo. When Ryan got hair plugs. Right? Yeah, that was the last time we had a correspondent. All right, so just. Jay, just call back when she's ready to talk. Okay?

[Jay]

Got it.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Appreciate it.

[Shannon]

What's some in depth reporting there. He did.

[Matt Jones]

What's Will Stein's mom's name? I don't want to call.

[Hawk]

I don't want to say the wrong thing. I'll look it up.

[Matt Jones]

Look it up. I mean, we need to like address her. Or do I say Mrs. Stein?

[Shannon]

That'd be polite.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but I mean, what do you think?

[Hawk]

Debbie?

[Matt Jones]

Should I say Debbie or should I say Mrs. Stein? We don't get this wrong. People care about how I would.

[Hawk]

I would say Mrs. Stein to be safe. We're just meeting her. We'll work our way into Debbie.

[Matt Jones]

If she. If she says we can call her Debbie, then we'll call her Debbie. Yeah, but up until all of our.

[Hawk]

Mothers raised us to be polite. Gentlemen.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Apparently this is like next to the Burger King in St. Matthews. I'm trying to think where is the. First of all, I didn't know there were still Burger Kings.

[Howard]

Oh, there's Burger King everywhere.

[Matt Jones]

But in Louisville, where's their Burger King?

[Howard]

Everywhere.

[Hawk]

I lived right by it over there on Brecken. No. What was that called?

[Matt Jones]

Since Shelby says on Shelbyville Road.

[Hawk]

I. I could walk Rabbit.

[Matt Jones]

Where again on. On Netflix. There are murders there.

[Howard]

It's close to Drake's. It's close to 10 roof. I just played at 10 roof last week. I know exactly where that's at.

[Hawk]

I trained the Tin Roof staff. When they opened, I lived right over there. Walked on down. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right. Sissy's Cakes High school. Like you said, Big day for Sissy's Cakes today though.

[Shannon]

May here be a record breaking day for them.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's talk about a couple other things. Heard through the grapevine. Sources tell ksr Mark Stoops and UK actually in a very good place right now that Mark Stoops was a little taken aback because he didn't think it was going to happen immediately or like that it was going to happen, but also understood and is even planning on staying in Lexington there. I. I'm really glad to hear that.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Are you surprised?

[Shannon]

I am a little surprised. I really kind of thought maybe he might leave town, get a fresh start somewhere.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I think if he gets a job sometime, he'll go sure that until then probably will stay.

[Shannon]

I genuinely believe that he loves this place. He loves Kentucky, he loves the university, he loves the football program. And I genuinely believe it has hurt him that he wasn't as successful as he should have been the last couple years.

[Hawk]

Doesn't surprise me at all. He's staying. I mean, I don't know his personal life well but I mean this has. He said this has been home for 13 years.

[Matt Jones]

He said I'm a Kentucky couple weeks ago.

[Hawk]

He doesn't have family back in Youngstown. I mean was he going to move back to Miami? I mean as a coach you bounce around and this is where he's been been the longest. Got a big home. We got several friends and a network here. Doesn't shock me at all that he would want to stay.

[Matt Jones]

Loves horses, has that bourbon thing.

[Shannon]

That's huge. I think his bourbon business.

[Matt Jones]

Let me ask you, Shannon, what if he came to a Kentucky basketball game this year? Like what if he was there tonight?

[Howard]

It'd be a little weird, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Would it be weird?

[Howard]

It would definitely be weird if he went to a football game next year.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I bet he's at.

[Hawk]

Oh, he's going to football games.

[Matt Jones]

I think he'll be at a football game.

[Hawk]

What else are you going to do?

[Matt Jones]

What if he showed up like tonight's going to be a celebration. He probably can't go tonight. Yeah, that would be a little strange.

[Howard]

Yeah.

[Hawk]

If I were him I'd. I'd let it sit for a few weeks and then maybe.

[Matt Jones]

What if he showed up at a game in like January and they show.

[Shannon]

Him up on the jumbotron?

[Matt Jones]

You think people would cheer? I think they would.

[Shannon]

I think there's a lot of people that would absolutely cheer.

[Hawk]

I think it would be a roar.

[Matt Jones]

There are people that would cheer tonight if he was there. I do. I genuinely do. I think it would be odd to have him there, especially if they're introducing the new coach because it's like you're watching the new girlfriend like it. But if you, if he were to come in January, I think he would get a big round. I do.

[Shannon]

I think a lot of people's feelings about him changed when he agreed to extend the buyout. I think if he was going to handcuff and hold us to that 60 day buyout, I don't know if he would be openly received in January.

[Matt Jones]

I've been a little surprised just how positive the online. Which is the harshest people the online reception to him has been.

[Hawk]

Yeah, even some of the people that were the nastiest before the last two weeks of results made it obvious that he needed to change. I've seen them turn a little bit. I think it's. Everyone just wanted to change so bad now that it's happened. You just have to be a hater to just keep on hating.

[Matt Jones]

All right, call Jay and Lyndon. He Says he's ready.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Howard]

Was he too big? Is he too big to call us?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, he just said we are ready, but I thought.

[Howard]

Call me. The phone lines open.

[Matt Jones]

All right. All right. I'm going to tell him to call us, but he may not know the number.

[Howard]

He doesn't know. He's. How many times he called this show over the years. He doesn't know the number. I'm calling him. I'm calling him.

[Hawk]

I have the game for Mark Steeps.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Hawk]

The Florida basketball game. He owns Florida. Make sure he's got. I mean, that's plenty.

[Matt Jones]

It's.

[Hawk]

That's in March. Plenty of time to let you know. You know, let time pass. Let will have his moment.

[Matt Jones]

All right. 859-280-2287. We do have a couple of lines. All right. Jay and Lyndon is there at Sissy Cakes. Jay, are, is, is Mrs. Stein there with you?

[Jay]

This is Stein is right here with me. Yes, ma'. Am.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's put her on there.

[Jay]

Okay, I'm gonna put her on. That's Matt Jones.

[Debbie Stein]

Hi, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Hi, how are you? Welcome in.

[Debbie Stein]

How's it going today Show. I love your show. I listen to your show. That is so nice in the car.

[Matt Jones]

That is so nice. Can we call you. Can we call you Debbie?

[Debbie Stein]

You can call me Debbie, of course.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right. So, Debbie, first of all, how excited are you that your son is becoming the UK football coach?

[Debbie Stein]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Jones]

It's.

[Debbie Stein]

It's hard to even put into words. I mean, my heart is racing right now so fast. It's so flipping exciting. I can't even. I can't even really. I can't even. I'm for clumped. I have my posters up. I have my UK Wildcat football poster up and my basketball poster right there. Right. I'm. I work at Cakes every day and that's. I'm in the packaging department. My sister and I both do everything, but that's kind of my thing. I do the packaging. She does the baking. And I look at that every day. And they've been up the whole time. I got them at Kroger. So anyway.

[Matt Jones]

So you. You. Did you all have a DeMarcus Cousins poster in your house?

[Debbie Stein]

We most certainly did, yes. I had the DeMarcus cousin. I can't remember because I think it was in the Lexington newspaper. Wasn't it? Like in.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah. So you got the big fold out one? The full size.

[Debbie Stein]

Yes, the full size. The Marcus cousin poster. Yes, I still have it. And I remember Piecing it together and I got it laminated and then it was hanging up in the boys room.

[Matt Jones]

So your husband played at UK and you all have been season ticket holders for how long?

[Debbie Stein]

Yes, he was a football player from 1980-19. No. Yeah, 80 to 85. And wait, what was the second part of the question?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, how long have you been season ticket holders? I heard you season.

[Debbie Stein]

We. We did give up the tickets, so. I know. I've heard that report out that, yes, we were season ticket holders for the longest time. Yes. But just as the boys, you know, it just got busy. And I was a school teacher. It was hard to go to those Tuesday night games and we found that we were giving away the tickets quite a bit.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you were, but you were a basketball season ticket holder.

[Debbie Stein]

And football. No.

[Matt Jones]

And football.

[Debbie Stein]

Okay, we had both. Huh? We had both.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so now your son goes to U of L to play. Was that hard?

[Debbie Stein]

It was a little strange. Especially when we UofL played UK and going into Commonwealth Stadium with William as the starting quarterback, that was a little. Little felt a little weird. And I know at some of the UFO games, I know that I maybe sometimes said, go Cats accidentally.

[Matt Jones]

I love it, I love it, I love it.

[Debbie Stein]

And I did that a couple of times, but I was like, oh, I'm so sorry. But so, I mean, opportunity for William to go to UofL. I mean, it wouldn't have it all. You know, he met Charlie. He met Bobby Trino. He met Charlie Strong. The path to Texas, coaching in Texas. You know, it all went the way it really, truly was supposed to go.

[Matt Jones]

And now he's. And now he's back. And now he's back home. This is very exciting now. You know, we talked about sissy cakes. Tell us about sissy cakes.

[Debbie Stein]

Well, my sister Blakey, and she's standing right here. She might have to come on and say hi as well. My sister Blakey and I've been baking cakes for 30 years. And yeah, we. We have this little cake business that is just absolutely exploding even before all of this. We've been doing this a long time. We also sell our cakes to all four Paul's fruit Market, so.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, we heard that. Yeah.

[Debbie Stein]

Get our. We get our cakes, you know, every day. We have a big website presence. We ship across the United States. We have been asked to ship in other countries. We haven't gotten that together yet, but yes, it's. It's something. And our orange cake is the world famous cake.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so I've told KSR fans to Come in there today and try out the cakes. I hope you have a good supply ready because I think you're going to get a bunch of traffic today. But I'm sure we'll meet you here at the press conference soon. But congratulations. This has to be a really cool day for you, and we're all very excited to have your. Your son part of the team.

[Debbie Stein]

Oh, thank you so much. We are just absolutely thrilled, and everyone is. Has been wonderful thus far. My son Nate, I have four boys, so will we call him William? Everyone that knows him from birth is. It's William, but Will is number two. So Matthew, William, Nathan, and Lee, and Nate and I are heading to Lexington here in couple hours to meet the plane and take care of the babies and, you know, be part of it for the next couple days.

[Matt Jones]

So now we. Now. Now we know when he's going to be here. I'm just gonna say Debbie now. That's kind of exciting.

[Debbie Stein]

Oh, gosh. So sorry.

[Matt Jones]

Don't worry about it. It's fine. I think people. I. Well, I think that means we know. Know what's at the game. Let me talk to your sister just to say hello. Okay. Okay.

[Debbie Stein]

Here's sister Blakey.

[Matt Jones]

Hello, Blakey. I hear you bake the cakes.

[Debbie Stein]

I bake the cakes. Matt. You guys gotta eat the cakes.

[Matt Jones]

Which one is it that I want?

[Debbie Stein]

The orange juice cake. You want the orange juice cake?

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Well, good. I'm going to come in there next time I'm in Louisville. I'll be there later this week. I'm going to come get an orange juice cake. And I hope you'll have enough because I think you're about to get a run of customers.

[Debbie Stein]

I think maybe we are. Yes. We're excited to feed the masses.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, good. Well, Blakey, thank you. And keep your sister calm. I'm sure this is exciting time.

[Debbie Stein]

Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much. We appreciate you guys. We're excited.

[Matt Jones]

All right. There you go. Appreciate it. Debbie and Blakey Stein, Sissy cakes. See, they're sisters. Get it? Jay and Lyndon, thank you very much for the reporting.

[Debbie Stein]

Come on.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you very much for the reporting. We appreciate it.

[Jay]

All right, I'll look for my double time today since it's snow, but we'll do.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Thank you. There you go. Live reporting. That's. That's journalism.

[Shannon]

She dropped a little knowledge on us, too, there that he's coming in this afternoon.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So there you go. I bet that means he's gonna be at the game. I'm guessing you know, I love that.

[Hawk]

She calls him William.

[Shannon]

I do too.

[Matt Jones]

I'm calling him William. Well, like you get Mama calls him William.

[Shannon]

I'm going to call him William.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to call him William.

[Hawk]

Well, you get Matthew. My grandparents would call me Andrew. I get it.

[Matt Jones]

William. Certain people William Stein. We'll take a break. We're back. I'm verklimped here on ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

U n D. All right, somebody's already found his flight. Shannon.

[Shannon]

They didn't take long.

[Howard]

They've already got it. That doesn't surprise us.

[Matt Jones]

From Eugene, Oregon. Takes off like literally right now. What? What's JV Y Airport? Would that be Jeffersonville, Indiana? That would confirm that it was the second plane. That's like Clark County Airport up in Indiana. So. So, yeah, taking off. Right. Literally 11:25 Eastern. So two minutes from now.

[Shannon]

Debbie better hurry and get over here.

[Matt Jones]

You can actually.

[Shannon]

Babies.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, it's to three. It's a four hour flight. She's got time.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So like, you need to go get the cake before the.

[Hawk]

She's got to take care of the babies.

[Shannon]

Yeah, take care of the babies.

[Matt Jones]

You can actually. Kentucky fans could actually track the flight. Our coach is on their way here from Eugene to. I mean, there can't be too many flights, Shannon. From Eugene to Clark County. Indian.

[Howard]

Especially if it's private.

[Matt Jones]

Right? I cannot imagine. There's a lot of routes. I don't think that's spirit. No, it's a private plane, so. So there you go. That's it. One more time. It's very nice, by the way. What? Listening to her get choked up like that.

[Shannon]

Yeah. She almost.

[Matt Jones]

My mom has already like written me crying about it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And she. Like she said she's calling him William also like that.

[Hawk]

She said while her son was in a Louisville uniform playing in front of her, she was saying, go cats. I mean, that shows how deep your.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

I'm hoping somebody will bring us one. Maybe tomorrow. The show tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

Don't make everybody do your work.

[Shannon]

Hint, hint, wink, wink.

[Matt Jones]

But we are going to be at the bar tomorrow and Thursday and pregame show tonight is at seven.

[Shannon]

Seven o'. Clock.

[Matt Jones]

Weird time, but it's at seven o'. Clock. Mark. Go ahead, Mark.

[Jay]

Hey, this show is definitely a best of.

[Matt Jones]

Even with all the beeps. Even with the. Even with all the beeps.

[Jay]

Even it's because of. First of all, it's funny. The repetition is clearly annoying. And then the freak out. Oh, my gosh, we are. We're dying over here.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Shannon, put it in the rotation. You can do that Christmas Day or Christmas Eve if you want.

[Howard]

No, we got it.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[Howard]

That's all I wanted to tell you.

[Matt Jones]

Well, all right. Well, that makes me feel better. Part of it is you get so excited about these big shows and you want to go well, and then you come in, it starts. But, you know, maybe that's part of the beauty of it all. I guess when I was listening to Howard Stern as a kid, Ryan, when they would freak out and like, go crazy, that I can remember those already, once almost like murdered his personal assistant on the air. I remember that very distinctly. So that's why one of my favorite.

[Shannon]

Shows of all time is the Charles Ramsey show. Because throughout the show, you just kept getting more irritated and more frustrated and more angry.

[Matt Jones]

Who ended up in federal prison. Yes, I'm sure he'll have trouble. Pardon him in the next few months, but he did end up in prison. Just for the record.

[Shannon]

And so by the. Finally the end of the show, you're about to explode. And here he comes, Charles Ramsey.

[Matt Jones]

It's the show ended. Mark. Go ahead, Mark.

[Jay]

Hey, guys, I was wondering, since Cimmeral left, did they make the decision to fire Stoops and get Stein because they didn't want to wait and lose another Kentucky connection and did the Trinity, let's call them the Trinity Mafia. Do they have anything to do with. With Stein getting hired?

[Matt Jones]

Mitch is not Part of that world. So I don't think so. I appreciate the call. I do think, though, like, the Trinity, you know, they do call them the Trinity Mafia. I do think it could open up, who knows, maybe new donors to the program. A lot of money in the Mafia.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

There's.

[Hawk]

I mean, they have a lot of talent on their football team.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of talent. Now that, you know, Louisville was kind of. You would think, would take that. And now, by the way, it'd be interesting. There are a lot. There's a lot of whispering that she mentioned Charlie Strong about maybe him as the defensive coordinator. What would you think if former U of L head coach Charlie Strong were his defensive. He was a great. Great coordinator. He was great defensive coach.

[Shannon]

Just not a good head coach.

[Matt Jones]

It would be weird.

[Hawk]

It would be weird.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, Justin, talk about somebody that we need to go clean the archives for.

[Hawk]

Well, they did a lot of that on their own. That Justin Burke is a quarterback from Louisville. That's a big name in coaching that Stein could bring with him.

[Matt Jones]

Went to Catholic, he's from Lexington, playing.

[Hawk]

There could be a lot of U of L influence on this staff, which I know they just won 41 to nothing. They're still having their victory lap. But this has to be eating them up a little bit inside.

[Matt Jones]

No. Oh, well, that's a whole nother. The Louisville fans are heartbroken. I'm trying to think who the Kentucky equivalent of this would be. Can you paint who's a Kentucky guy? No, no, because we were. Who's a kid that went to UK that maybe wasn't the biggest player, but we just had a disproportionate love for. It'd be almost like Jared Polson becoming the coach of Louisville.

[Shannon]

That'd be hard.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. What would you think if Jared Polson was the Louisville coach?

[Shannon]

I wouldn't like it. My initial reaction, Similar.

[Matt Jones]

Right. It's a walk on. Had to start occasionally.

[Hawk]

It's a good pick.

[Matt Jones]

Jared Polson was a great college basketball coach. And you assumed one day he'll coach here.

[Hawk]

I think Stein being a Trinity, like, actual player legend eats him up too, because they loved him in high school. He was a great quarterback for Trinity.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. See.

[Shannon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

So Corey Price just found the high school picture of Will Stein's parents.

[Shannon]

I gotta see it.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that tux right there. That's a. That's a. That's a good looking couple back then. You could see how they, you know, what a tux that is. A heck of a tux that is. People wear that back then.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I wouldn't want to mess with that guy.

[Hawk]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Apparently Will Stein's dad was college roommates with Jeff Pocoro.

[Shannon]

Didn't know that he was on the.

[Hawk]

Team that beat Tennessee before the drought.

[Matt Jones]

Did he play? Is that with Freddie? I had to play with Freddie. Right.

[Shannon]

I think he just missed the attention. Might have missed him by like 87, I think.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Yeah. Wow. A lot of good stuff on here. The show continues.

[Shannon]

It just feels right, you know, it just feels right.

[Debbie Stein]

We.

[Matt Jones]

We need to talk about one thing. What about Vince Mero, all these former players. So Jeff Bedet and Juice Johnson were on a podcast. I didn't get to listen to it, but did I hear. Just not saying things about Vince?

[Hawk]

It's pro stoops. But all the other people, assistants, not just Vince, Lamar Thomas, they didn't like Lamar. Definitely didn't like Lamar. Thomas said Vince kind of threatened to hold him back from the NFL.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And then other people are chiming in and said, if I could tell the stories I had. Yeah, like including Lynn Bowden. Just did. And that can't be about. Vince and Lynn were very close, so that. That surprises.

[Hawk]

Garrett Johnson and Jeff Bedette are two of my favorites. Garrett specifically, I feel like he doesn't get enough credit for how good he.

[Matt Jones]

Was that Vince kept them, told NFL teams not to pick them. Now Vince responded and said, you know, I didn't say that, but they said that on a podcast.

[Hawk]

I have one little. When Jeff was going through the draft process, and this has never happened with any player ever, someone from the Titans reached out to me and asked about Jeff Bedet's character. That's never happened for any basketball anything ever. So just the fact that I. That happened gives me a little bit of something going on here.

[Matt Jones]

But also, I don't know, both those guys leave. I know Bedette left.

[Hawk]

That's kind of his point. He's like, I knew they were going to hold me back from the NFL, did another year. They're auctioned.

[Matt Jones]

Very clear.

[Hawk]

They're like, Kentucky, we love Lexington, we love the school, we love the fans. Jeff Bedet even says, even though I went to Oklahoma, I'm raising my kids to know that I went to Kentucky. I can't wait to take them back and show them around. He's like, me leaving was Because I knew that they weren't going to get me to the next level. He made that very clear.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Although we did get a lot of people. Next level, but not wide receivers. Although. Well, Wandell.

[Hawk]

And it wasn't just that they said it. They're probably. There might be some exaggerating there. I don't have no clue. But other players chiming in, like. Yeah, tell them. That concerned me a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, there are players chiming in. I mean, at this point, I guess. I mean, Vince isn't here, so.

[Hawk]

Almost 10 years since those guys played.

[Shannon]

Or talking about Vince. We never talked about his tweet he made during the. During the game from the sideline.

[Matt Jones]

Did we not talk about that? Shannon, what'd you think about Vince tweeting at nick Roush with six minutes to go in the game?

[Howard]

Boss move, 41 to nothing. You know what? You're not even concerned about the game, though.

[Matt Jones]

Why? Nick Rouse? How do you like that? Nick Rouse.

[Howard]

I know he should have just kept going. I don't know why he stopped at.

[Matt Jones]

Nick, but it was during the game.

[Howard]

During the game was over at halftime.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I think he didn't do it, like, at me because I've not said anything. I don't know what Nick said. I thought they liked each other.

[Hawk]

Vince replied to a Nick tweet that wasn't even about the game. It was about something else in college football.

[Matt Jones]

Six minutes ago, Vince got on his phone, looked up Nick Roush.

[Howard]

Yeah.

[Hawk]

And didn't they just.

[Howard]

He just wants you to know he's.

[Shannon]

There, you know, Hello, Nick Roush.

[Howard]

That's all you said.

[Shannon]

I mean, Shannon's right. That was a boss move. And if he was still here, we would all be bragging on him.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I'm not criticizing like it is. I mean, you. You don't want people tweeting during the game. Beat him.

[Shannon]

Beat him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but if you're. If you're Jeff Broden, you think you like is. You think he's happy about tweeting during the game.

[Howard]

You're at 41. Nothing. Go for it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that's amazing.

[Shannon]

Taking shots. Nick Roush.

[Hawk]

Nick's tweet was about John Sumrall withdrawing his name from the Auburn search as Florida continues to look at him.

[Matt Jones]

What did Vince say?

[Hawk]

Hello, Nick Roush. The tweet had nothing to do with the game whatsoever.

[Matt Jones]

Hello, Nick Rouse.

[Shannon]

Hello.

[Hawk]

And then fans retweeted our predictions and said, look at these experts.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, of course we're gonna. We weren't on that. That she though that was, that was the website.

[Shannon]

Website.

[Matt Jones]

It didn't include me and you. Thank you.

[Hawk]

I gotta admit, I loved it. I mean, you're up 41 nothing. What am I gonna do about it?

[Matt Jones]

Do what you want, Devin. Go ahead, Devin.

[Jay]

Hey guys. You actually just brought up what I was gonna ask about. Although I do kind of wonder about, you know, Jeff Bedette's character, if he's going, going online talking about this stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I, I'll be careful about saying, I'd be careful about saying that this is kind of the new thing in sports Athlet stories about their lives and you know, I, I, I, I'm always very hesitant say anything about people's character. Like two really good people can also fight. You know what I mean? I mean, I know people who hate each other. They're both good people. Like that happens.

[Hawk]

And fans should hear how they spoke about Kentucky. They're just raving about their time otherwise.

[Matt Jones]

So go ahead.

[Jay]

Yeah, well, I'm, the other thing was just, I'm really excited for, for Wilson be the coach Kentucky. You know, he was the all time favorite player of mine growing up. I mean whenever he stared down Montreal, Herrell, Duncan, all over Florida.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, what about that for a second. Appreciate the call. How about we have another. I mean we, we did have a Willie Stein. Now we have. What would have been the chances in 2007 that you would say in the next 20 years there will be two people named will Stein who are a big part of Kentucky athletics?

[Hawk]

Could he be the receivers coach he's got back playing receiver?

[Shannon]

It's been brought up.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, how crazy is that?

[Shannon]

That's a, you know, I didn't Even put it 2 and 2 to get till somebody tweeted it saying, you know, we have another Willie Stein.

[Howard]

We need an update of Kentucky Joe's Willie Collie Steinman.

[Shannon]

We do.

[Matt Jones]

But he needs to find a way to not put Collie. He's got to take that out and just say he's a Will Steinman.

[Howard]

He's a William Steinman.

[Matt Jones]

He's a William. I'm a William Stein man.

[Hawk]

If they had any create creativity over there, they'd bring Willie Collie Stein into Lexington to have him like show will start around. He's, he's in and out. Yeah. But they should have him like showing him around.

[Matt Jones]

Really need to do something with the two of them with Willie and Will like they need to do that.

[Shannon]

That's too easy of a video opportunity right there.

[Matt Jones]

That's, that is a, that's a great idea. They need to do something.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Hawk]

They'll release it in three years.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, KSR is sending someone to livestream the plane.

[Hawk]

Nice.

[Shannon]

We will have people.

[Matt Jones]

There is a part of this that is exactly why I love BBN and ksr. I mean, the whole thing last night about the plane and like everybody sitting like that. It hasn't taken off yet. It's cleared for takeoff. No, but they still haven't taken off. And then there's a decoy plane. Like, that's what I love. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the seriousness in this that we miss that sort of the door with Cal and just the goofy and even today sissy cakes. If you go, send me a text on the text machine. Like if you get a picture of the cake. 772-774-5254. If you, if you go eat one today, just send it now. I may compile a post of all the people getting their sissy cakes.

[Hawk]

So that point about how fun this has been, you look around, I mean, it's not Ole Miss, lsu, but it's just utter chaos down there.

[Debbie Stein]

Yeah.

[Hawk]

Florida's fans are kind of hating on Summer all after the press conference. We're just talking about bunt cakes and when's the planeland?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, like, because of the end of Cal and the end of Stoops, there just hasn't been a ton of these, like, fun, goofy moments. And I kind of like that we're getting to do that. Free Bird, go ahead.

[Jay]

Hey, guys, I agree with that last caller. I was thinking Will Stein would be a triple this show. I just made this a home run higher. And I have a question. Do you think this may be Mitch Barnhart's swan song?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I do. I think this, I think this is a higher. Here's how I would. And again, he'll have to, he'll talk to the media tomorrow. Maybe somebody will ask him that. I do wonder if, like, this is a way for Mitch to leave and say, I've left this in the hand of two of your own, two young, rising potential stars. And we've left it in their hands and like that becomes kind of his legacy. I do think Free Bird, that's, that's, that's maybe one way to look at it.

[Jay]

Well, this is a legendary show, guys. Make sure, like you said, save it for Christmas Eve or as soon as you can appreciate it.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you very much. I. But yeah, I think that's, I could see that.

[Shannon]

I think Mitch's legacy did a Lot depend on this. This higher right here. If he messed this up, if he didn't get the right guy, I think that would fall.

[Matt Jones]

Mitch has this. I was thinking about this the other day. When you look at Mitch Barnard hires, he seems to have like a 2 out of 3 record in every sport. So I'm going to assume Pope does well for purposes of my argument.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Pope and Cal. Good. Billy and Rich. Brooks and Mark Stoops. Good. Joker Phillips. Matthew Mitchell and Kenny Brooks. Good. Kyra Elzy, Nick Mingion and Cohen.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Good. Did we have an eh.

[Shannon]

Gary Henderson.

[Matt Jones]

Gary Henderson had many over there. Two out of three in every sport.

[Shannon]

It's pretty good batting average.

[Matt Jones]

Now this is his first one. That's a fourth.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

So now if he's two out of three in every sport, what happens when he gets his fourth? He's got a 66% batting average.

[Hawk]

Orange Bowl.

[Shannon]

He had to win this one though. Get the fans base back on board with football. You agree with my.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that's.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I like that.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that's four major sports. And Shannon, two out of three in all of them. Right?

[Howard]

Two out of three ain't bad.

[Hawk]

I've been all over Mitch lately. That's not. I don't think that's a secret. I got to compliment him on this. I wanted Stein. He got it done quickly. He made the move. I didn't Honestly didn't know if he had Drama.

[Matt Jones]

No drama.

[Hawk]

So you know, I. I would have to be a hater to not say something nice about mention this. I think he nailed this.

[Matt Jones]

Higher.

[Hawk]

We'll find out how it looks on down the road with results. But I've been. I've been pretty harsh on him lately and I got to say he did great here.

[Matt Jones]

And you had fine bomb saying yesterday he's waited too long. He's waited too long and a couple hours later it breaks it. It's happened.

[Shannon]

Right. So what are you hearing about the contract? Will Stein's contract.

[Matt Jones]

Five years. Don't know the money. Five years. So I think that's pretty standard for you guy.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

You have got mine in the trunk of my car.

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky Skin Cancer center will not be making your skin better in the trunk.

[Hawk]

Of your car on my bathroom sink.

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KSR listeners, 15% off your travel skin care set with the code KSR. Go to Kentuckyskincancercenter.com it's got hydrating refreshing vitamin C serum. I'm telling you use it. Your your your skin will shine. They somebody thought I had a Botox. It looks got a little bit of a glow. It does like because I didn't have botox. Let me know where you get that. But I did have Kentuckyskidcancercenter.com use the code KSR15OFF. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

It is Kentucky sports radio. A lot of people are ordering the sissy cakes. I hope they have some. I think. Which one was the baker? Blake. Blakey.

[Shannon]

Blakey.

[Matt Jones]

I think Blakey's gonna have to do some work. People are sending me. There's some people have gone in but a lot of people are going to sissycakes.com have you ever had orange juice.

[Shannon]

Orange juice cake before? I don't think I've ever had ever.

[Matt Jones]

Even heard of it.

[Hawk]

I'm worried we're going to distract her when she needs to be celebrating with her son. She's like, I can't go to rough. I have 2,000 cakes to package by tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

Let's go to. Let's do some breaking news. Ronnie, Nana Matt Panataski. Is that right? Say his name. The four star quarterback that had committed to Kentucky under Stoop but was not going to sign until the spring has now decided with the hiring of Will Stein to sign with Kentucky on signing day tomorrow.

[Shannon]

That's. That's big for perception purposes. If nothing else, that's huge to get him to sign.

[Matt Jones]

That's big. I mean he was down to Kentucky and Oregon.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So.

[Hawk]

And he just announced a couple days when Stoops got fired that he was going to wait and not sign. So it sounds like William was quick to get that done.

[Matt Jones]

William got it done. All right. DraftKings go to DraftKings.com promo code is. Is KSR. You can bet five win $200. The SEC ACC challenge starts tonight. We'll save North Carolina. Prediction for the pregame show. I'm gonna give you the other big games. Florida's at Duke. Who you got?

[Hawk]

I'm going to take Duke. Cam Boozer is the real deal and that'll be a tough environment.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan.

[Shannon]

I'm taking Duke.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna take Duke. Shannon. Duke. All right, let's see. Tennessee is at Syracuse.

[Howard]

Tennessee.

[Hawk]

Tennessee.

[Shannon]

Tennessee.

[Hawk]

I don't like how good Tennessee looks.

[Shannon]

Tennessee Is really good.

[Hawk]

I'll say that out loud.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

They're seven and one at this point. Let's see. This seems like B level games. Except for us in Florida, Duke. A lot of the good teams play tomorrow. So I won't go through the rest of them tomorrow.

[Hawk]

You got a little. Cal versus Louisville again.

[Matt Jones]

He thought he was done. That's a big one. And you got what? Auburn, NC State. But you got Cal. Louisville tomorrow.

[Hawk]

Vandy SMU for show.

[Matt Jones]

You cheering for in Cal. Louisville.

[Hawk]

There's no cheering for anything there.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's here for one. I'm making you. Can I tell you a little secret? What's that? On Thanksgiving. Arkansas. Duke.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I was cheering for Duke.

[Shannon]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

My mom was screaming at the TV for Duke. For Duke.

[Shannon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

It was just something about. I don't know. I mean I wasn't like. I didn't really. I kind of was like, I think I'd rather Duke win.

[Shannon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Karen, would you have cheered for Arkansas?

[Shannon]

No, I was cheering for Duke.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Then why are you wowing? It sounds like you agree.

[Shannon]

Shocked. I was wowing that Karen was so verbal about it.

[Matt Jones]

Not really into it. I think it was just because it was Thanksgiving and she just got really into it.

[Hawk]

I guess I'm not going to say I'm cheering for either one of them. That doesn't exist. But honestly, Louisville winning would help us. It'd be another loss for Arkansas. Makes them look better. I don't want them to look better. But for the resume, I guess that would help.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287 I'm going to just go through a couple of these. Try to make it short folks so I can get to as many people these people as possible. Jim, Go ahead. Jim.

[Jay]

Hey, you brought up Charlie Strong. I was wondering, you know, Brad White is something else. When we're healthy and I don't know how much Stoops had involved in his defense, but I wouldn't be. I wouldn't be hurting my feelings to keep him around.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I would be surprised if they did that. But he does love Lexington. I appreciate the call. I thought he was going to take the job with some role. He has. Not yet. That doesn't mean he won't. We'll see. Rick. Go ahead, Rick.

[Jay]

Yes, sir. Great show today. Thank you. To Will. Mom. And then the fire alarm. That's just the sign that the coach is coming in on fire, buddy.

[Matt Jones]

I like it. I'll take it. Greg. Go ahead, Greg.

[Jay]

Hey, great show today by the way. Probably the best One I've heard in a long time. First thing I wanted to just mention you guys can talk about it is expectations, fan expectations. In the past, I think our fan expectations did not equal the team's expectations. And you always saw people like with Stoops, oh, he's done so much for us in the past and we're going to get this stupid bowl. It didn't mean anything. I think we need to lift our expectations up. We need an SEC championship with this guy. I think we're going to get it and hopefully get into the bowl so you guys can talk about expectations.

[Matt Jones]

All right. It's a great. Let's save that conversation for tomorrow or. I mean, will we have the game tonight, too? But I think that's a good conversation to have. We'll talk about. Tim. Go ahead, Tim.

[Jay]

So with Shannon Dawson coming back with Southern Miss and we not changing our signals offensively, do you think there's any chance that Vince was able to read through our signals and it was part of the reason we got demolished?

[Matt Jones]

I love Vince, but I'm gonna say no. James, go ahead, James. James.

[Jay]

Mr. Jones?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Jay]

Hey, sir. I was the first of. I heard the news. I was like, what's Willie College Stein know about football? I said, I know he played football, but what's he know about it? How he's a head coach. But anyway, I'm excited about football. I love this show. Mr. Jones, change your thing on fire alarm batteries while you. That's why it's going off, because you ain't change the battery.

[Matt Jones]

That's not why I went off. And I appreciate the call, but everyone should turn, change their batteries at their house. We use it a psa. Tim, you can finish it off. Go ahead.

[Jay]

Yeah. Do you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Jay]

Okay. On flight radar, you go on there on the app and put in Eugene, Oregon. And there's only one plot. Private flight from Eugene. It's coming to Louisville. And the number of the plane is N45EG. It's a private plane.

[Hawk]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Has it taken off yet? Has it taken off yet?

[Jay]

No, it hasn't. Oh, no, it hasn't. It's still sitting on the ground.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You keep us up to date, Tim. Thank you very much.

[Shannon]

That just tickles me no end that we are.

[Matt Jones]

To be fair, he knows how to do it and I didn't. I don't know how to do it. I had to tweet out somebody. Will you tell me if the Columbus plane takes off? This is.

[Hawk]

I used to. I had Cal's hotel number. That's how I knew where he was recruiting. I'd act like I had six that went off though.

[Matt Jones]

Can you ask to have it taken.

[Hawk]

Off and off certain websites now? There might be other ways.

[Matt Jones]

I remember Elon wanted his off.

[Hawk]

Yeah, Flight Aware is where I used to just follow where Cal was going and then write recruiting reports.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well listen, it's exciting. It is adding injecting some energy into the program which it needed. I guess today was fun. I guess. I mean it was fun for me when his mom got on first hours a little stressful. But you know what, you all tend to, I guess, find that entertaining.

[Shannon]

I just roll with it.

[Matt Jones]

So that's fine. Pregame show starts at 7 o' clock tonight at KS Bar and Grill. Everybody be safe in the snow and we'll get ready to welcome our new coach tomorrow. We'll see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.

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