2026-01-06- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2: January 6, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

The episode centers on discussion of University of Kentucky (UK) basketball and football updates, coaching decisions, transfer portal news, and the crew’s personal stories and banter. Special focus is given to evaluating Mark Pope’s coaching, recent player commitments, and the ongoing dynamics of assembling UK rosters. The hour also includes lighthearted debate and reflections on high school superlatives, New Year’s resolutions, and entertaining listener interactions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Breaking UK Football News

• Florida Safety Aaron Gates Commits to Kentucky
  • Matt Jones: "We have some breaking news. Shane, Florida safety Aaron Gates, transfer, has committed to Kentucky. He was their starting safety last year. Got hurt... but very talented.” ([03:06])
  • Depth situation at the safety position discussed, with Gates possibly replacing Jordan Levitt and pairing with Ty Bryant.
  • Shannon notes this is likely Kentucky's fifth transfer portal acquisition so far.

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2. Mark Pope’s Coaching Philosophy & Brene Brown Parody

• Matt brings up Brene Brown (author/speaker), playing a podcast clip and comparing her themes to Coach Mark Pope’s inspirational style.
  • Matt Jones (imitating a Pope-like sentiment): "It's not fear that gets in the way of us being brave... it's the armor that we reach for to self protect when we're afraid." ([04:11])
  • Comic interlude after an expletive in Brown's clip, with plenty of jokes about being “potty mouth” and “armor.”
  • Shannon and Ryan agree Brown’s style mirrors some of Pope’s recent speeches:
    • Shannon: “That did sound like something we just heard Mark Pope say last night on his coaches show.” ([05:13])
  • The crew jokes that while motivational, such language isn't classic "Kentucky basketball."

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3. Matt’s New Year’s Resolution: Phone Contact Kindness Challenge

• Matt aims to connect meaningfully with one contact per day, or delete them if not possible.
  • “I was looking the other day and... hit my 2000th contact... either I need to be more proactive at being nice... or not have them as contacts.” ([05:28])
  • Shannon: “That simple gesture may make a difference in their day and their life.”
  • Early positive results: gift cards, dinner plans, or friendly messages, and some contacts deleted.
  • Ryan jokes he has many contacts he doesn't even recognize.

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4. ESPN Photo Shoot Antics

• Matt describes his ESPN headshots, with crew humor about which looks are fitting:
  • Shannon: “The headshot... is like something in your senior yearbook or Tinder profile... not the one they want for a sports talk radio host.” ([08:35])
  • Matt: “Wouldn't that be the one if I wrote a Brene Brown book?” ([08:55])
  • Ryan: "The second one’s good. The first one’s cheesy." ([09:23])

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5. High School Superlatives: Who Was What?

• Matt, Shannon, and Ryan reminisce about senior year accolades:
  • Matt was “most studious”; Shannon “best school spirit”; Ryan: “I was too mediocre to win anything.”
  • Matt tells of a late friend surprised that a “nerd boy from Middlesboro” became a sports radio host:
    • “They would send me to the library to read ‘cause I'd ran out of classes to take.” ([11:20])

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6. UK Basketball: Coaching, Roster, and Listener Q&A

Record Projections & Mark Pope’s Job Security

• Caller dg: Flags a pessimistic projection (16–15) for UK basketball, asking how it impacts Mark Pope’s future.
  • Matt: “In that scenario you laid out, it'll be a make or break year... There will be skepticism all summer and it'll be a very high pressure year for Mark." ([12:39])
• Importance of the next game (vs. Missouri):
  • Matt: “I think tomorrow night is huge and I think Saturday night's huge... You cannot lose that game. Not at home, not to Missouri.” ([13:07], [13:13])

In-Game Coaching Decisions Debated

• Callers question Pope’s player rotation, particularly surrounding Jalen Lowe.
  • Matt: “We've played four major conference teams this year, and when Jalen Lowe checked into the game, we’ve been losing all four of them. I don't know how that's positive.” ([16:45])
  • Ryan and Shannon speculate coaches are "protecting" players from injury risk.

On-Court Lineups & Player Combinations

• Arguments over whether “the pieces fit”; some suggest Pope is “playing the wrong pieces” not that the roster is inherently flawed.
  • Caller: “If you look at the two best stretches this team’s had... he let the guys play that should be playing... 16-0 runs, 17-0 runs...”
  • Matt: “You might be right, that’s a fair point... When he played those lineups, we were really good.” ([15:02])

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7. Matt’s Book Reading Challenge

• Matt completed his goal of 52 books in a year, plans to rank them for listeners:
  • “I’m actually ranking them 1 to 52... The top 15 or 20 I would [recommend].” ([21:25])
• Ryan and Shannon admit to reading almost nothing:
  • Ryan: “Ryan and I are bringing down that [national] average.”

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8. Listener Calls & Trivia: UK Basketball Personalities

• Who would get kicked out as a fan? Lively debate:

  • Matt: “Which Kentucky player would be most likely to get kicked out of a game from the crowd?” ([24:29])
  • Final consensus: Darren Feldhaus is the top candidate, but also Richie Farmer, Sean Woods, and Cameron Mills are suggested.
  • Banter about former players’ passion and fan behavior.

• Gossip:

  • Surprise revelation about Josh Harrellson (“Jorts”) dating Erica Kirk:
    • Matt: “Did you know that?” ([32:03])
    • The crew is shocked.
  • Ongoing jokes about Matt’s photos, with “Tinder profile” and “Matthew vs. Matt” banter.

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9. Football Recruiting & NIL

• Caller Cody: Asks if UK still faces NIL (JMI deal) issues in football recruiting, especially for QBs.
  • Matt: "I do not think JMI is an issue for football... Our issues about NIL are basketball issues." ([36:02])

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10. Endnote: More Football Transfer News

• Tennessee OL Max Anderson to Kentucky
  • Matt: “Tennessee offensive lineman Max Anderson has transferred to Kentucky. No idea if he's good or not. Says he's an interior offensive lineman.” ([43:10])
  • Crew jokes about evaluating linemen and “pancakes.”
  • Other transfer/recruiting updates: New center from Baylor described as having “the pancake of the week” per ESPN ([49:33])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Mark Pope’s Philosophy:

  • “It's not fear that gets in the way of us being brave... it's the armor that we reach for to self protect when we're afraid." – Matt Jones, quoting Brene Brown ([04:11])

• On Shooting the ESPN Photo:

  • Shannon: “The headshot... is like something in your senior yearbook... not the one they want to represent a sports talk radio host.” ([08:35])

• On Roster Bonding:

  • Matt: “If you don't even know what you can write someone, then why are they in your phone?" ([07:03])

• On Job Security:

  • “There will be skepticism all summer and it'll be a very high pressure year for Mark [Pope].” – Matt Jones ([12:39])

• On Unlikely Career Paths:

  • “The fact you talk about sports for a living is the craziest damn thing I've ever seen.” – Matt, quoting an old classmate ([11:18])

• On New OL Transfer:

  • “He blocks. Footwork... Arm length... You don't want T-Rex arms... Pancakes.” – Matt, facetiously scouting Max Anderson ([44:32])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:06] – Aaron Gates (Florida S) commits to UK
• [04:11] – Brene Brown clip, discussion of “armor” and Mark Pope’s inspiration
• [05:28] – Matt’s New Year’s resolution: daily kind act for a contact
• [08:35] – Matt’s ESPN photo shoot critique and Tinder jokes
• [11:18] – Story of classmate’s surprise at Matt’s career
• [12:39] – Mark Pope job security, season outlook, importance of Missouri game
• [15:02] – Discussion of best on-court lineups
• [21:25] – Matt’s 52-book reading challenge update
• [24:29] – Debate: UK player most likely to get kicked out as a fan
• [32:03] – Josh Harrellson dating Erica Kirk revelation
• [36:02] – NIL/JMI issues in football recruiting
• [43:10] – Max Anderson (OL, Tennessee) commits to UK

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Tone & Style

The episode captures the KSR crew’s hallmark blend of sports analysis, playful teasing, fan Q&A, and Kentucky-specific humor. Listeners unfamiliar with the show will find a collegial, unfiltered conversation weaving between UK sports, pop culture, and life anecdotes, all with lively, self-deprecating wit.

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Transcript

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[Ryan]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. We have some breaking news. Shannon running Florida safety Aaron Gates, transfer has committed to Kentucky. He was their starting safety last year. Got hurt at various points during the year, but just reading about him was very talented. Just had a hard time staying on the field, but he will be this coming to the University of Kentucky take.

[Shannon]

The place maybe Jordan Levitt who graduates. You got Ty Bryant coming back so maybe those your starting safeties right now you're ready to ready in the backfield.

[Matt Jones]

There you go. So that's I think their fifth guy they've taken in the portal. So the woman's name is Brene Brown.

[Shannon]

Not Baron Brown?

[Matt Jones]

No. And Brene Brown. Shannon. Here's what I did. I went online and I just searched the first video I could find of her. Okay.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I'm just going to play you. This is her on a podcast. Have you heard it? I've listened to three seconds and then I was like, you know what I want to hear it on. I want you to close your eyes.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

And see if you could hear Mark Pope saying, this exact thing has not been easy because we went to some hard places. But I don't think we'll ever talk about anything more important than this because it's not fear that gets in the way of us being brave with our lives and our work. It's the armor that we reach for.

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To self protect when we're afraid.

[Matt Jones]

And the hardest work is being aware of what is my armor when I'm afraid. Is that automatic? Oh, shit. No, it's a train. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Ryan]

I gotta dump that.

[Matt Jones]

You have to dump the.

[Ryan]

Whoa.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Brene. Potty mouth Brene.

[Ryan]

Mark Pope would never say that.

[Matt Jones]

Pope would never say that word. Brene. But now the rest of it sounded like him.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Fear is the armor that keeps the truth from like the rest of it sounded like it.

[Shannon]

So you had to go get your armor to protect yourself.

[Matt Jones]

Potty mouth Brene. Wow.

[Ryan]

I get us fined.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you got it though, right?

[Ryan]

You got it? Yeah, I got it. You hit the button.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Renee.

[Ryan]

Renee.

[Matt Jones]

Potty mouth People seem to like Renee. My mom Seems to like Brene.

[Shannon]

That did sound like something we just heard Mark Pope say last night on his coaches show.

[Ryan]

Doesn't exactly scream Kentucky basketball.

[Matt Jones]

No, it doesn't. Okay, a couple of things here. First of all, when to get your take on my New Year's resolution?

[Shannon]

Okay. What is it?

[Matt Jones]

Made a New Year's resolution. So I was looking the other day and. And I hit my 2000th contact in my phone.

[Shannon]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

And I thought to myself, I have all these contacts. How many of these people do I really keep in touch with? And the answer is not 2000.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Probably more like 50. So I thought, okay, one of two things needs to happen. Either I need to be more proactive at being nice to people in my life, or I need to not have them be contacts in my phone. Right. If you can't have some interaction with a person where you do something nice for them, then why are you kind of keeping them around? Do you know what I mean?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So as part of a resolution to try to, like, be more giving to people I care about, I was like, you know, what I'm going to do is every day I'm going to randomly pick a contact in my phone and do something nice for them.

[Shannon]

Very nice.

[Matt Jones]

And if I feel like for whatever reason, I either can't or I wouldn't know what to do, then, Shannon, there's no reason for them to be in my phone.

[Ryan]

Delete.

[Matt Jones]

Just delete. Yeah.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because there's some people that just aren't in your life anymore.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Or maybe you just don't like them.

[Ryan]

That's most of my contacts.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I've done one a day, starting with the letter A. And I pick a different person with each letter. I think I'm going to be on today. I'm on F. But it's actually been very nice. Five people so far. One of them is a really good friend of mine that I just don't hang out with a lot, so I'm going to dinner with them next week.

[Shannon]

Very nice.

[Matt Jones]

I. Somebody that I have, you know, has worked with me over the years, but I probably didn't feel like I'd been as appreciative to them as I should. I asked them what their favorite restaurant was and bought them a gift card. The favorite restaurant. Wow. And a couple people I just wrote and said, hey, how you doing? Haven't talked to you in a long time, and it's been very rewarding, and I hope to keep it up for the rest of the year. I think it's a Good. And then I've deleted some people. I've deleted, like, three people because I didn't even know what I would write them. And, Shannon, if you don't even know what you can write someone, then why are they in your phone?

[Ryan]

I have names in my phone book that I don't even know who they are. Like, I don't even know exactly who's that?

[Matt Jones]

And so you know, why not? Just. So it's actually been. Now we'll see if I'm able to keep it up, but it's actually been pretty good.

[Shannon]

You know, there's going to come a moment, and it may already happen, where you reach out to one of your friends and they just. Just that simple gesture you're making may make a difference in their day and their life.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's going through adult, right?

[Shannon]

Yeah. Maybe going through some things and maybe you reaching out, maybe getting together with them is just. Just what they needed in their life. So. Good for you.

[Matt Jones]

So, second thing. Last week, I had to do a little photo shoot.

[Shannon]

I was hoping we were going to.

[Matt Jones]

Talk about this for espn. They wanted me to take a couple photos. Yeah, I showed you the two. What are you laughing at?

[Shannon]

Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

I showed you the two that came out of it.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

What did you think? I'm not posting them.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Just for the record, I'm not going to post them.

[Shannon]

Can we be honest?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, if you want the one.

[Shannon]

Picture, the headshot is like, something would be in your senior yearbook in high school or on your Tinder profile.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't. I'm not the one they took it.

[Shannon]

That's not the one they want to represent, I think a sports talk radio host.

[Matt Jones]

And actually, that would be the one you would use if I wrote a motivational book.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan]

You got your head resting on the.

[Shannon]

Palm of your hand.

[Matt Jones]

Wouldn't that be the one? If I wrote a Brene Brown book, isn't that the picture they would use?

[Shannon]

How to find you'd armor by Matt Jones. And you open up the jacket and there's your picture on the inside cover. Yep. Of your hand in your head, smiling, cheesy smile. Your Tinder profile picture is what that is.

[Matt Jones]

And what's the other one?

[Shannon]

The second one is you. That's Matt Jones. You got your hat on, you kind of got your knee up, you kind of leaning in. That's the Matt I know. I don't know. Tinder profile. Matt Jones. I know the other one.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they're both good pictures.

[Ryan]

No, no, the second one's good. The first one's cheesy.

[Matt Jones]

And I hope.

[Ryan]

I actually hope they use that one because that's the worst one.

[Matt Jones]

Why? Because it makes me look like a kind person.

[Ryan]

Like Ryan said. It kind of looks like something that would be like, you know, when you go to get your. Your senior pictures. Yeah, that's one that they would use. Like, hey, can you put your. Put your palm of your hand right there on your chin and kind of look like you're.

[Matt Jones]

Like you're kind of. I feel like they're going to use that one, though.

[Ryan]

I hope so.

[Matt Jones]

It's a.

[Shannon]

It's a good picture. Don't get us wrong. It's just not a sports talk radio again. That picture doesn't scream sports talk radio to me.

[Matt Jones]

It screams.

[Shannon]

It means I'm ready to single and.

[Ryan]

I'm ready to meet Most Likely to Succeed. Most likely in the yearbook.

[Matt Jones]

That's not what I won, by the way. In what?

[Shannon]

What did you win in high school, Brainiac?

[Matt Jones]

I think Bobob won Most Likely to Succeed.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think I won most studious.

[Shannon]

You felt like you had a little resentment towards Bobob on this.

[Ryan]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Bob was going to succeed and has. Studious is not the one.

[Ryan]

In other words, biggest nerd.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly. That's not the one you want.

[Shannon]

Well, because the only way they can find you is on your beanbag chair in your library.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm a perfect example, though, of you can be like, I was a huge nerd. Like, this was sad. One of my friends passed away or somebody I went to high school with. We weren't close, but I knew him. Passed away just this week. And when I saw that, it made me sad because, you know. You know. Have you had people in your class die?

[Shannon]

No, it's very sad.

[Matt Jones]

It's something kind of sobering about it. Like, you think about them, but you're also like, that person is my age. You know, he died. And I was thinking about the last time I saw him was. Which was like 10 years ago. And he was like. He came up to me and he goes, the fact you talk about sports for a living is the craziest damn thing I've ever seen. And I was like, yeah, you're right.

[Shannon]

They knew he was nerd boy from Middlesboro.

[Matt Jones]

11 me is like, yeah. I mean, remember they would send me to the library to read. Cause I'd ran out of classes to take.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And so he was like, I can't. He goes, we all just can't believe it. We love it, but we can't believe It.

[Shannon]

So anyway, I tell you what. I was voted in my senior year.

[Matt Jones]

What's that?

[Shannon]

Best school spirit.

[Matt Jones]

I could see that, though. I can see that you would have school spirit. I totally could see that. Did you win something?

[Ryan]

I don't think I want anything.

[Shannon]

I was.

[Ryan]

I was too mediocre to win anything.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Did you win something, Mario? Yeah. You just won Most likely to post Thirst trap on Instagram. Who's dg? What's up, dg?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Just want to hear Yalls thoughts. I was scrolling through X last night and seen an interesting stat that Kentucky Hoops had posted that projects us to go 16 and 15 and 7 and 11 in SEC play.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's bad.

[Caller]

You know, I think for sure that what you're doing in the present is what trajectory, what you're going to do moving forward. But let's just say that we do do that, and moving forward, we don't get any top recruits. I know you've said multiple times you don't see a world that Mark Pope doesn't come back for year three, but what does that kind of do for the state of his position going into year three? Is it kind of a make or break year?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. In that scenario you just laid out. In that scenario you laid out, it'll be a make or break year. I appreciate the call. They'll have to kill it in the portal and there will be skepticism all summer and it'll be a very high pressure year for Mark. In that scenario you lay out, I think we're going to make the tournament. We'll talk more about this tomorrow because our game is tomorrow night. I was looking at the schedule. I think tomorrow night is huge.

[Shannon]

Yes, it is.

[Matt Jones]

I think tomorrow night is huge and I think Saturday night's huge. But I think tomorrow night is huge. You cannot lose that game.

[Shannon]

Not at home, not to Missouri.

[Matt Jones]

The schedule sets up to where if you can win these home games, you're probably all right. But there's not a ton of opportunities to steal them on the road. Because our road games are hard. Yeah, but there's not a ton of times you should lose at home. But one you could lose is Wednesday.

[Shannon]

And we can't have to win Wednesday.

[Matt Jones]

Wednesday night is huge. Yes, we'll talk more about it tomorrow. Mike. Go ahead, Mike.

[Caller]

You know, man, all that word salad last night, you know, I was just like, good God. Because I'm. I listen for the basketball stuff and the quote, that stood out to me more than any of those because I'm kind of like those you know, those players. I'm probably tuning that when he's going on with that crap I can't even understand. But he said nobody was going under the screen.

[Matt Jones]

He did say that. Well, no, he said no, he said they're not coaching anyone to go under the screens.

[Caller]

Okay. I thought he would say they weren't going under. And I was just like.

[Matt Jones]

I think, I think now, I mean, somebody can show me that I'm wrong. But I think he said they didn't coach them to go under the screens, which I hope is correct. If he said they don't go under the screens, then I'm with you. That would drive me crazy. Cause they do it all the time. But I think he said they don't coach them to go under the screens.

[Caller]

But one more thing, you know, they. They were talking. A lot of people say the pieces don't fit, which kind of. Maybe. But I actually think he's just playing the wrong pieces. Because if you look at the two best stretches that this team's had, it was the second half of that Indiana game and the second half of that St. John's game and he let the guys play that should be playing. And they went on 16 oh runs, 17 oh runs and that. I mean, that was good basketball.

[Matt Jones]

You might be right. I think that's a fair point. Appreciate the call. When he played in the Indiana game, it was low away Aberdeen Garrison. Quite no, Garrison who the abate probably. And then in the St. John's game, it was low away Williams Diabate. Quaint. Right. When he played those lineups, we were really good.

[Shannon]

So how can you only play that lineup one minute? The other day against Alabama, that second lineup you talked about.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I don't know. Jc, what's up? JC.

[Caller]

And Matt? The only thing I can think of, him not starting Jalen Lowe. And why he wouldn't say it, I don't know. But let's just say, all right, Jalen Lowe is still healing. He needs to heal as much as possible. He's doing better, whatever. But there's a world in which we go up 10, two and we. And what we're doing on the floor looks like we have an advantage. And he just sits Jalen low. He doesn't play.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but.

[Caller]

Because that's really what he wants to do.

[Matt Jones]

But how does. I don't understand. If he didn't play him in the game at all, that argument could make sense to me, what he said. But how does.

[Caller]

Coming in the game there.

[Matt Jones]

I know, but how does coming in the game four minutes later, help his.

[Caller]

Recovery because he had to. Because he had to plan.

[Matt Jones]

So you're saying if we were winning, then maybe he could.

[Caller]

There was a world. There was a world we could beat somebody without jugging.

[Matt Jones]

I see what you're saying. You're saying maybe then they wouldn't have to play. Okay, fair enough. I just know, and I appreciate the call. We've played four major conference teams this year, and when Jalen Lowe is checked into the game, we've been losing all four of them. I don't know how that's positive.

[Shannon]

Maybe that guy is inside Pope's head. Maybe that's what Pope's thinking. We're going to try to get as many minutes as we can with Jalen Lowe on the bench to kind of protect him as much as we can, put him in when we need.

[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-280-22871, person writes. Matt, did you hit your book, 52 books in a year go? Yes.

[Shannon]

Did you?

[Matt Jones]

I did. You were, you were cashed at 10 o' clock the night before.

[Shannon]

Did you really?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon]

You were scrambling to get 52 in.

[Matt Jones]

So I got him in. I'm gonna, I'm. I'm actually ranking them 1 to 52.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then I'm gonna put them out. Might do that today, if not later in the week because I don't want to. Some of them I wouldn't recommend but like the top 15 or 20 I would. So I'm going to put them out so people can. I've already started year two.

[Shannon]

I'll rank my books I read last year also.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead, let's hear them.

[Ryan]

Don't think I got the one great list.

[Matt Jones]

So you didn't even get one?

[Shannon]

I don't even think I cracked open a book even.

[Ryan]

I saw like it said, the average person reads four a year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Ryan and I are bringing down that average.

[Matt Jones]

I read 52.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So you two, Shannon, did you read a book?

[Ryan]

I don't think I did.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so three divided by 52 is 17.3amongst the three of us on this.

[Ryan]

Show read 17.3 on average I got to 52.

[Matt Jones]

I had to do a lot of reading in November, December because I got behind.

[Shannon]

So you're already started for this year though.

[Matt Jones]

I'm reading two books right now. I'm doing.

[Shannon]

How do you read two at the same time? How do you keep them straight?

[Matt Jones]

It's actually, I think my mind has been corrupted by the phone that I can't just read one. I almost need to go back and forth. Really. The same way that people need to flip channels. So I tend to read like one fiction and one non fiction at the same time.

[Shannon]

And you're able to keep it straight?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, because one of them is real and one of them is not. And I have a general ability to remember which one is real and which one's not.

[Shannon]

This fascinates me. Do you read one a night or you kind of.

[Matt Jones]

Oh no, it's hard to read one. No, no. In the same night. I'll read them both.

[Shannon]

You will.

[Matt Jones]

I tend to read Nonfiction while awake. Fiction to help me go to sleep. Generally speaking, she could read one earlier.

[Shannon]

In the evening, and then when you go to bed, pull out the other one.

[Matt Jones]

Generally, that's not always how it works, but in order to catch up, Shannon. I cheat a little bit towards the end. I only read short books in December. Like 200 pages.

[Ryan]

No, they still count.

[Matt Jones]

So I could catch up.

[Ryan]

Have you seen these people that can, like, speed read? And I'm like, there's no way you're taking in that information. They just go, I read.

[Matt Jones]

I can't speed read, but I read very fast.

[Ryan]

They just touch the page and.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't. I don't. I couldn't do that.

[Ryan]

What?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I couldn't do that. I don't know. I don't know how people do that. Tianna Key. Kenny Brooks said last night will likely be back before the end of the season.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Good update from him on his coaching show last night. We've been talking a lot about Pope on his coaching show, but Coach Brooks said that they for sure when. But does expect her back by the end of the season.

[Matt Jones]

Did you see Michigan State, Tom Izzo, Shannon. They kicked out former player Paul Davis.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

From the game. For yelling at the refs.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And Paul Davis kind of was, like, playing it up, trying to get the crowd to boo the ref. And Tom Izzo came on the floor and yelled at Davis, get out.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Probably not doing them any favors by yelling at the ref.

[Matt Jones]

Which Kentucky player would be most likely to get kicked out of a game from the crowd?

[Shannon]

Cousins.

[Matt Jones]

See, I don't think DeMarcus would. Cause I don't think he would get that. You need somebody. Who's that? No, I mean, I think he cares, but I don't think he would, like. I don't think he would do that. You almost need somebody who, like, is coming to a lot of games and. And like, switch. Switch switches from player to crazy fan. Does that make sense?

[Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Like somebody that probably had to be somebody from Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

It probably needs to be somebody from Kentucky or somebody who goes to a lot of games is kind of what I would. I have an answer. Richie Farmer.

[Ryan]

I was thinking Richie, but I don't know. Does he get that fired up at these games?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah. Does he see the text he sends during the game? Sometimes.

[Commercial Announcer]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I could see Richie losing it on a reference.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Do you?

[Shannon]

I didn't thought about Richie. That's a great answer. I was thinking Sean Woods.

[Matt Jones]

That's. That's a good call too.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Although, do you think he's that passionate about the game, about being a Kentucky fan?

[Shannon]

I think he is. I think he's become that since he's come back to Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

One question. There's a guy who used to play at Kentucky named Jonathan Davis.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I keep seeing these videos of him on social media with Alan Cutler. And he's mean to Mark Pope.

[Shannon]

Yeah, Actually, I heard him on Cutler show yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

Why is he so mean to.

[Shannon]

He was cooking. He was like, look.

[Matt Jones]

What does he do now?

[Shannon]

He's like a financial advisor, financial planner.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he seems very angry.

[Shannon]

Yeah, he. He was very critical, so maybe it's him. I could see it being him because.

[Matt Jones]

I. I haven't thought about that guy in a long time. I liked him when I was a kid because he wore glasses when he played.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I had glass.

[Shannon]

Good call.

[Matt Jones]

But Manny gets angry.

[Shannon]

He got mad yesterday. Cutler just let him cook too. And he was very critical of a lot of things.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Josh. Go ahead, Josh.

[Caller]

What's up, guys? Hey. First off, Darren Felthouse.

[Matt Jones]

Good call.

[Caller]

That's a really good call.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good call.

[Caller]

His son at the King of the Bluegrass and the only people I heard in that gym was his brother, which is the head coach, and Darren Feldhouse.

[Matt Jones]

That's your answer.

[Shannon]

He.

[Caller]

He's scary.

[Matt Jones]

You win. You win. That's the answer that he. He is more likely than Sean and Richie. Darren Feldhouse is a great answer. Yes.

[Caller]

One more thing, because Pope looks so confused on the sideline. Sit.

[Matt Jones]

Oh.

[Caller]

Oh. Sit him benching. See what happens.

[Matt Jones]

Then bench Pope.

[Shannon]

Oh, take away. I think.

[Caller]

Oh, take it, Otago. Oh, Ray.

[Matt Jones]

So here's the thing about Otaga. I appreciate the call. Most people will tell you in the. And Pope acknowledged there were big time arguments during the game Saturday. And I told you that on the.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I had a friend who said they were yelling at each other all the time. Generally speaking, the names you hear as being the ones yelling a lot are Ortega and Diabate. Not at each other, just at everybody. But I still feel like those two guys bring it most of the time.

[Shannon]

I've never thought there was a lack of effort on either one of their parts ever.

[Matt Jones]

But they are definitely two of the guys chirping.

[Shannon]

Huh.

[Matt Jones]

And it. But it's not necessarily each other. It's just they're the two of the main ones. Is this a Debbie? Debbie. Hi, Debbie.

[Caller]

Hello. How are you guys this morning?

[Matt Jones]

So yesterday I said that Stephen Wilson said there ain't a lot of Debbies anymore. Do you Agree with that.

[Caller]

Well, I find them everywhere I go because everybody keeps calling me somebody else. So.

[Matt Jones]

Are they under 40? Are they under 40?

[Caller]

No.

[Matt Jones]

So Stephen might have been right with their.

[Caller]

Most of them were over. Over 40. I am over 40 12. So, yeah, I can totally. I can agree with that.

[Matt Jones]

I just have 30 seconds. I want you to get to make your point. Go ahead.

[Caller]

Okay. My. I have a two part question. With Mitch's tendency to drag out making coaching changes and things are going bad, how long do you give Pope to get it right? And the second part is, if he doesn't get it right before Mitch retires, do you think the new AD will take care of it?

[Matt Jones]

Let me. Let me. It's a long answer. Let me do it after the break. All right, Debbie, thank you very much. We'll take a break. Be right back. Ksr.

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[Ryan]

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

[Matt Jones]

Eminem. Yeah, Eminem had a lot of hits. Do young people. Mario, like Eminem? Like, did he. Do people care? Like, I don't think people realize how big. I don't think younger people realize how big Eminem was. Would you say Eminem. Shannon was the biggest rapper during his day, at least until. I mean, I don't keep up with modern music, but, like, in. In our day.

[Ryan]

He said ours. Yeah. Like, what, late 90s, early 2000s?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, he was bigger just in terms of as a star than even, like, you know, Tupac, Biggie. Snoop was pretty big, too.

[Ryan]

Snoop had, like, the longest staying power. He's still big now.

[Matt Jones]

Did you see Stoop calling the basketball game last night?

[Shannon]

I saw him interview Steph. Steph Curry going in the game or.

[Matt Jones]

Something called the basketball game last night, the warriors and Clippers. And as Steve Kerr got kicked out. You got to hear him, okay? He's like, tell him Kerr. Give him Kerr. There you go, Kurt. Like it was. You got to hear it. It's great. Stoop, he's going. Inglewood's here. And I don't. I don't think Steve Curse from Inglewood. But. But he was. He was good.

[Shannon]

He's everywhere.

[Matt Jones]

Just a little. One person wrote. Are you guys only saying the Unforgettables were hotheads? No, because I actually have a better answer even than Darren Feld.

[Shannon]

Oh, you do?

[Matt Jones]

Which I'll give in a second.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

But I just realized I do think all four of the Unforgettables were kind of Hotheads.

[Ryan]

That's why they're unforgettable.

[Shannon]

That's why people loved them. They gave their.

[Matt Jones]

Don't you think all four of them were kind of hotheads? Yeah, they're ranked the hotheads of the. Of those four.

[Shannon]

Well, I'd probably said Felt house one, woods two, Richie three, felt Houserey four.

[Matt Jones]

See, I would have. Even so, when they were playing at uk, I would have maybe put Pel free one. You think you would have, but now I do think he's probably. I don't know, is him or Richie's the bottom. Yeah, it's either Darren or Sean for one.

[Shannon]

For number one.

[Matt Jones]

That's not the answer, though.

[Shannon]

There's one better than those guys.

[Matt Jones]

Cameron Mills.

[Ryan]

You know what? Yep. And he's got a loud mouth to be able to hear him.

[Matt Jones]

Cameron Mills?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

He's the one most likely to get kicked out because he.

[Shannon]

He goes to all the games.

[Matt Jones]

And if Dave Baker was on the court.

[Ryan]

Oh, God, forget about it.

[Matt Jones]

Can I tell you something before I answer Debbie's question that I heard yesterday that blew my mind?

[Shannon]

What's that?

[Matt Jones]

Now, I don't. I can't confirm this, but this is now pretty much being universally agreed upon by the Internet.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So do you know. You know Erica Kirk?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Charlie Kirk's wife?

[Shannon]

Widow.

[Matt Jones]

Widow, yes. Do you know who she dated for a year and a half?

[Shannon]

I saw that.

[Ryan]

Cameron Mills.

[Matt Jones]

Jorts.

[Shannon]

Josh Harrelson.

[Ryan]

Really?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Did you know that?

[Shannon]

No idea.

[Matt Jones]

No idea. No idea.

[Shannon]

When he was playing for the Knicks, she was. They dated.

[Matt Jones]

And then when he went overseas, whatever country he played in, people in that country called her the, like, first lady of that country.

[Shannon]

I guess there's pictures of the two of them together that she scrubbed off the Internet.

[Matt Jones]

They're scrubbed off the Internet. But you can see the replies. Correct. Where people replied to them, called him a cute couple about their relationship. Apparently dated for a long time.

[Shannon]

Had no idea.

[Matt Jones]

I had no idea. And I know Jordz, or at least New George pretty well. Yeah, no clue.

[Shannon]

He came in and sat with us to do a show around that time.

[Matt Jones]

So, Shannon, did you know that?

[Ryan]

No, I had no idea.

[Matt Jones]

Jorts and Erica, Kurt, Jean Shorts, reeling in the ladies. And so, like, there was a video about it and the person didn't know who George was. Yeah, I saw that and was laughing that they called him George.

[Shannon]

She kept calling him Joshua Harrelson.

[Matt Jones]

She kept saying he. He. She dated Joshua.

[Shannon]

Joshua. Joshua Harrelson.

[Matt Jones]

We've never once called him Joshua.

[Shannon]

Never.

[Ryan]

Just for the ladies, I think, is Joshua she thought it was funny that.

[Commercial Announcer]

They called him Joshua.

[Matt Jones]

My picture is a. That's a Joshua picture.

[Ryan]

That's a Matthew picture.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. See that? See the hat is Matt.

[Ryan]

That's Matthew.

[Matt Jones]

The other picture is Matthew.

[Shannon]

Matthew.

[Matt Jones]

Matthew.

[Shannon]

Matthew Harper. This is Matthew Hopper.

[Matt Jones]

The hat is Matt. The holding my chin is Matthew.

[Shannon]

Please don't let him use that one.

[Matt Jones]

Why?

[Shannon]

Because that's.

[Ryan]

No, we want them to use that one so we can make fun of it.

[Matt Jones]

But you told me you thought it.

[Shannon]

Was good for your Tinder profile. Your high school senior.

[Matt Jones]

But you think that doesn't make me look like a good sports.

[Ryan]

No, no. Ryan's trying to be nice. Ryan say what you really mean.

[Shannon]

Look like a little weenie.

[Matt Jones]

We need a weenie.

[Shannon]

That says I'm a weenie head.

[Matt Jones]

No, it says I'm the intellectual.

[Shannon]

Now, I'm sure the ladies would love that photo. You look very good. Cute, handsome guys are like, I'm gonna listen. But that guy, talk about sports.

[Matt Jones]

So don't use that one for sports.

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So if ESPN picks that one. Veto.

[Shannon]

Want the one you gotta have.

[Matt Jones]

They gave me like, seven. I vetoed, like, two of them.

[Ryan]

Oh, God. So you actually approved that one?

[Matt Jones]

It was better than some of the other ones. I gotta see the other ones. I gotta see if some of the other ones were even more that way.

[Ryan]

Than that ones that didn't make the cut.

[Shannon]

Now, he did kind of show us a couple where you're standing up. One of those was pretty good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, like, action shot, though. I don't think they're gonna. You. They needed one for, like. That's got to be. Well, one of these has to be my head shot. You mean action.

[Ryan]

Doing what?

[Matt Jones]

I'm just standing against the wall laughing.

[Caller]

Okay, I got you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

Action.

[Shannon]

Yeah, the action is. He's standing up laughing.

[Matt Jones]

It's a good action. No, it's me. It's me playing baseball. 859-280-22. 87. That question about would. Would. Would. Mitch fires Pope. No, he would not. I see no scenario Pope were to lose his job at the end of this year. None. But now, if he doesn't have a good year next year, I could see it.

[Shannon]

I think you're right. I think regardless what happens this year, he. Next year, three would be the make or break year.

[Matt Jones]

But there's not. Do you agree? No scenario. He would lose it.

[Shannon]

I don't.

[Matt Jones]

I can't. I can't. And the kinds of things that would do it are not things Mark Pope would do.

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

So I Don't. I just. I can't see a scenario. Cody. What's up, Cody?

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. How are you guys doing today?

[Matt Jones]

Good.

[Caller]

Hey, I had a football recruiting question. If you're taking those, go for it. So I've been keeping up on the quarterback situation, and I saw where Cutter looked like he was headed as Arizona State.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

And it felt like their quarterback might been the top guy in the portal. And there for a while, it felt like Kentucky was that decision. But as of last night, I don't feel like that's the case anymore. And it looks like more of Notre Dame's backup.

[Matt Jones]

Correct.

[Caller]

And I'm wondering, are we seeing another JMI deal problem?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Caller]

You think that might have.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's worth noting. I appreciate the call. There is still, and I still have many questions related to the JMI deal as it pertains to basketball recruiting. They're still unknown to me. I've still asked for an interview or to at least talk to those folks. That hasn't happened. I think it could happen in the next couple of weeks. Has not happened yet. So I am just putting pause on my JMI basketball questions. They have not been answered for me one way or the other. I, however, do not think JMI is an issue for football, and I could explain why, but that probably would take a podcast, and I don't want to end the show with it. I'll just say this. The football players, especially the ones that come to Kentucky, don't make as much money and don't have the leverage the basketball players do because we're not recruiting the top 10 kids in America. True. So our issues about Nil to me are basketball issues. I think Kentucky, while we don't have as much money as, like, Ohio State, Oregon, we've got enough to be good. And I do not think that JMI will have an impact. The only situation it ever could is like an elite, elite quarterback. And I think the only time that could have happened was Levitt. And I do not think Levitt didn't end up here because of that. So to answer your question, I do not think it is, at this point an issue at all in football. Remains to be seen about basketball.

[Shannon]

I agree with you about Levitt. I mean, when Lane Kiffin's calling you at LSU and Miami's calling you that they're in the final four of the playoffs right now, you're going to listen.

[Matt Jones]

I think we would have gotten him over Miami.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think LSU and Lane Kiffin were just the one. And then I think he also wants to figure like wanted to explore all options. And Kentucky, they didn't want to end up with musical chairs without a chair.

[Shannon]

True.

[Matt Jones]

Right. That's. I think that's a big thing. Nebraska, the reason Will Compton was so mad is he's worried it's musical chairs and they didn't end up with a chair.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's why, you know, they had the Elon quarterback on campus. He's a potential backup.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he, he may still come here. Yeah. As the second straight.

[Shannon]

Right. As a backup.

[Matt Jones]

But they needed a starter and they didn't want to get out of it without one. Dave, Go ahead, Dave.

[Caller]

Yeah. Getting back to Pope and some of the stuff he says that's kind of puzzling in the last week or so he said in an interview that the reason he didn't start low was that he didn't want him in the initial scout for the other team.

[Matt Jones]

I don't understand that.

[Caller]

Not like he's a secret weapon.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, exactly. I mean you don't think Nate Oates scouts Jalen Lowe. I mean like he our best player. Everybody's going to scout him.

[Caller]

And the second thing is, I don't understand. In the postgame interview, they asked him why Cam Williams didn't play more. He said that Cam needs to take better advantage of the time that he gets. Well, he was 8 of 10 from 3 in the Bellman game.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I'm with you. I don't understand that either. And then the second half he came in and immediately hit a three. Yeah, I, I agree. I appreciate that. The, the scout answer does not. That doesn't pass the smell test for me. I mean I. You don't think they scout the dudes on the bench?

[Shannon]

You don't think they know Jalen Lowe is going to play?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I'll say this. If our scout doesn't include the other team 6 man, it ain't a very good scout.

[Shannon]

Very true.

[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techie Sports radio Got some breaking news, Shannon. Kentucky added another commitment. Tennessee offensive lineman Max Anderson has transferred to Kentucky. No idea if he's good or not.

[Shannon]

But does it say he's a guard or a tackle?

[Matt Jones]

Says he's an interior offensive lineman. So that's. That's the way they do those now. They just say interior.

[Shannon]

So they May. They got two of the five. They lost all five of them.

[Matt Jones]

They got two played in 15 games in the SEC. Yeah, that's it. He played right guard, left guard and center for the Vols. Four star recruit.

[Shannon]

Okay, so our centers from Baylor, pretty good program. This guy's from Tennessee, pretty good program.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Rebuilding the offensive line.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Which they need.

[Shannon]

Absolutely, desperately need.

[Matt Jones]

So. So there you go. I don't again, don't know. He was a red shirt freshman last year, played in 15 games. So there you go.

[Shannon]

I'm really, you know, we're bringing in guys from New Mexico State and Illinois State.

[Matt Jones]

In his recruiting class of 2024, he was the number 18 interior lineman in the country.

[Shannon]

I trust. Trust him.

[Matt Jones]

Sounds like a good player. Yeah, you know I do a lot of interior lineman. Well, that's kind of my specialty. Evaluating.

[Shannon]

That's what I thought.

[Matt Jones]

So what does he do?

[Ryan]

Well, you want to break it down?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I think is the way he can, you know, he blocks.

[Ryan]

Yeah. It's always important.

[Matt Jones]

Footwork.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Arm length.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Very important.

[Ryan]

They want T. Rex arms.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Pancakes.

[Shannon]

I saw where Jagger entered the NFL draft.

[Matt Jones]

Good for him.

[Shannon]

Hope it works out for him.

[Matt Jones]

It works out for him. KS bar back open today and will be all week. We will be there tomorrow. Yes. For the show. We will also be there tomorrow for the pregame show for the game. So we'll be there a bunch tomorrow. Hope you'll come out. I do trivia a week from Thursday.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Week from Thursday will be my next trivia and we'll go from there. But tomorrow will be tomorrow and Thursday.

[Shannon]

We'll be doing the show game tomorrow nights at seven. So pregame's at 4:30 tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

I think you're right. DraftKings. I guess you go to DraftKings.com use promo code KSR. Bet five get $200 if in bonus bets if you win. Let's do Louisville, Duke. Louisville's a one and a half point favorite at home tonight against the Duke Blue Devils. Ryan, who you got?

[Shannon]

I cannot pick Louisville. I don't like Duke, but I can't pick. I'm picking Duke. Don't not just cover, win a game.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I think I'm agreeing with Ryan. I would take Duke Moneyline on this.

[Shannon]

One, especially if Mikhail Brown's not playing.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going big on Duke. Yeah, Brown's not playing. How's. How's Louisville the favorite? I know they're home, but, like, they.

[Shannon]

Just lost to Stanford, right?

[Ryan]

Does Duke have somebody out or are they healthy?

[Matt Jones]

I think so. Don't think so. Duke's only lost one game. I mean. I mean, Louisville can win, but how are they favored?

[Shannon]

I'm the Matt Jones lock of the week.

[Matt Jones]

It's my Matt Jones pensive pose from. That's my guru pose. Lock of the week.

[Shannon]

You got your hand resting in you. Your head resting.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, am I wrong about that? Am I wrong? Stop thinking about my picture. I'm not asking you about the game.

[Shannon]

They got the deuce going on. The best player in boozer. They're playing really good levels. Coming off a loss, their best players out.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, Matt, I don't know if you saw all the rich people in the world went to St. Bart's for New Year's. Would you all like to have been there? Did you see this?

[Shannon]

I did not see this.

[Matt Jones]

Apparently, of the 100 biggest yachts in the world. Okay, so presumably 100 of the richest people in the world. Right. All right, 46 of them were in St. Bart's this weekend. 46 of the 100 biggest yachts in the world.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

We're all in the same place. So, like, all these tech billionaires. Tom Brady was there. Was he on his dancing with Alex Earl, which, like, Brady's my age now. It's Earl. I don't know what she. 23, 24, but they were all cozy. That was the place to be. And then we ended up going and getting the Venezuela president, and they all got trapped there. Did you see that?

[Shannon]

I didn't know that.

[Matt Jones]

They closed the airspace.

[Shannon]

So they're stuck there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they finally got to go, but for like, 48 hours, they were all stuck. There's some great videos online of rich people freaking out because they're not allowed to fly home. Even Leonardo DiCaprio really was getting the lifetime achievement award from this film group. And he had to miss the ceremony because even he couldn't get out.

[Shannon]

Wow. These guys are used to flying whenever they want at the minutes notice and.

[Matt Jones]

People were going crazy. So would you like to have been there with all those rich people? Sure. You say that, but don't you think you would feel like you didn't fit in?

[Shannon]

Of course I would, but I want to be there.

[Ryan]

How do they know you, what your net worth is?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, they, you think they would think Ryan's a billionaire just cuz he's there.

[Ryan]

Company. You have to have money to be.

[Matt Jones]

But like what if you can't get on those yachts? Like all these yachts are there and everybody's partying and you're sitting on the beach like going, hey, what about Ryan?

[Shannon]

Well, I, I, I, I definitely look the part of a millionaire.

[Ryan]

Oh, for sure.

[Shannon]

So I think they'd seen that. Oh, let's bring that guy on our yacht. He needs to come in.

[Matt Jones]

And you think they would bring you on the yacht?

[Shannon]

Yeah, and have some champagne and caviar.

[Matt Jones]

You think they would? Yeah, I think of all the people there, the supermodels, the celebrities, you think they would invite you?

[Shannon]

Supermodels would see me and get very thirsty.

[Matt Jones]

They would not. They would not, I don't think.

[Shannon]

Especially if I take my shirt off and I'm flexing on the beach.

[Ryan]

Get dehydrated.

[Matt Jones]

Matthew, go ahead. Matthew.

[Caller]

I hate to be the one to tell Ryan this, but I don't know any millionaires that have holes in their socks. But I'm not one.

[Matt Jones]

So I don't know. It's true. It may not. And these are, these were billionaires. Oh yeah. But go ahead.

[Caller]

The no holes. They might not even ask.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's exactly right.

[Caller]

Matt, you, you should stick to volleyball. Scouting your interior offensive lineman vocab was a little lackluster.

[Matt Jones]

Well, what should I have said?

[Caller]

But what I really, all I know is pancakes. So I guess.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, gotcha. Yeah.

[Caller]

And I don't even know what I'm.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, our new center, Our new center from Baylor. ESPN named it one of his blocks last year. The pancake of the week.

[Shannon]

Oh, they did.

[Matt Jones]

So we have Mr. Pancake. Mr. Pancake, but go ahead.

[Caller]

Blueberries or chocolate chip?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know, but it was, it was very popular.

[Caller]

What I really wanted to call and say is I know we all love Modi and we all love Jane Quaintance, but I just don't know how we play those two together on offense. They're both just big bodies they required, you know, being the paint to bang, get offensive rebounds and we talk about floor spacing and shooting and I don't see how those two guys help either of those things when they're in together.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's fair question. Appreciate the call. Completely fair question. And I wonder the same thing. Yeah, it worked against St. John's because they can't shoot either. But does that work against a team that puts up 90? I don't know. Probably not. So that goes back to the roster being poorly constructed.

[Shannon]

But.

[Matt Jones]

But while I agree with that, that's not an excuse for when we don't play defense and we get like they should be able to play defense at least maybe we'll struggle scoring, but we shouldn't give up 90.

[Shannon]

That's a good defensive lineup. If you got those two guys down.

[Matt Jones]

Theory, that's a really good. That's how we want to get. St. John's was our defense.

[Shannon]

St. John's couldn't score either.

[Matt Jones]

So I think that's a fair question. But that doesn't explain the problems against Alabama.

[Shannon]

No.

[Matt Jones]

If we lose 78, 71 because we can't score, then I think you bring that up when we give up 90 and give up open shot after open shot. That ain't because we're playing diabate and quaintance together.

[Shannon]

That's when I thought yellow bitch would be a guy that could come in and shoot the threes. But he's oh of 10 who even.

[Matt Jones]

Remembers if he's on the team? Yeah, I mean, forget he's on the team. So. All right, well thank you folks very much. Fun show. We will see you tomorrow at KS Bar. This has been Kentucky sports radio. This is Julian Edelman from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jewels. Sunday mornings I've got my game day ritual. Coffee, lucky socks and now new morning uncrustable sandwiches. It's all about that 12 gram protein boost with the new uncrustables. Bright eyed berry or up and apple flavors. Bright Eye Berries got a feisty receiver.

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