2026-01-22- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR Podcast – Hour 2 (January 22, 2026): Summary

Overview

In this lively and humorous episode, Matt Jones and the KSR crew dedicate Hour 2 to launching the "Kentucky Weatherman Challenge," a statewide contest to determine which Kentucky meteorologist can most accurately predict the weekend’s snowfall in Lexington and Louisville. The segment is filled with banter as the hosts organize participants, hype up charitable donations tied to the contest, and poke fun at local weather personalities, all while sharing fan calls and discussing Kentucky basketball. The main theme is the intersection of weather forecasting, friendly competition, and charity, set against the backdrop of an approaching winter storm.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Kentucky Weatherman Challenge: The Big Idea

• Launching the Contest: Matt Jones takes the lead in proposing a contest among local meteorologists to predict how much snow will fall at Lexington’s Bluegrass Airport and Louisville Airport this weekend. The reward? At least $7,000—and potentially up to $10,000—for the winner’s charity of choice.
  • "Let's do the Kentucky weatherman challenge. Simple prediction. How many inches of snow at Bluegrass Airport and Louisville Airport? Two cities. You tell me." – Matt Jones (04:23)
• How It Works: Each major Lexington and Louisville TV station nominates a meteorologist. Two wild cards are also selected from state or retired personalities. Each forecaster must submit predictions by noon Friday, with rules clarified to ensure fairness.
• Charity Pot Grows: Matt pledges $2,000 himself, with "Commonwealth Causes" and other sponsors offering $5,000 and more. Each meteorologist’s participation directly boosts the charitable impact.
  • "I was going to give $1,000...Commonwealth causes called during the post game show, said, we'll give $5,000...So now we're up to $7,000 to charity...I'd like it to be $10,000." – Matt Jones (05:00)

2. Selecting the Meteorologists (03:43–16:40)

• The Nominations Begin: The show creates a draft-like atmosphere, discussing who makes the cut for each station—both in Lexington (Chris Bailey, Bill Meck, TG Shuck, Justin Logan) and Louisville (Mark Weinberg, Jay Cardosi, Kevin Harned, Mallory Schnell).
  • "These people, by the way, ma'am, they're in whether they want to be or not." – Matt Jones (06:40)
• Wild Cards: YouTube weather star Ryan Hall and retired legend Jim Caldwell receive wild card entries. Old school vs. new school is highlighted, hyping up the intergenerational clash.
  • "Ryan Hall, y'all, already committed...This is a man who doesn't forget his roots." – Matt Jones (13:07)
  • "Jim Caldwell from WYMT and WKYT comes out of retirement to give one final pick for all the little Cs out there..." – Matt Jones (14:42)
• Participation Pressure: Show members volunteer to contact the meteorologists and keep track of commitments ("check mark and X sheet"), emphasizing that refusal will be public and frowned upon.

3. Playful Rivalries & Character Descriptions (19:50–23:20, 32:50–44:49)

• Mark Weinberg as the ‘Heel’: Louisville’s Mark Weinberg is singled out as the contest’s wild card—known for his trash-talking and skepticism of computer models and weather apps.
  • "He hates computers. He hates the apps. He's old school. Gotta have him. He's a trash talker." – Matt Jones (09:47)
  • "This is for charity, and there's someone who's donating a thousand dollars if he does it specifically him." – Matt Jones (44:34)
• Friendly Trash Talk: The hosts urge Weinberg to join, poking fun at a viral on-air "fart" moment and suggesting that failing to compete would take money from charity.
  • "If he does this, farting in all the other people's faces..." – Matt Jones (23:05)
  • "He is looking at a charity and, like, holding the thousand dollar bill and pulling it away from [them]." – Matt Jones (44:36)
• Meteorologist Stereotypes: Discussion of local legends, like TG Shuck (with playful talk about nicknames), Bill Meck as the “dean” of weathermen, and the quirks of various TV personalities.

4. Contest Rules and Logistics (16:04–17:59, 25:15–26:38)

• Prediction Details: Exact timeframes, measurement locations, and what counts (e.g., only snow, not ice) are clarified.
  • "Your prediction has to be in how many inches of snow in Lexington and how many in Louisville from start of Saturday to midnight on Sunday, that 48 hour period." – Matt Jones (16:25)
• Measurement Officialdom: The hosts debate how readings are taken (using airport data for accuracy) and who should be trusted to announce the official totals.

5. Broader Impact and Show Banter (30:23–47:39)

• Basketball Talk Interlude (34:07–37:12): A few fan calls discuss Kentucky’s basketball lineup and transfer rumors. Drew and Mario weigh in on team chemistry and player performance.
• Weather and Game Attendance: The hosts reminisce about past snowstorms affecting Kentucky games and speculate on crowd turnout for Saturday’s matchup against Ole Miss.
  • "We have not had a game postponed from snow since 1978 when the Kentucky-Tennessee game was postponed for one month because of snow." – Matt Jones (38:46)
• Calls and Kentucky Fandom: Listeners share stories (e.g., naming babies after Rupp Arena) and express excitement about the team's recent win streak.
  • "My niece named her baby Langston RUP four months ago." – Caller Rick (45:36)

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

On the Meteorologist Contest

• "You are being summoned to snow court." – Matt Jones (07:11)
• "There's four major Lexington stations, four major Louisville stations, two wild cards. There's our 10 contenders. Do you like it?" – Matt Jones (06:09)
• "Weinberg has to participate. There's no disqualified. That's the weakest thing." – Matt Jones (10:56)

On Local Weathermen

• "Mech is the dean of weathermen here in Lakeston. Got to have him in it." – Mario (07:35)
• "I love his name. Gotta be the guy, right?" (on TG Shuck) – Matt Jones (08:01)
• "Who would be our wild card if...one of them quits? Maybe a WYMT’er, or a Bowling Greener, or a Northern Kentuckier?" – Matt Jones (32:53)

On the Trash-Talking Weinberg

• "He's the weather heel and also the weather aficionado. He hates computers. He hates the apps." – Matt Jones (09:47)
• "He always says everyone else is bad at their job. He thinks Chris Bailey should not even be allowed near a Doppler." – Matt Jones (43:16)

On Forecasting:

• "What's the point of a weather person if they're not a predictor? I can open up the window and see what's happening." – Matt Jones (25:42)
• "Just to make sure I'm not crazy, I went to the dictionary.com and the word forecast means to predict. Official definition." – Drew (26:14)

On Pressure to Join and Charity

• "A no takes a thousand dollars away from a charity." – Drew (44:34)
• "If he's the only one that doesn't do it, he will officially at that point…for me..." – Matt Jones (44:12)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Note | |------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:52–03:43 | Show transitions to Hour 2; contest first introduced | | 04:23–06:01 | Details on launching the "Kentucky Weatherman Challenge" | | 06:01–15:01 | Selecting meteorologists, discussing local personalities, wild cards | | 16:04–16:46 | Contest rules & logistics, prized for charity | | 19:50–23:20 | Weinberg banter, pushing for commitment | | 25:15–26:38 | Clarifying official rules, “predicting” debate | | 30:23–33:29 | Narrowing the last contest spots; targeting Mallory Schnell/Weinberg | | 38:46–39:59 | Snow history & basketball game impact | | 45:36–46:28 | Caller shares about baby named after Rupp (fun callback) |

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Flow, Tone, & Final Thoughts

The episode is marked by KSR’s trademark mix of sports, local color, running gags, and listener engagement. The tone is irreverent but community-focused, emphasizing both the fun of inter-station rivalry and the good that could come from charitable donations. The meteorologist competition takes center stage, with the cast going to great lengths to ensure full participation—using peer pressure, gentle ribbing, and appeals to civic virtue. The friendly drama surrounding whether Mark Weinberg will join adds suspense, while listener calls ensure the show remains connected to its Kentucky basketball roots.

For listeners and non-listeners alike, this episode is a masterclass in blending local sports radio with broader community engagement and entertainment.

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[Shannon]

Welcome to hour two of Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back our number two Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text Machine 772-7745-2455254. The Cats won. So nice victory. Tomorrow we are in Campbellsville at Don Franklin, right?

[Mario]

Don Franklin and Campbellsville, Taylor County.

[Matt Jones]

Campbellsville would love to see you. We always enjoy going there. We've been there quite a bit over the years. So if you're in Campbellsville tomorrow, call your friends on the phone, bring them out. I might even give some UK basketball tickets away to the good people of Campbellsville tomorrow. So. And it's a snow day, so we might get sent really nice ones because people don't want to leave. So just not, not saying Campbellsville. I'm just saying. All right, time to focus on the snow.

[Drew]

This is what matters.

[Matt Jones]

So latest models make it look like we're going to get a boatload of snow. They are saying, I think Chris Bailey tweeted just yesterday. Mercy. That's all. It's mercy. He is asking the Lord for mercy.

[Mario]

Little scary.

[Matt Jones]

Little scary. It's supposed to start Saturday around Kentucky's game time.

[Mario]

Yes, it is.

[Matt Jones]

Literally, maybe it will start during the game. So that's something to think about. I have decided that I want this to be. I want it to be fun, but I also want it to be enlightening. We're learning about the weather together. And weather people work hard. They roll their sleeves up a lot. They look in the camera and they just talk. And that's hard to do. I've done that. That's not easy. And they need to be rewarded for success. But they're also, they can be a little arrogant. They can kind of get mad at you and say, we're weather pros.

[Mario]

And.

[Matt Jones]

And then those same weather pros, they don't always get judged so you can get people to be snippy about your phones or about the amateurs or whatever. So I decided, what's a way to kind of get everybody on record? Who's the king of the weather or queen? And I decided, let's do the Kentucky weatherman challenge. Simple prediction. How many inches of snow at bluegrass airport and louisville airport? Two cities. You tell me. I'm using the airports because they give official predictions or official compilations, right?

[Mario]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

So we're not going to stick. We're not sticking rulers in our backyard. We're using the airport. Does that make sense?

[Drew]

They have rulers out there.

[Matt Jones]

So I decided I'll give. I was going to give $1,000. I thought that was generous. Commonwealth causes called during the post game show, said, we'll give $5,000. Very generous. Made me feel less generous. I thought, everybody's gonna go, thousand dollars. That's nice of you, Matt. And then they come in at $5,000. All right, so I'm gonna give $2,000 from matt causes. So now we're up to $7,000 to charity in the name of the person who gets it the closest. If any of our other sponsors would like. I'd like it to be 10. So if any of other sponsors would like to throw in some money, just send me a text and let me know. I'd like it to be $10,000. I think that's an amazing reward for someone's charity, right?

[Mario]

It'd be, what charity wouldn't love to have $10,000 handed to him?

[Matt Jones]

So the question is, who do we ask? This is my theory. You tell me if you all agree.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

There's four major Lexington stations, four major Louisville stations, two wild cards. There's our 10 contenders. Do you like it?

[Mario]

I think that's the way to go.

[Matt Jones]

Let's all the TV stations participate, and then we will figure out some wild cards. One wild card has to be Ryan hall, y'.

[Drew]

All.

[Matt Jones]

He might be the biggest weather person outside of the weather channel in the country, and he's in our state.

[Mario]

Has to be.

[Matt Jones]

Is he a wild card?

[Mario]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so now let's go through the stations. Cbs, WKY in Lexington. Chris Bailey's in, right?

[Drew]

Absolutely.

[Mario]

Got to be in.

[Matt Jones]

He's Kentucky weather. Got to be in, of course. Got to what? These people, by the way, ma', am, they're in whether they want to be or not.

[Mario]

So he's on the. He's on. On notice.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't asked these people. They're in. Whether they want to be or not. And if they don't, their name's on it and everybody's gonna know they ain't gonna be in. So this isn't like you get nominated. Whether it's your thing or not.

[Drew]

It's kind of like jury duty. This is your, this is jury to the people. And we're calling you right now.

[Shannon]

You're being summoned.

[Matt Jones]

You are being summoned to snow court. So Chris Bailey's in. Let's go to wlax, NBC. Two choices. Bill Mack, Bill Ackerman. Two Bills. Tom Ackerman.

[Drew]

It's got to be Mech though.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's got to be mechan.

[Todd]

I don't.

[Matt Jones]

Ackerman may be a wonderful guy. I hear he gets up at like 2:30 in the morning to be on the TV. Needs to be mech.

[Mario]

Mech is the dean of weatherman here in Lakeston. Got to have him in it.

[Matt Jones]

I think I'll get a yes from both those guys. I think I, I, I, I have their phone numbers. I can target them directly. I don't mean to use the word target. That sounds very hostile.

[Drew]

Invite them.

[Matt Jones]

Fight them directly. Now we go to abc. It's a revolving door over there sometimes. Yes, but now they've got a legend there.

[Mario]

TG Thundershock, Former Lafayette and Georgetown college kicker.

[Matt Jones]

You better play that when we come back. I like that song. I haven't, I don't know tg. Never met him, but I love his name. Gotta be the guy, right?

[Mario]

I get called TG Shuck all the time. So I, I. Why do you think we look like each other?

[Matt Jones]

You don't look anything.

[Mario]

I agree. But people think I'm TG all the time.

[Matt Jones]

You think that happens all the time, Shannon? Or it's happened like once and he.

[Shannon]

Once, twice, probably. And he thinks it's all the time.

[Matt Jones]

Now it's not all the.

[Drew]

When's the last time it happened?

[Mario]

Probably a month ago.

[Drew]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

I don't see it actually. That's just what yoga girl calls him. It's her pet name.

[Shannon]

Call me tj.

[Matt Jones]

She goes, come on, Thunder.

[Drew]

And then.

[Mario]

I like that.

[Matt Jones]

We all have to. You have to role play. I understand. Right. So, so, so TG Shuck gets the invite, right?

[Mario]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

Right now I don't know who's on Fox? Who's on Fox? Is it? I think there's somebody named Logan. Who's the main Fox person? Does anybody know Justin Logan?

[Drew]

Justin Mario, knowing Fox.

[Matt Jones]

Look at. That's why you're the bet. That's why you're up for influencer of the year. You know. You know all these people.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Go to their website. He's the first picture.

[Matt Jones]

So Justin Logan, Mario, you're in charge of getting Justin Logan to say yes. Okay, guys, all we need right now is the yes. Their predictions will be due tomorrow. We'll talk about that.

[Drew]

Now, let's go to Louisville selection show.

[Matt Jones]

This is. This is right. We have just seated our first four.

[Drew]

Do you think they're all sitting in chairs watching this on tv, like, waiting?

[Matt Jones]

Some of them don't want. Some of them don't want the invite. Especially in Louisville. Well, guess what? You're getting it. Let's start in Louisville. What station is bad boy Mark Weinberg?

[Shannon]

Wdrb.

[Matt Jones]

Wdrb. Yeah, he's in.

[Shannon]

That's the Fox affiliate.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, you. You're.

[Mario]

You're.

[Matt Jones]

You're the weather heel and also the weather aficionado. He hates computers. He hates the apps. He's old school. Gotta have him. He's a trash talker.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Gotta have it now. For a man who talks that much.

[Mario]

Trash, time to back it up.

[Matt Jones]

You gotta participate. Weinberg.

[Mario]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Don't make. Don't make us. Don't make us come over there.

[Shannon]

I have a feeling he's the holdout. He's gonna be the holdout.

[Matt Jones]

I have a feeling he could be the holdout, too. But I'm gonna say this, Mark, we all. I think the Lord says, let's reach to our better angels. Somebody says, I think it's in. Luke.

[Mario]

Not heard that one.

[Matt Jones]

Somebody says that Mark Weinberg has to be in. Right.

[Mario]

As much trash as he talks, he's got to be in it or people are just going to not pay. Give him any more respect if he doesn't participate.

[Matt Jones]

I mentioned Bryce Jones. He's a listener to show. The problem is he's on wdrb. I can only give one a station.

[Drew]

Oh, yeah. I can't have two.

[Matt Jones]

So. I'm sorry, Bryce. I might have to go to Weinberg. Bryce is up for a wild card. We can talk about that.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Drew]

What if Weinberg just absolutely refuses? Does he go in as a. As an opt out or does Bryce get his spot?

[Matt Jones]

Weinberg has to participate.

[Mario]

Has to.

[Matt Jones]

There's no disqualified. Yeah, yeah, because that's the weakest thing. I'm not going to do it, but let my. Let my underlings suffer.

[Shannon]

Well, I mean, how can you be moments? Can you even tweet him? Didn't you tweet an ice map or something? Didn't he block you because of that.

[Matt Jones]

There will be somebody that can tweet him. Terry Miner's got his number. We can get his.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so what about the other station?

[Mario]

Jay Cardosi.

[Shannon]

Yeah, hold on. Your CBS affiliate, wlky. Jay Cardosi.

[Matt Jones]

Jay Cardozi. He's what? What's Jay say?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Mario]

What?

[Drew]

The graphics.

[Matt Jones]

The blues clues have him. He's got a rhyme. What's Jay say? So we are. We all agree? Jay Cardos.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

All right, now, that leaves wave. And WH's on wave.

[Nav Green]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Wave. Your chief meteorologist is Kevin Harid.

[Matt Jones]

I know. Kevin Harted. I know. He's. He's been on forever, right? He's kind of funny.

[Shannon]

Like, he's a bar. I think he lives in bar. He's a Bardstown guy.

[Matt Jones]

He's Bartown. He's got, like, this little. I like. I like his hair. What?

[Mario]

Hair?

[Matt Jones]

Does he not have hair?

[Shannon]

Barely.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, well, that's what I think I like about it.

[Shannon]

He's like Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

He's like. He's like. He kind of remind. Like he. TG Shuck does not look like you. Kevin Harid looks like you. He kind of does. He kind of does. I think you're. I think you want people to think you look like Forehead up.

[Shannon]

He looks like Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Drew]

So Forehead.

[Matt Jones]

So Kevin Harnett, I think is an in, right?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so now that leaves one more. Who's whas?

[Shannon]

I just. I. I don't really know. I looked up. It's Mallory Schnell. She is the chief meteorologist there. I don't know her.

[Matt Jones]

See, I don't know Mallory Schnell. But we need a woman, right? This is not weather men. We are weather people.

[Shannon]

Yes. I'm with you on that.

[Matt Jones]

Mallory Schnell.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Does any. Shannon, your job is to find me Mallory Schnell and Kevin Hart.

[Shannon]

I'll track them down.

[Matt Jones]

Mallory Shell and Kevin Harnett.

[Shannon]

Are you okay?

[Matt Jones]

Cardozzi has responded my tweet, so I feel like I can get him. Weinberg. There might have to be a protest organized around wdrb.

[Shannon]

I got a buddy that works with him, Gilbert Corsi, so I can maybe talk.

[Matt Jones]

You get Gilbert.

[Mario]

Course.

[Matt Jones]

Get him. All right, so you're in charge of Harnett and Mallory Schnell. Okay.

[Mario]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

And you just need commitments that they'll do it. We don't need their prediction till tomorrow.

[Drew]

Got it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. That'll give them a chance to see the morning maps. Two wild cards. Ryan Hall. Y' all already committed. Biggest one of all of them. This is a man who doesn't forget his roots.

[Drew]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. This is CM Punk and Cody Rhods being in WWE but still shouting out ovw.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

That's what they do. And he's like the new style and he's Ryan Hall. Said I'm in. Lot to lose for Ryan Hall.

[Mario]

True.

[Matt Jones]

Still doing it. I'm impressed by that.

[Mario]

I think the fact that he was the first one to respond. He also says a lot about me, too. His confidence and his prediction.

[Matt Jones]

Last one. We have one more wild card. I want you two to nominate, and then I'm going to nominate, and we will pick our final wild card. Do you have someone to nominate?

[Drew]

I mean, I barely know the people you just mentioned, so if I have to name another meteorologist, I'm going to need a minute.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. What about you? Do you have one?

[Mario]

I think we should go like, old school and get Frank Faulkner.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what that person is.

[Mario]

Oh, he's like legendary weather guy in this town. You know, he's like 90 years old.

[Shannon]

Yadin, right?

[Mario]

Captain Reed.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Mario]

One of those two guys.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know either of those people.

[Drew]

Okay, so there's like retired people.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Can I give you my nomination?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

In honor of Larry Blondell, my dad. Bring Jim Caldwell out of retirement.

[Drew]

Oh, is that Jim Caldwell's music?

[Matt Jones]

That's Jim Caldwell's music. Wow. He just got off the set of the Mummy like the Rock and he's coming back for WrestleMania.

[Drew]

I see him just running down the ramp.

[Matt Jones]

Caldwell runs in with a chair and pops Harnett on the back of the head.

[Drew]

Does he slide in? Does he jump over the rope? What's the Jim Caldwell.

[Matt Jones]

He's sliding in.

[Drew]

Oh, full speed.

[Matt Jones]

Jim Caldwell from WYMT and wkyt comes out of retirement to give one final pick for all the little Cs out there.

[Drew]

The crowd's going wild.

[Matt Jones]

Crowd is to.

[Drew]

Going.

[Matt Jones]

Going nuts. He doesn't even have the latest equipment. He's still using a watch to do barometric pressure.

[Mario]

The Farmer's Almanac. Larry is jumping up and down right now.

[Matt Jones]

Larry is. Is at home cheering.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Come on, Caldwell. How about that is our tenth one, I think.

[Mario]

And Jim still kind of does some like. Kind of like ryan hall, y'.

[Todd]

All.

[Mario]

Does some YouTube stuff about whether he dabbles.

[Matt Jones]

Even better. He still dabbles. Still wrestles on the independent circuit.

[Drew]

You got to keep that arm loose in case you ever get called.

[Mario]

There you go.

[Drew]

So he's Also the one that had me blocked on Twitter but to his credit unblocked me. We met here at KS bar. We got our blockings out of the way.

[Matt Jones]

So Ryan, y'. All. Hall, y' all represents the new school. Caldwell.

[Drew]

Old.

[Mario]

Old school.

[Matt Jones]

Like it?

[Drew]

I do.

[Matt Jones]

Those are our 10.

[Mario]

That's a good 10.

[Matt Jones]

You're getting the 10 nominations now to those 10 of you that are here, here's what you have to do today. Someone will be in contact. I don't know who it is, but it will be someone. Just say yes. Mario's going to keep a check mark and X sheet for Twitter that says who's committed and who hasn't. We have one check mark. Ryan Hall, y'.

[Mario]

All.

[Matt Jones]

Alright, I will add the others as they come. By the end of tonight you have to be in. Then by tomorrow at noon, your prediction has to be in how many inches of snow in Lexington and how many in Louisville from start of Saturday to midnight on Sunday, that 48 hour period. Now apparently we're close to the line. Could get snow, could get ice. Makes it more tricky. The talent rises further.

[Mario]

The cream rises to the top.

[Matt Jones]

I think it was the macho man that says, ooh, the cream rises to the top. That's what we're gonna find out right here.

[Mario]

I love it. I love it. The fact that Commonwealth causes stepped up and you stepped up to give some money, some charity. I think this make this a fun event and somebody's gonna be crowned king of the meteorologists when this is all.

[Drew]

Over if you don't do it. They hate charities.

[Matt Jones]

If you have one of our text messages and are listening and let's be honest, all you radio people are listening right now. Let us know before the show so I can give you put you down as a yes before the end of the show so you get some credit. Right now we only have one yes, Ryan Hall, y'.

[Mario]

All.

[Matt Jones]

But some of these people we don't know. So it will see.

[Mario]

So I got one more question. Yes, maybe they said the question I'm going to ask you when will the measurement be official? Like after the snow stops on Sunday night at Sunday. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

You have 48 hour period midnight at Sunday and it's snow. So if it's snow and ice, we're not counting the ice, just the snow. And it's going to be whatever these two airports say because I'm not trusting yalls measure.

[Mario]

That's true. Airport's the official measurement.

[Matt Jones]

Whatever. And I don't know who do I call at the airport?

[Drew]

They'll put it out.

[Matt Jones]

Someone for me to call.

[Drew]

Chris Bailey will put it out. Whatever they're.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm not trusting Chris Bailey because he'll change it to make it what he wants. I need non air. I need someone at the airport has to work with me on this.

[Drew]

They have the biggest job. They have to take the ruler into the snow and make this official.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. All right. 859-280-2287. Let's hope the yeses start coming in. Mario's making his graphic. We'll take a break and be right back. So no two companies are alike. That's why the American Express corporate program can help you customize rewards, reporting and billing options all designed for your business. Build your program with American [e-mail] corporate terms apply. On June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Ajay. Every search and rescue team in LA county has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the sheriff's department. The rumor around the drug scene was that a deputy was taken care of. Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert? Or of a cover up inside the nation's largest sheriff's department?

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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[Nav Green]

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[Matt Jones]

What's a wrap?

[Nav Green]

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[Shannon]

May up there, Josh Allen up there still.

[Matt Jones]

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[Nav Green]

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[Matt Jones]

He should be in that conversation. In what conversation?

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew]

They obsess over hippies in the woods.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Tucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. This is TG's Music, or what plays in Ryan's house sometimes when he's. That you made it gross. It was fine until you said it.

[Mario]

Tgz, text me back already.

[Matt Jones]

Who TG is, is he a. Yes.

[Mario]

I'm getting the numbers. You know, the. The dots, like he's typing.

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[Mario]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

If Mark Weinberg joins the competition puts more pressure on him.

[Mario]

Wow. More pressure.

[Drew]

So he has the power to give a charity a thousand dollars. It'll be in the pot if he just says yes.

[Matt Jones]

See there? Because there are people who are telling me, people around Weinberg, that they don't think he'll do it, that he. That he did not like the idea of this and doesn't think it's a good idea.

[Shannon]

You know, he's still mad at us because of that video where he was farting and we. We made it go viral.

[Matt Jones]

He farted on the air, Shannon. What am I supposed to do?

[Shannon]

Is mad at us?

[Matt Jones]

I'm really not supposed to notice that.

[Mario]

I forgot that was him.

[Matt Jones]

But he has a chance to win everyone over.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If he does this farting, all the other people's faces he'll be showing. He'll be showing what? First of all, what a great weather broadcaster he is, but also what a good guy is. He's light hearted. He's fun.

[Mario]

Right.

[Shannon]

You break wind.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Shannon]

In front of all the other meteorologists.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. He can pass the gas all the way to the title.

[Drew]

This probably isn't helping getting him on board, but I like it.

[Mario]

Still typing. I got a response from Bill Mack.

[Matt Jones]

What'd he say? I just got to what's needed and when. Just say a prediction by noon tomorrow. And when he says yes, he'll be our second check.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

And then you're going to text Chris Bailey too, right?

[Drew]

It's like the Royal Rumble. I'm waiting to hear his music comes on.

[Matt Jones]

This person says Chris Bailey hates the airport data because he says they always get it wrong. Well, then he needs to predict how they're going to get it wrong because that's what I have to use. I don't know what else I'm supposed to use.

[Mario]

That's the best official measurement.

[Matt Jones]

And also the airport, I think they use it because the land is completely flat. Because it has to be flat because you have to land a plank.

[Drew]

I think Chris takes on too many roller photo ruler photos for him to be called out the airport. He gets too much data from everyone out measuring their yard and retweeting it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we're just. We have. We have to use some data. So we're using the airport. This is going to be great. Now all of these people have to participate. What's the woman's name again? I want to make sure.

[Shannon]

Valerie Schnell. I'm about to hit her with a tweet right now.

[Mario]

Get her.

[Matt Jones]

Get Mallory these. You know, Terry and Tony may have these people's numbers too, by the way.

[Mario]

Yeah. Jake Cardosi does weather for Terry.

[Drew]

Huh?

[Shannon]

That's right. They're the official affiliate.

[Mario]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Jay Cardozi had a great. Did you all see the video I put out of Jay Cardozi last night on Twitter?

[Drew]

No. I didn't see that one.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, you know, the snow's not here yet. Sleeves were still down. Okay, so that's how you knew. I knew we weren't getting right. We had some time.

[Mario]

Nothing to worry about.

[Matt Jones]

Hand movement, though. A plenty picking up pace. Lot of hand movement, which made me think, oh, this is for real.

[Mario]

Yeah, I like it. When it does get bad, they roll the sleeves up. There's always the other two. Weather guys are back in the weather office and I kind of. What's. What's the latest on Casey county over there, Tom?

[Matt Jones]

I find less help once it's snowing. Oh, I want to address one thing, because once a person who's a listener of the show that lives in another city was a weather person and wrote. Here's the thing, Matt. Predictions are not really fair to weather people because we're not predictors. We are meteorologists. And I didn't want to argue with them because they're my friend. But what's the point of a weather person if they're not a predictor? I can open up the window and see what's happening. Right. Your whole existence is to tell us what's going to happen. Am I wrong?

[Drew]

Isn't that a forecast?

[Matt Jones]

And also, 6 to 12 inches is way too many inches. Yeah, please don't take that as a drop. It's. It's like that's too big of a gap. We need much narrow. That's why we need a number. And by the way, if you want to use 0.5, you can. So you can say 9.5, 8.5, etc.

[Drew]

Just to make sure I'm not crazy, I went to the dictionary.com and the word forecast means to predict. Predict official definition.

[Matt Jones]

So I mean, the whole point of a weather forecast is to predict. So this, in my opinion, Ryan, goes exactly in the duty that they do.

[Mario]

You know my feeling about this? You can't predict Mother Nature, but you can tell you exactly what it's doing at the. At that exact moment. You can't tell me what it's going to do five hours from now. You just can't.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so Shannon, you just tweeted Mallory Snail.

[Drew]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to follow her since I didn't know who that was. And now she's going to get. She's going to get one of the people. All right, so we'll let you. We'll keep you up to date of who you still have. No yeses.

[Mario]

Bill says, I'll put a reminder. And I assume that's a yes.

[Drew]

That's a yes.

[Matt Jones]

Bill Mac. Now we're calling it.

[Drew]

It's a yes.

[Matt Jones]

That's a yes. Early reports in from from Indiana. Bill Mac, is it.

[Drew]

Should we all add guesses on the side to see if any of us are better than the meteorologist?

[Matt Jones]

No, see, I don't want to do that. I don't want to disrespect their profession.

[Drew]

Oh, that's true.

[Mario]

Yeah, they're doing.

[Matt Jones]

Jim Caldwell is in.

[Mario]

Nice.

[Shannon]

3.

[Drew]

See, once the ball starts rolling, two.

[Mario]

Wild cards are in.

[Matt Jones]

The two wild cards are in because they appreciate the opportunity. Now we have to get the people that are in the draft who are being brought in to accept. Who's up next? Ryan. What?

[Mario]

Got an M note from TG Shuck.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Mario]

Hey, buddy. I heard about everything last night and I tuned in at 11am so just like I hear you guys cut up. Don't read.

[Matt Jones]

You may not want to read that.

[Drew]

Well, I don't read a text message.

[Matt Jones]

I don't read that.

[Mario]

Why? I'm just reading what he's saying.

[Matt Jones]

Did you tell him seems personal?

[Mario]

No, nothing seem personal. He tuned in today at 11 o'. Clock. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The offender must prefer to wait until tomorrow morning. Tell him you can wait till tomorrow morning. Maybe we can have our picks in by 11am tomorrow.

[Drew]

Perfect.

[Matt Jones]

So that's a yes. Don't read the rent. That's a personal note to you, right?

[Mario]

I didn't read that part. I read the part about him tuning in at 11 o'. Clock. Slow down.

[Drew]

Is that four?

[Matt Jones]

TG shucks. Four.

[Todd]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Six more and we get it. Come on, Drew, clap with.

[Drew]

Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry.

[Matt Jones]

Here we go.

[Drew]

I was watching the door for someone else.

[Matt Jones]

Chris Bailey will do it. So now it's all the Louisville people. We got to get the Louisville people. All right, who's up first?

[Shannon]

We need to go to break here. We got 20 seconds. Oh, yeah, you got so caught up in what you're doing.

[Drew]

Really excited.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Louisville people, it's now time to hear from you. We will take a break, talk about calls and a conspiracy theory that Drew and I came up with or heard about that may be true. We'll be right back.

[Drew]

T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

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

[Matt Jones]

Mario is calling Jay Cardozi and Kevin Harted right now. I would love to hear that conversation. I would love to hear Mario try to explain what we're doing to them. And then I just. Mario's so nice. I would really love to have that cover. That's one of these times, Shannon. I wish we could just broadcast conversations.

[Shannon]

Live on the air.

[Matt Jones]

I used to do that and then they got mad at me. Someone filed an F complaint on us and we had to stop doing it. That used to be great radio. Like when we called ESPN that one time, Shannon, and that woman said, this is not appropriate. Yeah, hung up.

[Shannon]

That was over the Bobby Knight stuff.

[Mario]

It was Bobby Knight.

[Matt Jones]

It was over Bobby Knight. Good memory. That's right. We are here at KS Bar. You can come have lunch, join us today or dinner this evening. We are opening at 9am for breakfast on Saturday. So we're gonna do the pregame show here, but we're gonna also open for breakfast at 9am so get up early, come join us. And if it's snowy, you know what? It'll be snowy together for us all.

[Drew]

Kind of looking forward to the snow game on Saturday. You know, people get there safely. But I'm interested to see what kind of crowd it is. I'm suing Be thin and some. Some unique circumstances for Saturday.

[Matt Jones]

Chris Bailey is in. That's nice.

[Drew]

Already half.

[Matt Jones]

So now we have the four Louisville people. Lexington for Louisville people and Justin Logan in Lexington.

[Mario]

We're working on Justin Logan right now.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. The Louisville people are not going to collectively boycott this. This is a chance for Mallory Snell to really make a name.

[Mario]

Good point.

[Drew]

Just jump in.

[Shannon]

Right now we got weather man. It needs to be weather person.

[Matt Jones]

If Mallory Schnell gets in, I'll. I'll call it the weather wonderful humans contest.

[Shannon]

Weather woman predict.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Yeah. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

All right, let's go to Todd.

[Matt Jones]

Todd, go ahead. Tod a. What are we doing?

[Lonnie]

Matt enjoyed the show.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, go ahead. Go ahead, Todd.

[Lonnie]

Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Lonnie]

Yeah, I think the last four games and menu talk last year and just about a week ago, he, he has quit the lineup, has stayed about the same last night in the first half and I think that's the key to why we're winning more. I don't know if folks listen to the show, but Aberdeen, I, I don't know if we can put you all the eggs in one basket because when he's on a break and there's two guys ahead of him, he won't lob it. He wants to be a one man show sometimes and I don't know, he could still be a loose cannon for us. And I got one thing, man. I don't know if you got to hear Paul Finebaum yesterday, but they had a guest guy, sports guy at the beginning and he was talking about Kentucky not being a national champion, but could be like the Indiana in the sec. And he was bragging on Will Stein and what he has done so well.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they can't. I mean, like, look, I appreciate the call, the idea of, okay, well, who is Kentucky going to be like? I understand why people say Indiana is a possibility. I mean, we have a similar history, a similar profile, basketball school. I mean, that's why people are going to say us, Drew, and might as well take the mantle and try to make it happen.

[Drew]

Yeah, it's added a lot of excitement for me. It's one thing to talk to my friends and you all and other Kentucky fans get excited, but when I'm watching national shows and it's Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky. Look at this. Look out for this team that just gets even more excited here. These outside opinions that normally we're not even in the conversation this time of year.

[Matt Jones]

Kevin Harnett is in.

[Mario]

Nice.

[Drew]

Oh, here we go. Louisville's moving.

[Mario]

Here we go.

[Matt Jones]

Moving. 6. 6 left Jake or 4 left Jake Cardozzi, Mark Weinberg, Mallory Snell and Justin Logan. I'm just going to predict. I think we're going to get Mallory Snail. I think we're going to get Justin Logan. I think we're going to get Jay Carduzzi. I think it's all going to come down to the Weinberg.

[Mario]

But he's the. He's the one who's been doing all the mouthing. He's the one that needs to back it up and get in the country.

[Matt Jones]

Dennis Rodman. You have to show up and win the 98 finals. Right. You can't. You can't be Dennis Rodman and then not play when your team. When your team's asking.

[Drew]

Yeah, he's doing the job. Morant. He's on. On Twitter, just firing his Uzi. But now the game is being played. Where are you? Get on the court.

[Shannon]

He's gonna be our shade and sharp, basically. He's gonna warm up and never play.

[Matt Jones]

Warm up and never play. Just out of curiosity, who would be our wild card if, for whatever reason, one of them quits and doesn't do it? Is there someone from somewhere? Maybe a Wym Tier. I like ymt or a Bowling Greener or a Northern Kentuckier?

[Mario]

Apparently it can't be Frank Faulkner. He passed away.

[Shannon]

Rest in peace.

[Matt Jones]

Rest in peace. When that was who you suggest?

[Mario]

Yeah, because he's like in any 90s was. I like Captain Reed Yeat and I like Channing suggestion. The older.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know who that is.

[Mario]

He's a longtime weather guy in Louisville. He wore a little captain's hat when he would do the river weather sometimes.

[Drew]

Oh, bonus points for captain's hat.

[Mario]

You're talking man like skipper on Gilly Gonzaga and that kind of hat.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Okay. Is he alive?

[Shannon]

Yeah, I think so.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that might be a special champions.

[Drew]

Senior division. Left that detail out.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. Okay, can you. All right, here's what I'll say. Ryan, what's his name? Captain what?

[Mario]

Reed Yadin.

[Matt Jones]

I'll let you contact Captain Reed. Yeah.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

He agrees to wear his hat. While he's making his prediction, he can be into.

[Drew]

He's on Twitter and posted six hours ago.

[Shannon]

So he's active.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, contact Captain Reed. Ye gotcha. But he has to wear his hat.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, who's next?

[Shannon]

Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan. Go ahead, Ryan. In regards to this dink kid and his coming in from the pros, I haven't really heard anybody talk about this, but you know, they're getting paid like pros now and they all want to be professionals long term. And pro teams bring in players all the time mid season through great point positions or 10 day contracts. And so, you know, they kind of need to get used to that if they're going to be pros.

[Drew]

Rest their life.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's a great point. Why does it. Like you mentioned, you don't like the mid year thing. Ryan, they do it in the pros.

[Mario]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

No, I personally, I don't have. I don't have. I was talking about Ryan limit. Yeah, yeah. I appreciate the call. You do it. They do it in the pros.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Mario]

It's like free agencies. You heard a player, you out and sign somebody else to bring in. Happens in all the sports.

[Matt Jones]

Philip Rivers in with four games to go.

[Mario]

Yeah. For this basketball team at uk, it seems like we had a little chemistry issues going on. I think we finally got that figured out. I'd hate for another monkey wrench to be thrown into the locker room and maybe gotta start all over again. I mean that's just something I personally worry about. Probably not a big deal, but it's something I worry about.

[Drew]

Well, Kentucky being so thin, it's a little different some places just adding guys to get better. I mean they truly need a wing. I think even the locker room, you know, I'm not in there. But even they might welcome some help because they have to know how thin they are at that spot and if they want to reach any serious goals, they know how depleted their roster is right now.

[Matt Jones]

Let's say Pope takes the conservative approach. Says no kid from the G league not burning Braden Hawthorne's red shirt. Can Trent Noah do it?

[Mario]

I think Trent, Jasper, Colin, all three of those guys got a Trent roll.

[Matt Jones]

Let's assume that. Let's just assume Colin and Jasper can. Okay, we have not seen Trent Noah can. Trent Noah.

[Mario]

I think there are some games he can. Some of these games will play like athletic teams like Alabama and they get up down the floor. May not be his type of game, but then like game like against Mississippi State or even last night, we could maybe get in and get some valuable minutes to kind of help you play a little bit.

[Drew]

Yeah, I mean he could help win some games. This is Kentucky. We're not just trying to limp to the finish line and hope to win a game in Nashville. I don't know that he's going to really get you to be where we could all say this is a successful year in the end.

[Matt Jones]

What if he started shooting? Shooting like we know he's capable of? Okay, so let's. Let's assume he hurts you a little bit on the defensive end, but let's assume he were start shooting the way that everyone thought he would when he came here and that he allegedly does in practice. If he gave you that then do you think he could be a benefit?

[Drew]

Yeah, because they still need to spread the offense a little bit. I know they've had a hot hand the last two or three games. I hope that sustainable the rest of the year. But we've seen how inconsistent they've been. If he could bring in a another steady three point shooter that would help and then you could just maybe rotate him and Diabate for defense, offense. Now I still just worry that they don't have enough period to do anything successful.

[Mario]

It would help tremendously. You know last night Cam Williams hit that one five feet behind the three point line. Well now you got to honor that. You got to just spread the defense out even more. So if Trent can come in and just hit a shot or two, that's going to widen everything else. Keep the lane open for OA to drive.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287 we are down to four responses needed. Hopefully we'll get them before the end of the show or the public pressure will continue this evening.

[Mario]

Weinberg, you're on the clock.

[Matt Jones]

Do you. We got. How do we get Mallory Schn's number?

[Mario]

I don't know. Well, we I can contact Ken Spencer. Ken Spencer, hold over.

[Drew]

Look at this.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, look. You're doing well. Don Franklin also does well. We'll be there tomorrow. What Justin Logan doing work.

[Mario]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

Down to Cardozzi, Schnell and Weinberg. John Franklin will be in Campbellsville tomorrow. Come on out. Best selection of cars, best prices and the best family of dealerships. Over 6,000 vehicles around the state. There's a dealership near you. We will be there tomorrow in Campbellsville at 10am I'm going to be giving away Kentucky Ole Miss tickets. Come on out and see us tomorrow in Taylor County. It is Don Franklin and donfranklinauto.com we'll take a break. Be right back. This is KSR. Welcome back. Techie Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Here at KS Bar and Grill, if you come by, we add our new winter menu. Some folks have been trying the stuff here. Get lunch or dinner tonight and then this weekend stay warm. But you can get even door dashed the the food here or you can come see us for the game.

[Mario]

I was excited to see we have chili on our winter menu. Brought the chili back. I love our chili. It's so good.

[Matt Jones]

We have not had a game postponed from snow since 1978 when the Kentucky Tennessee game was postponed for one month because of snow. I don't think this one will be postponed either, especially since the snow is supposed to start during the game. But I it was interesting that not had one since then.

[Drew]

People keep asking the chances will get canceled. I keep saying if they have 10 people in a basketball and one TV camera, ESPN will find a way to have that game on a noon. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Even if, even if no fans showed up. Do you think though that like it'll hurt the crowd Saturday?

[Mario]

I think it will. I think it'll scare the crowd off a little bit when you know, 1993, before I got here, hosted the SEC tournament and had that massive snowstorm.

[Matt Jones]

I remember.

[Mario]

Yeah, people went to the game but then they couldn't get home. So that may be a situation where it says to start snowing during the.

[Matt Jones]

Game, but sometimes that's fun. Well, but I mean they didn't have to stay in the arena, they just got a hotel.

[Mario]

I think the story goes some journalists had to stay in the arena because they couldn't get home, couldn't get out of there. Who I I was before my time. There's like these legendary stories. These fans walked out and went to their hotel room. And then they couldn't leave Lexington. They were stuck in Lexington for days.

[Matt Jones]

Are they still here?

[Mario]

Maybe. Isn't that the same started famous game where Todd Svoboda outscored Alan Houston?

[Matt Jones]

Well, so there were. Yes. Todd Sabota scored 4, Allen Houston scored 3. Then they played LSU in the next round. They played Geert Hammock and lsu, and Andre Riddick had like nine blocks or something in the game. And then they won the tournament. I remember that tournament very, very well.

[Mario]

You were. You here.

[Matt Jones]

I was the. Well, I remember it because it was the first one I missed because my. My grandfather had just gotten very. Or was very ill at the time.

[Mario]

Well, that's the fact that they're over a foot of snow that day and they still had the basketball game. They'll do the same thing Saturday, I think.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

Lonnie.

[Matt Jones]

Lonnie. Go ahead, Lonnie.

[Todd]

Hey, guys, thank you so much for taking my call. First of all, I'm a big Kentucky fan down here in Tennessee. Lived down here about 30 years now. Moved from. I went to UK and moved down this area. So anytime that Tennessee pulls one of these games out or whenever Kentucky pulls one of these games out against Tennessee, it makes my life a whole lot more livable. But I have a bumper sticker, and yes, we still have bumper stickers down here in Tennessee, and it says, I have two favorite teams, Kentucky and whoever played in Tennessee.

[Matt Jones]

Well, then you have to be very happy about the victory the other day.

[Todd]

Absolutely. Six of the last seven. So my life has been good during basketball season, but not so good during football.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's exactly right.

[Todd]

What I wanted to say is I think. I think we can all agree that this team, with four straight wins and a good possibility of a fifth one coming up, is in the process of redeeming themselves. So I'd like to throw out the name for the team to be the redeemed team.

[Matt Jones]

Well, let's wait and see. I mean, I think they're in a lot better shape today. I appreciate the call, but let's wait and see how things go during the year because there's still rough days ahead. I mean, just to give an example, you play Ole Miss Saturday, but then you're back to back. Your next two games are at Vandy and at Arkansas. You could see how things could get off track there, don't you, Drew?

[Drew]

Oh, absolutely. And I said this even before the current win streak. There's not a game on the schedule. When I wake up in that morning I go, we're winning today. Even Ole Miss. Now we should be. Don't miss. And we're looking better and turning a quarter. But I still don't think we're in a place where we just say that game right there is a win.

[Matt Jones]

Mario's got some other news. Jake Cardozi is in.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now we're just Mallory Schnell and Mark Weinberg and Mallory Snail. Remember, we don't know how to get in contact with her yet. I feel like she'll be a yes. So is this all going to come down to the Weinberg just as we expected?

[Drew]

It was minus 5,000 for Weinberg to be the, the final answer.

[Mario]

Do you want Reed Hayden? Hayden. I got his phone number.

[Matt Jones]

You call him after the show.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right. What if Weinberg is the only one who says no? See, I know you folks in Lexington don't, Don't know Mark Weinberg. Let me try to explain to people that don't know Mark Weinberg, his whole thing. Mark Weinberg is. Shannon, how would you describe it? He's trash talking.

[Shannon]

Yeah, but he's very smarmy. He's like, don't listen to all these other people. Don't listen to the other models. I have the answer right here. This is what's going to happen.

[Matt Jones]

He always says everyone else is bad at their job. He does. He, he, he, he thinks Chris Bailey. He thinks Chris Bailey should not even be allowed near a Doppler.

[Drew]

He thinks they're his clouds.

[Matt Jones]

He does. He literally will say, don't listen to the computer. Well, wait a minute. That's what I said. But he will, he will literally be like Apple apps. All that stuff misleads you. Yeah.

[Shannon]

He is the Matt Jones of weather, basically, is what he is.

[Matt Jones]

Except I would do this. Don't act. I would, I would say yes. If this was a sports prognat Gnosticator thing, you know, I would do it. He's very much a. Weather is a science and you are looking at Mr. Science here. So I feel like if you're gonna talk that kind of trash, you have to back it up.

[Mario]

You have to. He has to step up and be a part of this. If everybody else we've invited has joined, he has to be a part of it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, if he's the only one that doesn't do it, he will officially at that point. Shannon, for me.

[Shannon]

You won't watch his forecast anymore, ever.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but I don't, I don't watch any of them now anyway. But I will be I will be very disappointed. This is for charity, and there's someone who's donating a thousand dollars if he does it specifically him.

[Drew]

A no takes a thousand dollars away from a charity.

[Matt Jones]

He is looking at a charity and, like, holding the thousand dollar bill and pulling it away from.

[Drew]

Enough. You have enough. No more for you.

[Mario]

I would think you like even the, the, the brass at WDRB kind of puts a pressure on. Look, you have to do this.

[Shannon]

I'm putting a text into my buddy Gilbert, who's an anchorman there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we know that Brian Jones.

[Drew]

Bryce.

[Matt Jones]

Bryce Jones is a listener of the show.

[Drew]

He's sitting in that room with him, looking at him, thinking.

[Matt Jones]

So I know Bryce is going, mark, come on, man.

[Drew]

If not you, me, it's marking.

[Matt Jones]

And there's another one like Jude Redfield.

[Drew]

He's also drb.

[Matt Jones]

I think he's loaded.

[Drew]

Weather room. They're the only ones I know, so.

[Matt Jones]

But you have to.

[Drew]

You have to do it while he pipped here.

[Shannon]

Let's get Rick.

[Drew]

Rick.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead, Rick.

[Lonnie]

Thanks for taking my call, man. I was watching today's show this morning. Al Roker is predicting 10 inches for Lexington for Saturday.

[Drew]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't know Al Roker was still on television. We got 11.

[Todd]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Good for Al Roker.

[Lonnie]

And also yesterday, y' all was talking about the biggest fan stuff. My niece named her baby Langston RUP four months ago.

[Matt Jones]

Really? Somebody named a baby after Adolph rup all these years later?

[Todd]

Yep.

[Lonnie]

Langston Brook.

[Matt Jones]

Well, is better than Langston Adolf. So I, I, I, I, I, I, like.

[Lonnie]

Right, right. But he's not after the rough Arenas. Really. But it's after rough.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I understand.

[Lonnie]

But we've been Kentucky fans all of our life, man.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I think that's a good one.

[Lonnie]

Thank.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate it.

[Mario]

You know, a lot of Kyle's and a lot of Macy's. I don't think there's ever been a lot of Adolphs.

[Matt Jones]

That's a name that I think was retired, having nothing to do with our Adolf. I think there just came a time people said that one and then come.

[Drew]

Up on my app when I'm swiping. I think that didn't make the data.

[Matt Jones]

You know, it's interesting. I did. I was just thinking about this. Do, do people name their kids after presidents? Like, are there Baracks? Donald's.

[Drew]

There's definitely Donald's.

[Matt Jones]

Are there. Have you heard of a child being named Donald? I mean, even if you're a big Trump fan, do you want to name your kid Donald?

[Drew]

I was just thinking of people named Donald.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. But I don't know if there's any been named after. And as much as there were people that on my side, I don't remember hearing people name their kid Barack.

[Mario]

While.

[Matt Jones]

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[Mario]

Homecoming for Travis Perry. I Hope he scores 0.5 points.

[Matt Jones]

You think he gets applause?

[Mario]

Well, I think he does get a little light applause. Half this restaurant right here is Western Kentucky. They'll clap for him.

[Matt Jones]

Would you all clap? I think people. I think that's right. I don't think people will. They'll be like, yeah. You think he gets a better reaction than the Arkansas guys did?

[Drew]

Oh, definitely.

[Mario]

Definitely.

[Matt Jones]

I think. Thank you folks very much for listening. We'll see you tomorrow. Mark Weinberg, don't let us down.