2026-01-23- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: January 23, 2026
Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Mario
Theme: Kentucky weather predictions, UK basketball, and a charity meteorology contest

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR is a lively blend of sports talk, playful banter, and community engagement, set against the backdrop of an imminent major snowstorm in Kentucky. The hosts organize a unique "Meteorologist Madness" contest, rallying regional weathermen to predict snow totals for charity, and dive into Kentucky basketball analysis, answering listener calls and debating the team’s prospects amidst injuries.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Meteorologist Madness Snow Prediction Contest (01:00–05:00; 24:22–30:07)

• Setup: The hosts invite 11 regional meteorologists (from Lexington and Louisville stations, including Jim Cantore) to predict this weekend’s snow totals. Closest to the actual amount earns $10,000 for their chosen charity (from Commonwealth Causes, Serve Pro, and host contributions).
• Rules Debate:
  • Jim Cantore’s Participation: Special accommodations are made due to his TV schedule—but he's ineligible for the prize if his prediction isn’t submitted on time.

    “Sometimes your five star point guards get a little extra special treatment over your three star point guard.” – Matt Jones (02:40)

• Discrepancies Highlighted:
  • Predictions vary widely, especially for Lexington (8” spread), revealing just how unpredictable local forecasting can be.

    “Presumably they all have access to the same equipment... so you would think… but we’re seeing huge discrepancies.” – Mario (03:20)

  • The group muses humorously about who has access to what Doppler equipment post-retirement and the secret lives and rivalries of Kentucky’s weathermen.

2. UK Basketball State of Play (05:04–16:43)

• Dion Walker’s NFL Success:
  • Celebrating Walker’s All-Rookie honors, discussing his perceived lack of effort at UK vs. his pro productivity.

    “He obviously had a lot of attention because of his play during the playoffs... I don’t think people ever thought he put in the effort, maybe that he should have.” – Ryan Lemond (05:04)

• Point Guard Debate:
  • Discussing Denzel Aberdeen’s emergence:

    “He knows now he is the point guard. This is his team. So I think that’s why we’re seeing better play from him.” – Matt Jones (06:32)

  • Concerns about thin backcourt line-up, especially after Cam Williams’ injury.
• Layups and Finishing Issues:
  • The team laments UK’s recent layup struggles:

    “I don’t think we’re great at finishing the layup. Numbers have been atrocious lately.” – Drew Franklin (09:03)

• Caller Segment:
  • Fans challenge the hosts’ SEC win projections, discuss tough road games, and debate Kentucky’s tournament seeding chances.

    “...It’s not that big a difference... That might be two or three seeds in the tournament...” – Matt Jones & Caller (11:39)

3. Weather Contest Updates & Humor (15:00, 25:04, 26:32)

• Predictions Recap:
  • Louisville: Range is 11–14.4 inches, with most clustered around 13–14”.
  • Lexington: More variability (7.9–15.2”).
  • Notable: Only one prediction below 10” in either city.

    “Only one pick is less than 10 inches of snow… we are in for it.” – Ryan Lemond & Mario (25:42)

  • Discussion of meteorologist “homerism”: local rivalries influencing predictions (Lexington vs. Louisville).
  • “If we get very little snow means Ryan is correct, because you’ve always claimed these people don’t know anything.” – Matt Jones (28:33)

4. Callers & Listener Interaction (09:52, 12:44, 14:33, 18:33, etc.)

• Wisconsin Family Roadtrip:
  • Three generations of UK fans drive through snow for a game, bring their own shovels and snowblower.

    “That’s how you know you live in Wisconsin. You bring shovels with you on your vacation.” – Ryan Lemond (13:21)

• Suggestions & Banter:
  • “Ryan, why don’t you just invite Matt to ride the storm out with you?” – Chuck, Caller (17:46)

    “Yeah, no thank you. First of all, I like being...But appreciate the call. I like being by myself. He would drive me crazy.” – Ryan Lemond (17:56)

• Streaming Recommendations:
  • “Heated Rivalry” (weather-themed show) suggested as snow-day watch.
• Travis Perry Discussion:
  • Should UK fans boo the former Wildcat now at Ole Miss? Consensus: No, he chose playing time and a better NIL deal.

5. Injury Luck vs. Training Concerns (39:14–40:33)

• Multiple callers and hosts debate whether Kentucky’s recent rash of injuries is just bad luck or indicative of training/medical issues.

  “I think it’s just random...It’s just basketball, man. Injuries happen.” – Matt Jones (39:27)

6. Game & Snow Predictions (40:44–42:07)

• All hosts pick Kentucky to win vs. Ole Miss (scores in the 70s–80s, margin around 6–10 points).
• Snowfall predictions:

  “Louisville gets 13.1. Lexington gets 10.7.” – Mario (41:30) “What happens if we only get like 3? ...Ryan Hall, y’all, is your winner.” – Mario/Ryan Lemond (28:24)

7. Community, Charity, and Fun

• The meteorologist contest is played in good spirits and raises significant charity money, with each forecast pro choosing a different beneficiary.

  “A lot of charities, all of them picked a charity and they all picked a different charity. Which I think is very nice.” – Matt Jones (29:33)

• The KSR crew expresses gratitude for fan turnout and local sponsors at Don Franklin and KS Bar, which is hosting a pajama party for the early game.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On meteorologist privilege:

  “Sometimes your five star point guards get a little extra special treatment…” – Matt Jones (02:40)

• On prediction discrepancies:

  “Nobody knows what they’re talking about is what it means…” – Mario (03:15)

• On Kentucky’s backcourt:

  “I worry about point guard, to be honest. Now that Cam Williams hurt...I just worry about having enough bodies…” – Drew Franklin (06:50)

• On snow panic:

  “We’re all gonna be stuck in our house. I hope everybody knows, nobody’s going anywhere.” – Ryan Lemond (14:17)

• On Travis Perry leaving UK:

  “You want him to just sit there? ...If somebody offers you a million dollars or...$200,000 to sit the bench at Kentucky.” – Ryan Lemond (36:41)

• On injury explanations:

  “If the injuries were hamstring tears...two guys separate their shoulder...what’s a trainer going to do about that?” – Ryan Lemond (39:27)

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Memorable Segments & Timestamps

• [02:40]: 5-star point guard “privilege” debate
• [05:04]: Dion Walker’s NFL progression
• [06:32]: Denzel Aberdeen’s growth at point guard
• [09:03]: UK’s layup struggles
• [13:21]: Wisconsin family’s snow-prepared UK roadtrip
• [17:46]: “Ride the storm out” roommate humor
• [24:22]–[30:07]: Meteorologist Madness—forecast reveals and implications
• [36:41]: Travis Perry’s transfer and NIL discussion
• [39:14]: UK’s injury luck debate
• [40:44]: Hosts’ score and MVP predictions
• [41:30]: Snow totals over-under

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Episode Tone

Upbeat, fast-paced, and filled with friendly ribbing and genuine community affection. The hosts balance serious sports and weather analysis with Kentucky-specific humor, nostalgia, and crowd-sourced commentary, maintaining a vibe that’s both informative and entertaining.

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Summary for Non-Listeners

This KSR episode is a perfect cross-section of Kentucky local flavor—sports, weather, tradition, and gentle jabbery—wrapped around a creative charity initiative that ropes in the whole state. You’ll get insight into UK basketball’s present and future concerns, peak behind the curtain of Kentucky meteorology, and enough quotable banter to make you feel part of the studio. The mood is festive but practical as the hosts keep the state informed before the big snow and the next big game.

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at Don Franklin. We've got there is now pizza here if people want it from what is that from Little Caesars. Is that right? Oh pizza, pizza. That's exactly right. 859-280-2287 they are starting to come in. We now have five different predictions in and they are all over the board. Ryan, this board is going to be amazing looking.

[Matt Jones]

Well it's, it's tough. You know they're trying to read the weather maps and it changes on an hourly basis. So you got to make a prediction now before the snow starts this time tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right. We like I said we have five of the 11. I did. I'm going to have to put this up to popular vote. I did get asked Cantore says we that he is on TV live until 3 this afternoon. He asked for an extension to get there. Now what do we do here?

[Drew Franklin]

Rules are rules.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I mean do we have him participate but he can't get the charity money or do we go because I, I don't want to. I don't want to. You know things will change over the next three and a half hours. I don't want to. Maybe we have him participate but if he wins we still get we give it for the charity to the second.

[Mario]

I think I like that. I know he's big time but still rules are rules so I think that's the fair way to do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

But he's also, I understand if he's on television, he's on television. And he's, you know, other people aren't. He's interviewing the mayor and I think he's interviewing the governor. So he is probably not immediately thinking about the weather. Weather models in Louisville right now.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, else is on television. Everyone else in this country. I watched some of them last night.

[Mario]

They do get commercial breaks.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a very good point. Very good point.

[Matt Jones]

He is our five star point guard. And sometimes your five star point guards get a little extra special treatment over your three star point guard.

[Ryan Lemond]

They get to bend the rules a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

The rules a little bit. They get eat a Jeff Ruby's and three star guys eating at Druthers.

[Drew Franklin]

So.

[Matt Jones]

So I think maybe we got to slide the rules a little bit.

[Mario]

Druthers? What are you talking about?

[Ryan Lemond]

I am just for the record, there have been in Lexington and in Louisville, just in the guest so far a difference of 5 inches between the various.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

And in Lexington, the smallest to the biggest is seven and a half inches. Wow. So there are huge discrepancies, which means.

[Mario]

Nobody knows what they're talking about is.

[Ryan Lemond]

What it means or somebody's gonna look really good. That's right.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well.

[Mario]

Well, here's what I don't understand. Like presumably they all have access to the same equipment. So you would think that you would be able to based on what you see on your Doppler, but it also.

[Ryan Lemond]

Might show you like how when, when a big event's coming that like if you only watch one person, you might not be getting exactly what's going to happen because we're seeing huge discrepancies amongst people who like you say, presumably have access to the same.

[Mario]

Somebody's going to be way off then according to these numbers, if somebody's 7 inches difference, we'll see.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, speaking of the access, I'm wondering like you're Chris Bailey. Jim Caldwell just left wkyt. Can you like block him out of the. Change his password. Like he's not allowed to.

[Mario]

Can't get him into the Doppler.

[Drew Franklin]

Does he have his own Doppler at home? What's he going off of?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, here's who's in. We have so far, we have Jim Caldwell, we have Ryan Hall, y', all, Mallory Schnell, Chris Bailey and TG Shuck are all in at this point. LOL.

[Mario]

Needs to step it up here is what I'm hearing. You only got one from Lo so far, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. Well, most of those are Mario's so far. Mario has zero. Zero in.

[Mario]

Come on, Mario.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mario. Zero of three. So Far. You take, take your time.

[Drew Franklin]

Take your time. It's.

[Mario]

You got 20 minutes, 25 minutes.

[Matt Jones]

What do you decide about can, Tori?

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you mean, what am I deciding?

[Matt Jones]

You're going to let him, let him slide till 3 o'. Clock.

[Mario]

Yeah, but he can't do the charity money.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think, I think I'm going to let him slide so that he's on the graphic when we put out the final totals. But if, if it's not in by 11:30, he can't win the charity money.

[Drew Franklin]

We can't cave to celebrity status. These people were very nice to do it. They're following the rules and to be.

[Ryan Lemond]

Fair, he's very nice to do it. This isn't even his thing. Right. Like he's, he's, he is assigned to New York City and he's doing this.

[Matt Jones]

So I want to keep him in. So what we can do to keep him in. That was a good get you got last night.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but, but anyway, we'll still wait and I will read all of these at 11:30. A couple other couple pieces of news. First of all, Dion Walker named to the NFL first team all rookie, which is a heck of a, heck of a get for him. He obviously had a lot of attention because of his play during the playoffs. I like Deon Walker. He had a very disappointing last year at Kentucky, but I actually thought he was really good his first two years. I don't think people ever thought he put in the effort, maybe that he should have. But he's obviously a huge talent.

[Matt Jones]

Made a huge play in the Broncos playoff game with the Bills. I think I got, got him a little more recognition. But yeah, a guy that maybe just didn't put in the work you're supposed to on the practice field, in the late weight room, in the film room that he should have. Maybe his last year at Kentucky and.

[Drew Franklin]

The Bills kind of got a still with him because some of that kind of came out before the draft. Might have slipped a little bit depending where you thought of him. And he had a great productive year, obviously by getting these accolades.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are you, are you a fan of his? Some fans, some Kentucky fans feel a little shaky about him because he, you know, he just, it never felt like he totally put in 100% effort.

[Mario]

Like he rested, rested on his laurels a little bit. But yeah, I mean, just because he was big guy, I feel like it's always, you know, those guys are always fan favorites, like the big guys on.

[Ryan Lemond]

The team, and sometimes people think they're lazy because of that, which Isn't always fair to it. One person writes, matt, can we make the tournament with Denzel Aberdeen as our point guard? I feel like you all keep skipping over that.

[Matt Jones]

Originally, I would have probably said no, but the last three games, he has changed my mind. I mean, he's doing a great job. And I think, like we said, he's not now looking over his shoulder. Well, if I make a mistake is low coming in, I'm gonna play the one. I go play the two. He knows now he is the point guard. This is his team. So I think that's why we're seeing better play from him.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I worry about point guard, to be honest. Now that Cam Williams hurt. Worried about just that whole. The whole backcourt. I just worry about having enough bodies with Aberdeen and everyone when.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let me ask you all could think about this, too, as a fan. When they have the ball at the top of the key and they start dribbling and they're going to the basketball, who are you the most confident will score? And who are you the least confident will score? Oh, yeah, I'm most confident. Although he misses a lot of layups.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's not shooting free throws. Well, for a guy that draws foul.

[Mario]

He'S still the guy, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's still the most cop.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Can I give you my least?

[Drew Franklin]

I have my least ready, too. Go ahead.

[Ryan Lemond]

When Mo Diablo starts dribbling. Yeah. I just know, first of all, he is not passing. Like, when he takes the first dribble to the basket, it's going up like it just is. And it probably is not going in. It's usually short. He's the only part big man I've ever seen that shoots shots short every time, so that's mine.

[Matt Jones]

He. I agree with you, but he had a big basket again the Texas game where he got it down low and actually took it to the rim and got fouled.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, you're right. And he got fouled. And I think he made that free throw.

[Drew Franklin]

There were a couple of trips late in the Texas game where he just lowered his head. I'm not even sure he knew he had a basketball in his hands. And he just went into traffic and drew a foul.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he made one. Yeah, he did, but he missed one and he. I think you're right. He got fouled in the other one.

[Mario]

I think Brandon Garrison's also going to be on the list. I mean, I'm surprised you didn't see him. I know how frustrated he makes you just watching him play.

[Ryan Lemond]

First of all, he doesn't do it as much this year. The thing that frustrates me about Brandon Garrison when he drives is his limbs go in four different directions.

[Mario]

That's a problem when you're trying to dribble.

[Ryan Lemond]

When he jumps, I don't know if you. Like, he becomes a starfish when he jumps. Notice like he just. His body goes in every direction.

[Mario]

You would think Ethereum would be good for drawing a foul and you're hitting all four players at once.

[Matt Jones]

But to answer your question. 081 second, Aberdeen's now number two. I mean, he went to the line, what, 12 times against Texas because he was driving into the lane and getting fouled.

[Ryan Lemond]

I actually kind of think Collins number two for me because I feel like he doesn't do it unless he's going to score and then I know he's going to make the free throws. Although Aberdeen shot free throws well, too. But what about you?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think we're great at finishing the layup. Numbers have been atrocious lately.

[Ryan Lemond]

Even at one point, we were 3 of 11 in layups against Texas. We got better at the end of the game, but we were 3 of 11 at one point we were 5.

[Drew Franklin]

For 14 against Tennessee. There were a couple against Texas. I think Marino was one of them. I swear, the bottom hit the. The ball hit the bottom of the net and then rolled back out on just a little bunny. But they have been so bad finishing before the exercise. I will say Chandler with a slight edge, but he and Aberdeen are pretty close.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, some of the other guys, I can't. I meant to. And then in. Jasper misses a bunch, too.

[Matt Jones]

Jasper gets in the lane and gets the shot off. He just missing a couple down there.

[Ryan Lemond]

It feels like he's so athletic. Don't avoid contact. You're a good free throw shooter. Take it into the guy who's next. Doing great is next. Go ahead, sir. Doing great.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. I'm doing great, but I'm going to be honest, maybe not today. So I listen to the show every single day, and this past week's been the most upsetting for me. I mean, you've just been acting like it'll be some miracle if we get eight or nine wins in the SEC when as far as I'm concerned, we're in second place. We're going to get a double buy, and me and Drew are going to be partying Nashville while you're in your hotel room reading. I don't know, Obama's latest.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, beyond the. Beyond the lame joke at the end. I'm not saying it's not crazy that we could do that, but I mean, you would objectively agree that of the 11 or 12 games left will be underdogs in like eight of them, right?

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah. But again, probably. Probably what? Two or three points? I mean, I just.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's just go over, let's take these road games and you tell me how many of them you think we're going to win. Okay. We're going to win at Vandy.

[Caller]

I think we get one of them. Or Arkansas. We'll get one this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. I mean, I hope we do. Do you think we win at Florida?

[Caller]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

Think we win at Auburn?

[Caller]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. You think we went at Texas A and M?

[Caller]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. And do you think we went at South Carolina?

[Caller]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so you've already given us three losses. Now are we going to beat Florida at home?

[Caller]

We'll drop one at RUP for the rest of the year.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so now you got four law. You got four losses, which would make us 10, what, 12 and six. I picked it as I picked this 10 and eight. That's just a two game difference, man. It's not that big a difference.

[Caller]

Yeah, that might be two or three seeds in the tournament though, depending on where there's probably.

[Ryan Lemond]

I, I appreciate the call. Don't think we'll get a double buy, Drew, but I think we might get a single buy, which is okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm feeling. I had some Wednesday concerns after losing to Missouri like I'm sure many other people did, but with the way it's clumped up right now, no team has a big lead. I think Kentucky, I mean still Florida wins the league probably.

[Matt Jones]

Or Arkansas. Arkansas is playing really well right now too.

[Ryan Lemond]

They have two losses. By the way, we do need to know we play Arkansas next Saturday.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we. From tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Any confidence about that game?

[Matt Jones]

I watched him just destroy Vanderbilt the other night. Sorry, Shannon.

[Ryan Lemond]

They just destroyed.

[Mario]

They're good at home, but they lost.

[Ryan Lemond]

By 23 at Auburn.

[Drew Franklin]

Auburn's lights out. That game will have to be lights out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they were lights out in the game. They beat Vanity. They were.

[Drew Franklin]

But yeah, they have a game I think is that South Carolina. They had 28 assists and four turnovers. That Acuff had 13 assists, 0, 28 assistant, four turnovers.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's next? Matthew is next. Matthew, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. First time, long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who are.

[Caller]

I am with three generations of Kentucky fans driving from Wisconsin to Iowa to Lexington for the game for my daughter's first Kentucky game tomorrow and she wanted to Call in. And that's, that's, that's what we're doing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, just question before you, before you, before you switch it. You decided to come this game. Are you worried about the snow at all?

[Caller]

No, sir. I live in Wisconsin. Used to it there and we brought our snowblower with us. We got shovels, we got boots. We're prepared.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's how you know you grew up. You live in Wisconsin. You, you bring, you, you bring shovels with you on your vacation trips. I like that.

[Matt Jones]

Bring your own snowplow to your Airbnb.

[Ryan Lemond]

Joy is your. Does your daughter want to say something?

[Caller]

Yeah, that's all right. I'll pass the phone to her.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. Billy's favorite part of the show. What's up?

[Caller]

My name is Borelei.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hi, how are you? I'm Matt.

[Caller]

I'm good.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm really excited to go to Kentucky. Well, I hope you enjoy the game. Who's your favorite player? I don't know. Okay, good answer. Good answer. Don't want to pick in between people. I appreciate the call. 859280, 2022 87. We have our Kevin Harnett. Mario, you got your first one, right? So we have six of our ten. We need four more and wow.

[Mario]

Big difference again.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or not a huge. I'm just. We're all gonna be stuck in our house. I hope everybody knows none of y'. All. Nobody's going anywhere.

[Drew Franklin]

I like a little trash. Some of the Lexington folks saying. Ls down with their prediction. Is there a little Lexington, Louisville intertwined in this.

[Matt Jones]

Look at Chris Bailey, what he said. So we can't let Louisville beat us again.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ls down. Wow. And then Kevin Harnett said he was named after Kevin Grievy and Bob Guyette. Did you know that? Kevin Guy. Harden. Harden.

[Drew Franklin]

We got some cats in Louisville too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Look at this. A lot of good stuff. 859-280-2287. We're gonna take a break and we'll be right back. This is the Kentucky Sports Radio with Don Frankel.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is TY Sports Radio here live at Don Franklin. Go the distance with powertrain protection on certified pre owned makes and models for 10 years or unlimited miles, it is Don Franklin. Worries are benched here at Don Franklin. We have nine of our 11 predictions are in. We are waiting on Justin Logan from Fox 56 who Mario says he knew but I'm worried has made up the fact that he ever met that person and Jim Cantore obviously is not. He's going to do it A little bit later.

[Mario]

Some big numbers coming in right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Mario]

Do I do the little I don't know what apostrophe?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know why I don't quit. No, no posture.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

That's why we pay him the big bucks. 859-280-2287 one person writes. Matt, do you feel like our three point shooting woes have turned the corner?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I do. You know Aberdeen shooting great, always hitting shots. Chandler's hitting shots. You still got Jasper come off the bench and one of your top three point shooters. So I would say to answer that question, even with Nikan Williams out, the answer is yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Chabertine Chandler and Aberdeen especially Chandler seems to have found his confidence that he lost in December. Aberdeen, I think he had one airball in the last two weeks. But a lot more going in now. I hate the cam. Williams is out because still want another shooter. So maybe Trent Noah can help help Aberdeen and Chandler out making them. Oh wait, two always been hitting them.

[Ryan Lemond]

And we just got our final one. Justin Logan in. All right, so I will read these forecasts at 10:30.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, 11:30.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not reading 11:30. I'm not Reading what the one guy said. Actually.

[Mario]

No, no, you should read it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Come on. You can't say that. Not read it.

[Mario]

You gotta read it.

[Ryan Lemond]

He didn't do that on purpose.

[Drew Franklin]

We don't know that. We don't know that.

[Caller]

He might have.

[Mario]

It's autocorrect.

[Ryan Lemond]

I, I don't think he did that on purpose. 859280. 27, 2287. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Got Chuck up next.

[Mario]

Calm down.

[Drew Franklin]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

You should see what it was just by Ryan's laughter. Chuck, go ahead, Chuck. He just spelled sleep wrong. All right. It was one letter that he missed. Go ahead.

[Caller]

I got A suggestion question for Ryan that could solve two major problems this weekend. Ryan, why don't you just invite Matt to ride the storm out with you?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, no, thank you. First of all, I like being. But appreciate the call. I like being by myself. And secondly, you, he. He would drive me crazy for that long together in one room. I love him but you know, 48 hours in one house.

[Matt Jones]

I can make it some frozen dogs. Oh yeah, the dogs. That's not good combo for you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that would not be good.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm home alone too. The three of us could get together.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan's basement, watch games, watch movies, catch up on all this stuff. You want me to watch. I haven't watched.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, some of these predictions. You're not. We will all be there for a while. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Got David up next.

[Ryan Lemond]

David, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey everyone, I have a question and a suggestion. So.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Caller]

Question for Matt is you've. You've mentioned heated rivalry on the podcast on the show this week and including the weatherman.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I've not seen it. I was gonna ask what are you.

[Caller]

Implying about the off camera lives of these, these weathermen. It raises some questions.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm not. I'm not. But I would also say, you know.

[Caller]

I think I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Ryan has probably not seen it. But it is six half hour episodes and I would love for Ryan to watch. He did rivalry while he is snowed in and give us a review next week.

[Ryan Lemond]

I want to stay on the air and so I'm not letting Ryan do that. I appreciate the call. I have thought about that. I have thought about that, assigning Ryan that show. But I think Drew, that's probably for everybody, not the best idea.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, this contest could be slated rivalry. It's like our own version of that where they have the same lifestyles. I get the premise of that show, but I haven't seen it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have not seen it yet either. 859-280-2287 who do you like? Tennessee. Bama this weekend?

[Matt Jones]

Well, Tennessee is kind of struggling a little bit. They're kind of going the wrong way, it seems like in Alabama. I just think they're just one of the top teams in the country. So I would take Alabama.

[Ryan Lemond]

They've struggled though too. I mean that. They have not. We, we maybe got them at their best. They, they have, they have struggled. So I don't know. I mean I, I think Alabama wins Tennessee. We've talked about our problems. Tennessee's got a lot of Problems. So they've still got a hard schedule and they're not winning games.

[Drew Franklin]

Call my dad. He'll tell you all about it. Vols fans are not happy with how they're playing right now. I'm going to take the balls, though, because they're cheating down there in Bama with that judge and the basketball gods are just going to punish them for this. Tennessee. Tennessee's got a high ceiling that I think they still haven't really reached yet. I think they'll turn a corner at Bama, win a little rivalry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let me just say what the judge did is really, from a legal perspective, shady. I don't think people totally understand. He issued a tro. So he issued a temporary restraining order, which only lasts for 10 days. So he issued a temporary restraining order that said you. He. You have to let. He gets to play for 10 days and then I'll decide. But temporary restraining order should only be if the party suffers irreparable or like irreparable harm by not playing him.

[Mario]

We got to see if he's any good for 10 days. Is that what we're doing?

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, do you think this kid or Alabama suffers irreparable harm if he doesn't play against Tennessee? No, no. I mean, they have a hearing next Friday. They could just decide. Next Friday he issues an emergency, takes a guy who hasn't played college basketball in two years, who hasn't played all year, and says Alabama will be irreparably harmed if he doesn't play against Tennessee. That is one of the crazier legal. I can't imagine what his justification was.

[Mario]

That is ridiculous. And we all know a Kentuck judge would never do such a thing for Kentucky basketball if we were in that situation.

[Drew Franklin]

I called him a cheater. But I also whisper, that's how you do college sports.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. That's what you do.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, so you're saying, like, if.

[Drew Franklin]

If we had that stuff. Not to that extent.

[Ryan Lemond]

If deep paid, would we have surfer referable harm if he did not refer. Reparable harm if he did not play against Ole Miss. You think one of our judges would do that?

[Drew Franklin]

If we wanted that enough, I bet we'd find a judge.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Wink, wink. There's all kind of judges. Wait.

[Mario]

We got Judge Gabe could do it for us. Come on, Judge Gabe.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Who's up next? Rick is up next. Rick. Go ahead, Rick.

[Caller]

I've got a couple things here on your snow cuddle thing coming in. You got Louisville and at the airport and UK doing it at their flex and doing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Both of them. Well, they do have something called the National Weather Service that I think is still being funded. And you. They. They measure it. So that's what we're using.

[Caller]

Okay. And.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. He's okay with that.

[Caller]

I think yellow on him. Why? Hope he does good at the start of the games. Wonder why he keeps pulling him like.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he got taken out. He got taken out in the last game because he got two foul. But Pope, I appreciate the call. Pope has that. Don't play people with two fouls. I don't love that rule sometimes, but.

[Matt Jones]

He hit a big shot for us, too. We've only talked about kind of a tough shot. He hit it. I think he's getting some confidence every game he's going out.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's been great. Yeah, he's been a huge, huge advantage we didn't necessarily see.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's got really efficient numbers. I wish he'd shoot him more and get a little more run. He's 50% from three lately. I think he's like four for eight. Let's pump those numbers up.

[Ryan Lemond]

The picture in. We'll tell you snow totals right after this. KSR. Welcome back, Tuggy Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. A couple things quickly. First of all, KS Bar Open Smart. 8:30am Our pregame shows at 8:30am as well. We'll be there. We're serving breakfast. It is a pajama party. Apparently you the.

[Matt Jones]

Huh?

[Drew Franklin]

I gotta wear PJs.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't have to. The people that work there are all wearing their PJs since it's so early. And if you wanted to wear your PJs, you would be welcome. There's also specials on like Bloody Mary's and breakfast things.

[Drew Franklin]

I did wear my house shoes there.

[Ryan Lemond]

But it's a pajama party. I don't. I. So if I show up in my pajamas, you will know why. Second, the College Football Playoff has decided for one more year to stay at 12 teams instead of expanding to 16 or 24. They put off that decision now for another year.

[Caller]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Seems to work right now. I know a lot of people want to see it expand, but I kind of like the format. And I think, like, Miami had to play, what, four games, get to the championship. That's. That's. So if you expand it, they got to play a lot more than that.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so it is now time for Meteorologist Madness with the KSR Weather challenge. We have $10,000 in charity on the line, $5,000 from Commonwealth causes 3,000 from Serve Pro who will help you make this weather like it never even happened. And then 2000 from yours truly who you know want you all to be happy with it. That's your charity of choice. So we had 11 people agree. Everyone from the the head meteorologist at the Lexington and Louisville TV stations. A couple of wild cards. Jim Cantore only had one person turn us down. What was his name?

[Matt Jones]

Weather boy.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right. All right, so Weather boy turned us down. Everybody else is in? Yeah. All right, so we have. Our picks are in. First of all, Jim Cantori is. Has asked to have until later this afternoon. We're gonna give it to him. However, he's not eligible for the charity prize. So he'll be in it, but without the charity prize. It was nice of him to do it and we're glad to have it, but he won't be with the charity prize. But he will have his picks this afternoon. Here are our picks. 10 people. Lexington and Louisville. That's 20 picks. 10 in Lexington. Louisville. Only one pick is less than 10 inches of snow. Oh, wow.

[Mario]

We are in for it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Only one pick is less than 10 inches of snow. I will go in order of the picks. Let's start with Louisville. The highest, your band captain reed Yaden says 14.4 inches of snow.

[Mario]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bill Mack says 14. Chris Bailey, 13.9. Jake Cardozzi 14.3. Mallory Schnell, 13.9. Ryan Hall, y'. All, 13.7. Kevin Harnett 12.6. And then Jim Caldwell 11.4 and TG Shuck, 11. So the smallest prediction in Louisville is 11 inches of snow.

[Drew Franklin]

They're all right around each other, especially in that 13 to 14 range. I didn't expect it to be that tight.

[Mario]

Surprise read.

[Matt Jones]

Yay.

[Mario]

Who doesn't have a Doppler radar to look at? At least I don't think he does. Is right there with Jay Cardozi.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's in a helicopter. He may be closer to the snow.

[Mario]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

He has his hat on.

[Ryan Lemond]

So the range goes from 11.1 with TJ Shuck to 14.4 from Captain Reed Yate. Now in Lexington. The range is much higher at the high end. Jim Caldwell, 15.2 inches in Lexington. Then Chris Bailey, 14.2, Kevin Harnett 13.2, Jay Cardozzi 13.1. Met 10.8. Shuck, 10.4, Logan, 10.0. Ryan Hall, y'. All, only 7.9. Wow. So the range goes from 15.2 for Jim Caldwell to 7.9 for Ryan.

[Mario]

Big opportunity.

[Ryan Lemond]

For Ryan Hall, a huge difference. And the difference I asked both of them, the difference is Ryan hall thinks it will go from snow or into sleet and freezing rain, whereas Caldwell thinks it'll just be snow. So in Ron hall yalls world, it's probably pretty terrible for Lexington, even though it gets less snow.

[Mario]

But if he's right, though, he really sets himself apart from all the other Lexington amount.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Hall, y' all's in good shape. If it's a very high amount, Jim Caldwell is in good shape. And if it's in the middle, it will be one of these many other folks.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Seem like for Louisville, they're all kind of just kind of the ballpark of each other. That wide range of election, I guess, depends on that line, where it's going to go.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think about the fact that no one is getting less than 10 inches of snow here starting today? At least according to these folks.

[Drew Franklin]

We keep hearing that it's coming, but to actually hear their to the 1/10 predictions and they're all pretty consistent, that's alarming. But it's right here in front of us.

[Mario]

I know we got 10 or 11 inches in Louisville last year and it shut everything down.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now, what happens if we only get like 3?

[Mario]

The Ryan Hall y' all is your winner.

[Ryan Lemond]

But, I mean, do you just decide.

[Mario]

That, like, nobody knows what they're talking about?

[Ryan Lemond]

Ryan, that's kind of like almost. We should put your face on it. The we get very little snow means Ryan is correct. Because you've always claimed these people don't know anything.

[Matt Jones]

You just can't predict mother Nature.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you can. They're trying to, but you can't.

[Matt Jones]

Even Bill came on with the show last year and said, man, it's, you know, we can tell you what you're doing that day, but you predict days ahead. You just can't do it.

[Mario]

You want to predict the dusting?

[Matt Jones]

No, the famous dusting. I was at channel 18 when that happened. Everybody said dusting the snow, and we got like 13 inches in one night. It was crazy.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so Mario's fixing the graphic, and we will put it out, and then we will let everybody see. And then the results, they go from Saturday at midnight to the end of Sunday, 48 hours of snow.

[Matt Jones]

And I'll say this, the guys that I've been in contact with have had a great attitude about it. They understand it's for a charity and they're trying to have some fun with it. Unlike weather boy, who took it to another level.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you're really harsh, by the way. A lot of charities, all of them picked a charity and they all picked a different charity.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I saw that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Which I think is very nice. True.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Very cool. They're all doing this. Louisville I don't think is going to have much impact on their careers. But if Ryan hall is right on the low end, that's Internet versus all TV right there. So he actually has a chance to. To gain even more momentum for his format.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll see. But if Ryan Hall's wrong.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Same way the more snow you get, the other weather people start flexing. Yeah.

[Mario]

In a way I think he has the most to gain because he's not on tv. If Ryan hall gets it right, I'm gonna stop watching anybody on tv, including weather boy.

[Matt Jones]

I love it.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's mean. Who's up next? Matt is up next. Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller]

Hey guys, what's going on? I'm at the Mountain Parlor and beautiful homie, Kentucky. Get my wildcat fade. Fresh Wildcat fade. And I just got.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, when you said Mountain Parlor, I didn't know what kind of parlor it was, so I'm glad to hear it's a hair. It could have. Yeah, it could have been a lot of stuff. Okay, good.

[Caller]

Yeah. Yeah. My guy, Matt Mullins is killer. He does it old school. He does the straight razors and hot towels. All that. But anyways, we're good. Okay. I got a couple things you threw me off, Matt. But who do you think is going to step up for the. The absence of Cam Williams? You know who we got who we got to step up.

[Ryan Lemond]

I appreciate the call, my man. Can Trent Noah do it? That's really the question when it comes to the replacing Cam Williams. Jasper's going to play some, probably a little more. What happens with Trent Noah? Can he get minutes and actually make a difference?

[Matt Jones]

He's going to have to because he is going to get minutes. And that game like tomorrow, he'll can play a lot of minutes but you play something like Arkansas, he may not be able to help you as much. Depends on I think to the opponent is. But he definitely can help you. I think to answer his question though, the guy's going to stand up for me is Colin Chandler. I think he's finally figured it out and he just going to get better and better.

[Ryan Lemond]

He. He's had a great last two games and he played better once Cam went out because it's kind of what we talked about. You can't send him to the bench.

[Drew Franklin]

But even with that, with Cam out. You still need more people. And Trent, he's going to be a defensive liability the rest of the year, but if he could just hit a couple threes a game, you know, you don't have to come in here and be the star, lead the team in scoring. Just spread the floor and hit some threes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Noah score six, seven points a game for the rest of the year.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'll go under. I'll go under.

[Drew Franklin]

Six.

[Matt Jones]

Under.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you know what?

[Mario]

I'll be the one person to say over.

[Drew Franklin]

If he doesn't, I'll say it's six.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're getting close. If he doesn't get to six, then he's not going to be very beneficial. Right. To us. I mean, ultimately.

[Mario]

And you need somebody to step up. If you don't have somebody to fill that void, then this team is going to lose a lot of games because.

[Ryan Lemond]

You lose that shooting. Yeah. Think about how much worse we look when Cam Williams was sitting on the bench earlier this year. Remember how like teams we would just could. We could not score. That's what I worry about is going to happen.

[Matt Jones]

If he just comes in, even just hits one. Okay. Now you got to honor him when he's out on the floor. Kind of spread that out a little bit.

[Mario]

So he's just got to be able.

[Matt Jones]

To knock down a shot a game.

[Ryan Lemond]

859-280-2287. Let's do some draft kings. Kentucky. Do we have a spread yet?

[Drew Franklin]

Actually meant to check that during the break. Should be close.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm gonna give it at Kentucky. I'm gonna say Kentucky nine and a half. I'm just gonna make it go to DraftKings dot com. If it's Kentucky nine and a half, who you taking? Shit.

[Mario]

If it's nine and a half, I'm probably taking Ole Miss. I think Kentucky wins, but I don't know that they win convincingly.

[Ryan Lemond]

What about you, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

If it's that, I wouldn't actually do it, but I would pick Ole Miss. Confession. I bet Texas first half, last game. That worked out, but not the full game. So I don't think that's going against the Cats, which.

[Ryan Lemond]

What about you?

[Matt Jones]

See, I'm kind of with these guys. I don't think I would bet it, but I would probably lean towards. That's a lot of points. And Kentucky's a team I don't think is going to blow out anybody this year that's come up. Grind out every game.

[Drew Franklin]

We still don't have one yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I mean, I would say it's going to be high. I mean, remember Texas was seven and a half and they're better than Ole Miss. So it's going to be nine and a half, ten, something like that will probably end up being the spread. We're going to take a break. Be right back. We are here at Don Franklin Auto in Campbellsville. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at Don Franklin. 859-280-2280. 87 the segment sponsored by Clark's Pumping Shop. If you need, if it's a cold morning, you need some hot coffee, go to Clark's Pumping Shop. They've got beans, ground and bread and brewed, not breaded, cup by scup cup. Skip the long coffee lines and go to Clark's Pumping Shop. Today. There is one near you. I like Clark's Puppet Shop. I couldn't read that for some reason.

[Mario]

A pump. I shop a pump.

[Matt Jones]

Have you seen the new commercial?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Oh, it's great.

[Matt Jones]

Malachi, Braden Hawthorne, Jasper Johnson and Tom.

[Drew Franklin]

Leach and Noah from, hey, Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Noah from Hay, Kentucky.

[Drew Franklin]

He's in it.

[Ryan Lemond]

What Tom Leach and the others doing.

[Matt Jones]

He introduces the, Tom Leach introduces the players as they walk into Clark's Pumping Shop. You know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, he does like an intro. Oh, that's very nice.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

By the way, some, a couple people have asked that we, we give the charities. I'll do that in a, in a graphic where I put all these out. A couple things I've noticed the WKYT guys in Lexington, they're the highest Lexington snow counts. You know, weather boy accused them of being snow hoes. Yeah, this, that, this may actually be. We'll see if they're right or not.

[Mario]

Like some of the Lexington meteorologists, though, are letting like this robbery between Kentucky and Louisville affect their snow totals. Like o. They can't. Louis will beat us even in snow totals. So maybe they're, you know, they're changing what they believe because of that. Well, that, that's what I'm seeing in some of the text here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Trent. No one person writes on text machine. Matt, in my memory, Trent Noah scored 42 points in the state championship game. Quit putting criticism on, on Trent. If he's given up a two and hitting a three on the other end, then we're one ahead. Yes, but he wasn't hitting enough threes or taking them. And no offense to Trent because I love Trent. He's from Eastern Kentucky. 42 points in the state championship game has nothing to do with how you're going to do in an SEC game, as we've seen many times over the years.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Gentlemen sitting here in the front row asking if we'll have a Trent, Noah, Travis Perry moment. Like maybe they're going one on one with each other.

[Ryan Lemond]

That would be cool.

[Matt Jones]

That'd be cool. If they had just a moment at one point during the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

What if they both played well? I think that would be really cool. If both those guys played well, we need to win. But if they both played well in that moment, that'd be nice.

[Drew Franklin]

And I hope Travis plays well. Within reason. Nothing extraordinary, nothing spectacular. But I don't want him to come in and just have an over day and just add the kind of things, how things ended here. I hope he plays all right by his standards.

[Mario]

Do you think he gets any booze?

[Ryan Lemond]

No. I mean, if he does, it'll be just like a random person trying to be a jerk. I don't think there'll be any like extensive. I mean, what. I don't know that he did anything wrong. Right? Like he, he tried to follow his childhood dream, came to Kentucky, then he followed the money, but, but he also wasn't going to play.

[Matt Jones]

Now.

[Ryan Lemond]

He might have played now because everybody got hurt, but like in his mind he wasn't going to play. I don't know. I mean, you want him to just sit there? I mean, if somebody offers you a million dollars or I don't know what he was offered half million dollars to go to Ole Miss or they're going to offer you $200,000 to sit the bench at Kentucky.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm in Ole Miss.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think that's. A lot of people are. So. I can't blame the kid. Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

I can't either. I, I felt like he got thrown into a situation last year. He just wasn't ready. You know, Butler got hurt. We had to have him as our point guard again in the SEC against Alabama. He just wasn't ready for that also.

[Ryan Lemond]

And maybe I'll be proven wrong. Maybe he goes for 20 tomorrow, at which point I'll look stupid. That, that, that could be true. I also wonder if he's in the right conference. Drew, for him, I'm not saying he needs to be a mid major player, but he might be a guy who just needs to play in the Big Ten or something. Just a conference that isn't quite as athletic. Just every team in the SEC just has freaks for athletes. We're actually one of the less athletic teams for the second year in a row. So I mean, I think Maybe that's part of it too.

[Drew Franklin]

And I found it odd that Chris Beard wanted him so bad for that reason, because that's a defensive coach, and Chris Beard didn't just kind of want him. Chris Beard wanted Travis Perry bad and got him. And as you're saying, with the SEC and the way Beard coaches, I didn't understand that matchup. But they're there together now, and Travis is playing a little better lately.

[Ryan Lemond]

He has been better.

[Drew Franklin]

What about. Let's not forget, Ole Miss thumped Kentucky last year, including some of these same guys. Malik Diaz still on the team. He's one of the dudes that just kept making every shot. I mean, this game wasn't even close last year. It's the one where Pope hurt his finger tearing the locker room apart. I mean, this was one of their worst games of the season a year ago. I wonder. Pieces of change, but some of the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Guys might remember for OA and Pope, that should be something that is motivating. And Gary Garrison.

[Drew Franklin]

Garrison gave up a lot of the points.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's up next? Ben is up next. Ben. Go ahead, Ben.

[Caller]

Hey, first time, long time from Tucson, Arizona.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ooh. What's up?

[Caller]

First of all, I want to place bets on some of these meteorologists. Can we do that? Like March Madness? I mean, I got some money on Mallory Schnell, I think. Oh, there's a good number there. 13.9.

[Ryan Lemond]

There have been a lot of people who. There have been people who put out odds, so I. I can. They're out there if you want to find them. Your. Your foot mics.

[Caller]

There we go. Yeah, there we go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but go ahead.

[Caller]

Big question really, is without Cam Williams, I know you say Trent Noah, but I mean, Mark Pope, we have a lot of injuries on two. Two years in a row now. You think it's just a trend that happens. We got have guys that play too hard or need bubble wrap around everyone.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's been a debate online. Do you think Pope, you know, training staff. Do you think any of that has anything to do with all these injuries, or is it just random?

[Matt Jones]

I think it's just random.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't.

[Caller]

I don't think. I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

I appreciate the. Appreciate the call. I'm asking them. Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like it's. It's just random. I know it seems kind of odd. They've been kind of snake bit the last two years, but it just. It's just basketball, man. Injuries happen. It just so happened. We've had a lot all at once.

[Ryan Lemond]

For me, Drew, it's kind of. I think it's random because of what the injuries are. Right. If the injuries were hamstring tears or, you know, things that are about how you perform and train. I mean, two guys separate their shoulder. I mean, what, what's a trainer going to do about that? I don't think there's anything they can do about that. I don't think breaking your foot is that really something that is on. I just drink more milk. Yeah. I feel like the injuries themselves make me lean towards random.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a lot of people calling the training staff out by name right now, upset with them. Like, Cam Williams is backpedaling on defense. I don't know much about broken feet, but I don't know that the trainer could have done much prevent that. Kerr last year, that seemed like a freak accident when we were in Seattle. So it just seems like unfortunate luck even though it's out of control at this point.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. So I, I, I, I'm pretty, I'm pretty random about it. All right, let's make some predictions. Here we go, Cats and Ole miss. Kentucky's a 9 1/2 point favorite. Who do you think? What's the score?

[Mario]

Kentucky wins 81.75. And I'll take away as my MVP.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, Kentucky wins 77. 71. And I will say yellow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Vic.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna keep trying to speak that into existence.

[Matt Jones]

I'll go Kentucky 79, 72. And I'll take Aberdeen if he's still available. He's been killing it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm gonna go Kentucky 76, 66. And I'll go away. I think we're gonna play pretty well and get a victory. All right. Snow. The weathermen have weighed in Shannon, Louisville and Lexington. Snow total.

[Mario]

You want me to pick the total in inches? I'm gonna say for Louisville meters, please.

[Ryan Lemond]

Of course.

[Mario]

I didn't know if you want me to pick like, the meteorologist that depict. Okay, I'm gonna say Louisville gets 13.1. Lexington gets 10.7.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I'll say 12.6 for Louisville. And I'm gonna lean a little closer to Ryan Hall, y'.

[Matt Jones]

All.

[Drew Franklin]

He's my meteorologist pick. I'll say 8.4 for Lexington.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

12.1 for Louisville. 9.8 for Lexington.

[Ryan Lemond]

I gotta go with the snow hose. I think it's gonna. Yeah, it's gonna be 13.8. Louisville 12.1 Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

And on Monday, we'll be doing this from our houses.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll play one Shining snowman with the, with the music crown. The winner.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's exactly right. Hey, thank you all in Campbellsville very much for coming out. We really do appreciate it. Always a warm welcome here. Thank you to Druthers and big thanks to Commonwealth Causes and Serve Pro who agreed to do this and the 10 weather people. Follow it all weekend for updates. In all seriousness, we've had a lot of fun with it. Everybody be safe. This can be a very tough weekend for people. Check on your neighbor. Check on Ryan. Make sure he's okay. We'll be at the bar tomorrow at 8:30am for the pregame show. This has been Kentucky spirit.