2026-01-30- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) — January 30, 2026, Hour 1

Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon
Theme: Kentucky snow removal drama, UK basketball under Mark Pope vs. Calipari at Arkansas, Lexington news, local banter, and community calls.

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Episode Overview

The KSR crew kicks off Hour 1 with an in-depth (and very lively) discussion about Lexington’s ongoing snow removal woes, community frustrations, and winter weather stories. They transition into University of Kentucky basketball talk, particularly focusing on the looming game against Arkansas and how the fan base feels about Coach Calipari a year after his departure. The show keeps its trademark mix of humor, honest opinions, local flavor, and fan engagement.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Lexington’s Snow Removal Crisis

• Topic: Listeners and hosts vent about slow snow and ice removal in Lexington neighborhoods.
• Lexington vs. Louisville:
  • Matt: “Shannon, you and I, we're basically like rolling in the streets in Louisville… we could like bathe in the middle” (04:04).
  • Shannon: “I wouldn't recommend it, but. Yeah, you could, because they're that clean.” (04:12)
• Neighborhood Frustrations:
  • Ryan: Main roads are cleared, but neighborhood streets remain impassable.

    "It's a little frustrating just for the neighborhood streets, but really, the main thoroughfares are clear." (04:51)

  • Drew: Describes his own failed attempts to break up ice:

    “I had hammers, ice picks, shovels, hammers. Cannot break it up.” (06:44, 06:55)

  • Shannon (mocking video): “He's just kind of pawing at it like a cat would.” (09:10)
  • Drew: “My porch, I fell down yesterday. I told the Amazon guy, throw it to me. Like there's nothing.” (06:33)
• City’s Response: Matt summarizes the patience plea from Lexington officials; hosts debate how much patience is fair.
• Grading the Cleanup:
  • Drew: “I'll give them a C minus.” (11:46)
  • Ryan: “C minus.” (11:54)

Memorable Quote:

• Matt, on Ryan’s “technique”:

  “I want you to tweet out that video so people can at least see your technique and then they can judge your technique...” (10:50)

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2. UK Basketball: Calipari’s Arkansas vs. Pope’s Wildcats

• Pre-game Pulse:
  • Matt to Drew: “A year after that, where is the UK fan base on Cal today versus where it was last year?” (13:01)
  • Drew: “This year...I have honestly haven't thought about him that much at all... it's not nearly what it was a year ago.” (13:46)
• Cheering for/against Cal:
  • Matt:

    “I do want him to lose in the same way that I want Duke to lose and I want Louisville to lose... Arkansas, since Cal's been there, is in that group for me.” (15:13)

  • Shannon:

    “Arkansas has always been in that group because I hated them going back to the 90s... now that Caliper is there, it gives me even more reason to hate him.” (16:25)

  • Drew:

    “They're kind of out of sight and out of mind this year. Last year been different though, right?” (17:20)

• On the State of UK Basketball:
  • Discussion around whether the fanbase would still want Cal as coach if given the option:
    • Shannon: “I would say there's probably at least 25%.” (26:06)
    • Ryan: “I think maybe 15 or 20...” (28:08)
    • Drew: “I think it's less than 10%. I think you are high.” (28:42)
  • Matt: Points out that, statistically, UK and Arkansas have had similar results post-Cal.

Notable Quote:

• Drew:

  “We remember those last four years. More tournament games last year than Cal did in four years.” (28:47)

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3. Community Calls and Lexington Banter

• Snow Business Opportunity:

  • Matt: Mentions seeing people offering to shovel driveways for pay:

    “On my street there was a group of... Mexican guys who were knocking on every door asking if people wanted them to shovel the pay. ...that seems like a good way to make, I would think, Ryan, a good little bit of money, right?” (23:12)

  • Drew: Shares story of young men from Pikeville cleaning his parents’ driveway.

• Cool Snow Removal Tech:

  • Matt: Describes New York-style snow-melting machines:

    “They’re just taking bulldozers and loading up the snow and putting it in the truck and setting it on fire...” (24:20)

  • Drew: “They call them the hot tubs, hot dogs...I don’t know how it works where that water goes...” (25:03)

• Lexington’s “Bead Statue” Debate:

  • Drew: “There's not one person in this city that likes that.” (43:46)
  • Matt: Reads a text in support of the artwork, sparking comic debate.
  • Ryan: “Take your balls somewhere else.” [re: sculpture] (44:09)

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4. Coach Mark Pope’s Comments on Recruiting

• Topic: Pope claims the lackluster season and lack of commitments might entice new recruits.
• Ryan: Skeptical:

  “I don’t buy it. I don’t know if a recruit’s going to be sitting there buying it. Look at how they play and dysfunctional their offense is what makes you want.” (44:56)

• Drew: Unimpressed with the spin:

  “This is what I talk about. Everything is not perfect. Like, when things are bad, him saying, well, recruits like bad. That's not true, and we're not going to believe that.” (45:39)

• Shannon: “That answer reminds me of...Vanderbilt would get a good basketball player come there because I knew they could play and be the guy on the team. ...that sounds like what Kentucky basketball is becoming.” (46:05)

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5. Lighter & Local: Arkansas Stories, Diamonds, and Hot Springs

• Arkansas Road Trip Fears:
  • Ryan: Tells of a scary night in the Ozarks out of fuel (30:40)
  • Drew: “We did vote who we were going to eat first." (31:07)
• Weird Attractions:
  • Caller: Highlights Crater of Diamonds State Park where you can dig for and keep diamonds (37:02)
  • Ryan: “Uncle Sam diamond he was talking about was down there.” (39:18)
• Hot Springs:
  • Drew/Matt: Mention Arkansas hot springs, where people go for therapeutic soaks (38:45)

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6. Notable KSR Moment: The Baby Announcement

• Listener ‘Scotty’ recalls how his wife staged a surprise, using KSR for their baby announcement.

  “She just randomly put it on. And then I heard you say my name...that was a genuine reaction.” (47:44 - 48:22)

• Matt: “Very cool. First ever KSR baby announcement happened this week.” (50:29)

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• Snow removal outrage in Lexington begins: 03:07
• Hosts debate city’s response & personal stories: 04:51 – 12:08
• Calipari at Arkansas & UK basketball state: 13:01 – 17:20
• How much do fans still want Cal?: 25:59 – 28:53
• Lexington bead statue / local art debate: 43:13 – 44:09
• Coach Pope recruiting comments analyzed: 44:11 – 47:23
• Arkansas weird travel & attractions: 29:12 – 39:18
• Scotty’s baby announcement recap: 47:23 – 50:29

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Notable Quotes

• Matt (on snow-clearing video): “I want you to tweet out that video so people can at least see your technique...” (10:50)
• Drew (on UK/Calipari): “More tournament games last year than Cal did in four years.” (28:47)
• Ryan (on Pope recruiting answer): “Look at how they play and dysfunctional their offense is what makes you want.” (44:56)
• Matt (on community entrepreneurial snow shoveling): “That seems like a good way to make...a good little bit of money, right?” (23:12)
• Shannon (on Ryan’s ice-breaking): “He's just kind of pawing at it like a cat would.” (09:10)
• Caller (on his daughter's entrepreneurialism): “She wanted to think of ways that she could earn money so that she could pay for college.” (35:30)

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Summary Tone & Style

The tone is classic KSR: irreverent, local, sports-focused but loaded with comic relief and relatable tales. There’s a lot of friendly ribbing (especially about Ryan’s snow-shoveling) alongside honest, critical discussions of UK basketball’s trajectory and local news. Listener calls further emphasize community, both in comic fashion and genuine moments (as with the baby announcement).

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For New Listeners

This episode will hook you with its mix of down-to-earth, Kentucky-centric humor, and insightful, sometimes biting, but always authentic UK sports talk. If you want personalities who speak frankly about both basketball drama and the everyday civic gripes of Kentucky life, KSR delivers it here—commercials aside, this is a tight hour of local radio gold.

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Friday, January 30, on the eve of a big Kentucky Arkansas basketball game. I'm Matt Jones. Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin are in studio. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Pump and shop phone line. That's 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-77-45254 in. This dish is sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. Ryan. Well, actually, there are two things I want to start with, but one, honestly, you two in Lexington in the studio can speak to more than Shannon and I, which is the growing outrage. I keep getting on the text machine and then really seen on Facebook about snow removal in Lexington. Now, Shannon, you and I, we're basically like rolling in the streets in Louisville.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, I'm good. I mean, I've been here every day this week.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, honestly, we could, we could, we could like bathe in the, in the middle.

[Shannon]

I wouldn't recommend it, but. Yeah, you could.

[Matt Jones]

But you could because they're that clean.

[Drew Franklin]

Right?

[Matt Jones]

Right. And they're that clear. But Lexington, I keep, I saw a little bit when I was there, but then I keep hearing just continues to kind of be a disaster and people seem to be getting angry. So, Ryan, you know, you would like to be mayor one day. It grows more unlikely every time you speak. But now, I mean, I think it's very important that on this because I think you judge mayors. Most people don't even know what mayors do. They end up judging mayors and city council by snow issues. What are your thoughts on the Snow Removal of 2026 in Lexington?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a little frustrating just for the neighborhood streets, but really, the main thoroughfares are clear. Like, once you get out of your neighborhood, you're. You're good to go. Now you think that.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think this is much ado about nothing?

[Ryan Lemond]

I can see why people are getting Frustrated, but man, give them. Cut them a little slack. I mean they're. They're getting. They're doing the best. They see snowplows out all the time. They're cutting out little by little. They'll eventually get to you.

[Matt Jones]

But the main politicians answer doesn't it does. Well, that's actually exactly what I'm looking at. LAX 18. That's exactly the statement from the city yesterday. They said just give us a little time and be patient.

[Shannon]

How much time do you need? It's been a week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, according to Rock, I mean it's a thick ice. I mean it's like, you know, once it settles and gets packed in, it's like six inches of nothing but ice. So it's.

[Shannon]

You don't have six inches of.

[Matt Jones]

I.

[Shannon]

Stop it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, easily.

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[Drew Franklin]

I couldn't even break my porch up with every tool I had.

[Matt Jones]

You're saying that. You're saying there's six inches of ice. I mean there's two inches of ice in Oxford and they have. The city is shut down.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't.

[Matt Jones]

I think you're saying Lexington has three times that much once it is packed.

[Ryan Lemond]

In and settled on top of the snow.

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[Drew Franklin]

My porch is close to it here.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll send you a picture of me yesterday trying to break it through in yoga.

[Matt Jones]

Girl, I love these two.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know that they have six inches of ice.

[Shannon]

Do you know?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I, I understand what they're saying, which is there were six. Like first of all, Lexi might be.

[Drew Franklin]

On top of ice.

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

Top of the snow. But we. Yeah, I can't. I. I was outside working, trying to break stuff. I don't have the equipment to break up my driveway. It is impossible with what I own. I own a lot of things.

[Matt Jones]

You get out of your driveway.

[Drew Franklin]

I kept one lane going as it went. So I have like one little path. But like my porch, I fell down yesterday. I told the Amazon guy, throw it to me. Like there's nothing.

[Matt Jones]

Throw it to me. You did it.

[Drew Franklin]

Seriously. There's like an ice rink. I had hammers, ice picks, shovels, hammers.

[Shannon]

He's like Yukon Cornelius out.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. You had multiple hammers.

[Drew Franklin]

Cannot break it up.

[Matt Jones]

Multiple hammers. Shit. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's going to be there for weeks because I'm in the shade.

[Matt Jones]

Where did you get an ice pick? Do you, do you have a lot of ice picks?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's, it's not technically an ice pick. It's like what you would like, you know when guys are like Climbing up on a thing and they're jabbing that little stake in. I have one of those, whatever that's called.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow, you got one of those. Was that like. Did you go mountain climbing?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I have tools. I'm 40 years old with a garage. I have a lot of tools and none of them work. I'm telling you. Bad in my neighborhood.

[Ryan Lemond]

I just sent you a little video.

[Matt Jones]

Sent me a picture. Let's look at. Well, I didn't want a video, but you sent me a Ryan. So, Ryan, you, you are of the opinion, you understand, that it is taking longer and you're good with it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think we have to just be a little patient on our neighborhood streets because the main thing is get the thoroughfares open, you know, so ambulances can get emergency vehicles, people.

[Matt Jones]

So when is the time that you think people could be upset because it. Shannon, it has been a week.

[Shannon]

It has been a while. Yeah, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

There are certain parts that I think like I'm on Winchester Road and you know that awkward turn at Midway coming downtown. That's weird. Anyway. Yeah, yeah, that right there as you're turning, it's two lanes, one lane just turns. A mountain of snow with no warning. There are things like that they have to fix. People are just going to run into that. There are places in Lexington on main roads where you're just driving in your lane ends in busy traffic.

[Ryan Lemond]

It does in the ocean.

[Shannon]

I'm watching it right now.

[Matt Jones]

What? Okay, there he is. Right. All right, Ryan, you're picking at it like an 80 year old woman. Like, look at that. He just like, no wonder it doesn't work.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

You're telling me.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're just sitting there going to understand. That's a solid block of ice. And I've been out there for an hour and they don't understand how, how hard it is.

[Drew Franklin]

You all come look at this. There's no penetrating it. Like you are laughing.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I think it's snow.

[Shannon]

You think that's six inch?

[Matt Jones]

No, no, I'm. Listen, I, I grant you that it's ice. I, I completely grant that. I'm not laughing at the amount of that is a lot to get rid of. I will freely grant that. Shannon, I'm laughing at how hard or not hard he is picking at it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, look at the beginning of that video. He's just going.

[Shannon]

He's just kind of pawing at it like a cat would, you know, you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Guys come out and do it for an hour and we'll see how you're doing. My Bad.

[Drew Franklin]

It's not that funny over here. Like, we can't get out of our neighborhoods. It is really hard.

[Ryan Lemond]

Jennifer still can't get out of her neighborhood, out of her drive.

[Matt Jones]

So overall, you're saying Abby, to work every day. So overall, you're saying you think the cleanup is understandable.

[Drew Franklin]

The big public roads, they have some spots they need to address. But, like, people saying, put salt down, that's not going to do anything. And, like, some of these plows, they're just going to break the front, trying to break it up. So I have a little sympathy for how much ice. It definitely should be better, but, like, on Winchester Road, two lanes. I shouldn't be driving 30 and have to lock up my brakes because the road just ended. Stuff like that needs to be fixed.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Shannon, there's some more pictures.

[Shannon]

There's some more pictures coming in here.

[Matt Jones]

No, I mean, that's a lot. Now, what is that? What am I looking at? Ryan, is that your driveway?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's yoga girls driveway in Georgetown, and they got more than we did. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, that would be. I. I will. I will grant you that. Will. That would be very hard to get out.

[Shannon]

I would just say for Ryan, I mean, if you're using that technique, you would have been out there for a month trying to dig out the slow. As you were going there. I mean, so did you even make any progress?

[Ryan Lemond]

You guys just keep. Go ahead, keep making fun.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, he's getting frustrated.

[Shannon]

Are you mad?

[Ryan Lemond]

Keep going.

[Drew Franklin]

Keep.

[Ryan Lemond]

Keep talking.

[Matt Jones]

I like this. I like a Ryan vs Shannon fight. You don't get a lot of those. No, you don't get a lot of Ryan Shannon. But I'll tell you what.

[Shannon]

I wouldn't hire him to dig me out of my driveway.

[Ryan Lemond]

The pace he's going, slow and steady wins the race.

[Shannon]

It says the most dainty way I've ever seen anybody try to dig out of favor.

[Matt Jones]

Do me a fav. I want you to tweet out that video so people can at least see your technique and then they can judge your technique, because I don't think it's fair. I think everyone should. Should judge Ryan's technique. I'm actually impressed looking at your technique, how much of the driveway you got done.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

How long were you out there? Five hours.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I was probably just an hour and I gave up. I'm like, man, I am wore out. My back was hurting, so I quit.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, all right, well, just. Will you put out your technique and then everyone can judge your technique on that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, sure. I'm can't wait. They all make fun of me.

[Drew Franklin]

The video you all need is I. I fell yesterday, and it's one of those falls. I was in the air, looking up my feet like old dude on Home Alone.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow. Really?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And I looked across. There was a woman.

[Matt Jones]

Well, this wasn't. Ultimately, this wasn't supposed to be, like, an indictment of Ryan. It was just supposed to be a question about whether or not you think. So you guys both give passing grades to the. To the snow enforcement.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a. It's a low passing grade. They definitely could have done better, but I have some sympathy. I'll give them a C minus.

[Matt Jones]

All right. What about you, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

C minus.

[Matt Jones]

Low now.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, that's because I shouldn't just be on a main road and run into a mountain. At least fix that now. Subdivisions and off. Off streets. I get it. But, like, new circles shouldn't still be one lane. Let's figure that out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Citation. Same way. I mean, it was. It took them three days. I think it's great video.

[Matt Jones]

The next time Kentucky gets down 26 in the first half and then they make, like, an and one to cut it to 23. I want to tweet out Ryan's video and go. Chipping away at the lead.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you guys keep laughing. You come over and do it next time.

[Matt Jones]

Chipping away at the lead. All right, let's not go anywhere.

[Drew Franklin]

Y' all can do this for a month.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's gonna be there today when I'm gonna do the other half of it.

[Matt Jones]

Seven seven, two, seven, two, five, four. Is that. Yeah, go, Go. Look at that video. You all can judge for yourself. Is a text machine. Kentucky and Arkansas play tomorrow night. Brian is hosting The Ryan Lemon vs. John Cal Peri party. I thought Mario did a good job. You look buff there, right? You look like you've been working out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mario didn't do that. That's a live photo. He came over my house and took it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you and Cal both look really good, I must say. I thought it would be a good chance because when we led into the last game last year, obviously a lot of it was about Cal and where UK fans were. We're now a year away from that. He beat us in rup. Kind of an embarrassing loss, especially the way it went down. But it's a year from then, so I guess my question is now, I'll start with you, Drew. A year after that, where is the UK fan base on Cal today versus where it was last year? And also, where are you personally on on, on Cal Perry now, a year and a half after he left me.

[Drew Franklin]

And most people in my circle, all my buddies, you know, last year we were into it. You know, we're watching his games. Even some of his comments, probably obsessing over a little bit, calling it hate watching. Did that last season. This year, this isn't me, you know, trying to act tough because we're about to play him. I have honestly haven't thought about him that much at all. And until the Vandy game ended, wasn't even really thinking that. Arkansas is this Saturday, so it's not nearly what it was a year ago. Yeah, it's a little bigger than an Ole Miss or something different, but I don't have anything remotely close to the feelings of last year when he came in and ripped a hard time.

[Matt Jones]

Do you have like Anna, like, do you have Anna Moss? I don't know if Animas works. I don't think you have that. But do you, do you, do you root for him to lose? Like, like. I know last year when we were all sitting in Milwaukee, we all were rooting for St. John's to be dark Arkansas. Are you rooting for him to lose games now?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think last year I was kind of pulling for him because he had a do and Big Z and dj, they had. Some guys were familiar.

[Matt Jones]

You were rooting for them?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, and not against us, but like maybe in that St. John's game.

[Matt Jones]

I kind of remember him rooting for St. John's in that game. But. Go ahead, go ahead.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's what I said. No, I think I would probably pull for the Arkansas guys this year. No way. But I'm tell you what, I am scared to death about this game tomorrow. I mean, I think it could be. It could be ugly and I'm. Scares me to death.

[Matt Jones]

I think we're going to lose. I mean, I'm not scared because I think we're going to lose. It's interesting. My feelings about Cal haven't changed a lot. I still, I still. Shannon root for them to lose.

[Shannon]

Yeah, but.

[Matt Jones]

But I've never had personal animosity like towards him. I. Or at least not, you know, not. Not really. I do want him to lose in the same way that I want Duke to lose and I want Louisville to lose. And I want like basically Louisville, Duke, Tennessee. My entire life, at least since I went to. At least since Christian Leitner shot, I've wanted those three teams to lose. Louisville, Duke, Tennessee. I want them to lose every game. And when they play each other, I just Decide which one I want to lose less. Arkansas, since Cal's been there, is in that group for me. And I'm just. I mean, I'm just being honest. They've joined that group now they're fourth in that group. I still would rather Louisville, Tennessee, Duke lose than Arkansas, but I would put them now in that group. And I don't know, at some point they'll leave that group. But, Shannon, I think if I'm being honest, for me, they are still in that for me.

[Shannon]

Arkansas has always been in that group because I hated them. Going back to the 90s with that 40 minutes of hell, Nolan Richardson, those teams. And now that Caliper is there, it gives me even more reason to hate him. But I don't sit there and watch the games like I did last year. But I will also say this. It does feel like a bigger game just because Cal's there. It feels like it's for them.

[Matt Jones]

Do you root for them to lose, Drew, or don't care?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, if I'm sitting down and I'm watching the game and it's the four second half and there's four minutes left and it's tied, yeah, I'm probably leaning that way, but we're talking. A fraction of my brain power thinks of Arkansas or what they're doing this season. I do like a Monday column where I recap the sec. I mean, that's the extent of me keeping up with Arkansas, the same amount that I keep up with Georgia, and that's where I learned most about them. But on a Tuesday night, I don't sit down like, yeah, let's get arcs all to lose. They're kind of out of sight and out of mind this year. Last year been different though, right?

[Matt Jones]

Seems like a lot of people are taking up for your style.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's how you do it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just shovel out. Get underneath there. You, you, you.

[Matt Jones]

It seems like you have the people. You can't do metal shovel on your driveway, Shannon. They're against you.

[Shannon]

They're against me.

[Matt Jones]

Well, both of us are laughing at rides. They're against both of us.

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[Shannon]

I think it's very dainty of you.

[Drew Franklin]

You gotta do it soft. You break up the top. You can't hit your driveway with your snow shovel.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. If, you know, if he goes much stronger, he will break the driveway.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Shannon]

With all that force, all that, he's.

[Matt Jones]

Gonna break the drive.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a good point.

[Matt Jones]

Drew makes a very good point. You guys need to learn.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you borrow a shovel from a neighbor.

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah, I don't think you can comment. But then I was powerful Shannon right.

[Shannon]

Once I had scooping it, Ryan's just chipping at it like we didn't have.

[Matt Jones]

As much ice as though in Louisville. So to be fair to them, they have a lot more ice than we had in Louisville. 859-280-2287 Text Machine is 772-7745-2454 Matt Shannon, Drew and Iceman Ryan. That's next here on KSR.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Most people on Ryan's side.

[Ryan Lemond]

I must say, all people are on my side.

[Matt Jones]

Not all. One person writes Matt. The pyramids would still be be built, being built if Ryan was in charge. That's not nice, Shannon. That's not.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got 60 responses to my treat. Every one of them are pro drew.

[Sponsor Voice 2]

To your what?

[Matt Jones]

Your treat.

[Ryan Lemond]

My tweet.

[Drew Franklin]

I like the spelling on the tweet. That was my favorite.

[Matt Jones]

Your spelling was very good.

[Caller 1]

Little.

[Ryan Lemond]

A little bit of a hurry. Good thing I didn't try to say the sec.

[Matt Jones]

So when is it supposed to. When is it supposed to warm up? I screw that up a lot. When is it supposed to?

[Ryan Lemond]

We're getting more snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.

[Shannon]

Oh boy.

[Drew Franklin]

And I was explaining this to Shannon during the break. Like, the snow on our roofs and gutters are melting and like going on the driveway and refreezing, it's somehow growing and getting worse.

[Shannon]

You guys ever gonna come out of your house again? He's gonna be stuck there forever.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Ryan's coming out tomorrow night.

[Shannon]

Oh, is he? How's he gonna get out?

[Matt Jones]

He got out that shovel. You saw how he got. Yeah, he got it. One person writes, Matt, I'd like to see you try to do this, Ryan, is doing it the only way it can be done. You would hurt your back. Probably so, but you know, you wouldn't.

[Shannon]

Be doing it begin with. You pay somebody else to do it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you know, on my street there was a group of. This is very. There was a group of Mexican guys who were knocking on every door asking if people wanted them to shovel the pay. I was not there or I would have definitely said yes. But they, I was, I wasn't there. They were finishing when I got there. But that seems like a good way to make, I would think, Ryan, a good little bit of money, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't have their names, but a group from Pikeville, young guys, they listen to our show. They drove from Pikeville to Lexington. They just happened to knock on my parents door. I don't know what they used. They did an amazing job. And my parents speak about these guys from Pikeville like they're angels. So if you are listening, thank you. But to your point, people are just going around and doing what they can. You know, guys that are able to work.

[Matt Jones]

It's very smart. I mean I bet you guys made. I mean I bet they made. It was like three guys. I bet just on my street they each made, you know, 150, $200. Ryan, just watching them, watching them go. And they were good. Have you seen what they're doing in New York? Did you see this machine they've got Shannon, where they put all the snow in on fire? Have you seen this?

[Shannon]

They put the snow on fire.

[Matt Jones]

So there's this machine, they drive around town and it's like a big. It looks like a massive like dump truck and there's a fire inside of it. And they're just taking bulldozers and loading up the snow and putting it in the truck and setting it on fire and it goes away. Yeah, that seems kind of brilliant to me. Or am I crazy?

[Ryan Lemond]

They have to have something to work.

[Shannon]

Say where does all the water.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I couldn't tell from looking at it where the water went. But it goes somewhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, it goes in the tank somewhere. That's brilliant.

[Matt Jones]

Doesn't that seem like a smart. No. Well, I mean this is. The city's doing it. The city has these and they're sort of deploying them all over town. Is what the. What I saw.

[Ryan Lemond]

Brilliant.

[Drew Franklin]

They call them the hot tubs, hot dogs. I've seen the videos. I don't know. Yeah, we need it. I don't know how it works where that water goes, but I know exactly what you're talking about.

[Matt Jones]

It looks awesome. And like, Shannon, it's kind of fun to watch. They take these huge piles of snow, pour them in there, and then they're just gone. And then they do another one.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I'm trying to watch it right now. And that's an interesting take on how to get rid of ice. I mean, it works, though, right?

[Matt Jones]

It seems like it works. You're setting fire to the snow.

[Shannon]

Yeah. That's a lot better than just before.

[Matt Jones]

Had you. Have you ever. I've never seen that before, and I thought it was, I thought it was fascinating. One person writes, Matt, if you were to do a poll of the UK fan base, how many people do you think would be for. If they could snap their fingers, Cal being the coach now? Not many. I mean, I, I'm. Well, what do you think? What, what percentage?

[Shannon]

I would say there's probably at least 25%. I think there's a quarter of the fan base that would like that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, maybe. I, I, I think that's high, but I think it's probably more than I would think. My thing is, and this is Drew's, this has been mine and Drew's contention for the whole time. Drew, if he had stayed here, it wasn't going to be work here, right? It wasn't.

[Drew Franklin]

He had that. Let's raise a million dollars. And it's burned in my brain. He raised $48,000 of the million.

[Matt Jones]

They were trying to raise a million at the SEC tournament. They raised $48,000. It wasn't going to work here. And by the way, I will note before everyone, like, and they're gonna, they're gonna probably beat us tomorrow. But before everyone loses their mind, last year, Kentucky had a better record than Arkansas. They were seated higher in the tournament than Arkansas, and both teams went exactly the same spot in the tournament. They both went to the Sweet 16 this year. They are. They have a better record than us by, I think, one game or two games. But people that act like Ryan, there's this massive gap between what he's done and what we, what even Pope has done. And Pope has been somewhat disappointing this year. It's not the gap everybody thinks it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think we had a better year.

[Matt Jones]

Than they had last year.

[Ryan Lemond]

Billy had some stats this morning, the pre show. I think Shannon were like, they're. Their records are exactly identical.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So the records are identical. So, I mean, for everybody who's like, well, I wish we had him. Our records are identical. Now, do I think they have a better chance of succeeding in the tournament this year than we do. Yes, I do. But we were better than they were last year. They now they beat Kansas, St. John's in the tournament. Credit to them. But they also. You know what they did in the Sweet sixteen, Shannon? They blew a game they had won at the end.

[Shannon]

Yep. Yeah, they did.

[Matt Jones]

They blew it.

[Shannon]

We've seen that.

[Matt Jones]

We've seen. Yeah, we've seen that. You know, so I. I don't know. What do you think the percentage of people that would say that, Ryan, that they would like to snap their fingers and he be the coach here?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a tough time to ask that question where we're struggling right now and they seem to be playing pretty.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's 25%? 20?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think maybe 15 or 20. Somewhere in that ballpark, a little bit. I mean, it's easy to forget. We're just, what, a year and a half from losing in the SEC tournament. And then Oakland to end his career here. How bad we feel lost to Oakland, folks.

[Matt Jones]

We lost to Oakland with Reed shepherd sitting on the bench. We had Antonio Reeves, Reed Shepherd, Rob Dillingham. Oh, yeah. Justin Edwards, also a good NBA player.

[Ryan Lemond]

And we lost Oakland lost our last two games.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's less than 10%. I think you are high.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Literally.

[Drew Franklin]

We remember those last four years. More tournament games last year than Cal did in four years.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good point.

[Matt Jones]

There you go. That's all you need to say right there. We'll take a break and be right back. Take your calls. Ksr.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's good.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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

[Matt Jones]

We always play these songs when Arkansas goes. I. When we play Arkansas. Arkansas is a state, Shannon. Not fun.

[Shannon]

No, no. We went through there. Went through the Ozarks.

[Matt Jones]

Ozarks.

[Shannon]

My favorite part of Arkansas was that little place called who to Thunk It.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was. That was cool.

[Caller 2]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I'm trying to think. I've been to Arkansas. Well, here turn up. This is how I feel. That's exactly how I feel. Why would you go back, Shannon?

[Shannon]

What is there nothing that I'm.

[Matt Jones]

Bill Clinton Museum in Little Rock is cool because it's a presidential museum where they actually talk about, like, the. The. His faults, too. You know, they don't try to. That's, I think, a cool thing to do. Trying to think of Drew. Can you think of anything in Arkansas? Fayetteville. Of all the. I mean, Fayetteville is nicer. Than you think. But I still wouldn't want to. I mean, I don't see anything reason to go.

[Drew Franklin]

We did a night in Fayetteville and I enjoyed it, but we got there at night and went to like two places and then we're out in the morning, so I saw very little of it. I enjoyed the two places we went, but I can't tell you anything about any. Anything outside of that.

[Matt Jones]

Apparently the city where all the Walmart executives live is nice. It's like north of Fayetteville. What's the name of that place?

[Drew Franklin]

Bentonville.

[Matt Jones]

Bentonville. Apparently. That's nice. But I've never been there, so I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

We kind of jumped over our trip through the Ozarks. That's still maybe the scariest what we.

[Matt Jones]

Let off with Shane. And I know you did.

[Ryan Lemond]

You guys did not skip. You skipped the best with the worst part of it. After we left that John Em down station, you had zero gas and we still were like halfway to go through the Allegheny Mountains and there was no gas station. I was convinced we got to walk in the middle of the night, no street lights, completely dark, try to find a gas station in the Ozark mountains.

[Drew Franklin]

We did vote who we were going to eat first.

[Ryan Lemond]

We did vote who's going to eat first.

[Matt Jones]

We picked you, didn't we? Yeah, yeah. We picked you because you were the oldest, so you had the least life.

[Drew Franklin]

That's why you don't enjoy it as much.

[Matt Jones]

Scared me to death.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know how we got down.

[Matt Jones]

That was station that was scary because we. That was. It was so dark and we had nowhere to go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pitch black.

[Matt Jones]

So that.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you're no gas.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that was scary. I'll grant you. I did an ESPN final four show in like Earl, Arkansas, I think was the name of it on at a Taco Bell. But so, yeah, not a lot of great memories in Arkansas. Apparently. Shannon, the. The snow thing is connected that to this. They connect it to the sewer and they dump the water into the sewer.

[Shannon]

That makes sense. I like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, melt it, drain it down a drain.

[Matt Jones]

Feels like we should get one of those in Lexington, right?

[Shannon]

We don't have it in the budget. What's the problem? At least get some flamethrowers and just go out there in the streets.

[Matt Jones]

I'll just tell you I thought it looked really cool when I saw the video. And if it works, apparently they use them drew at UPS out at the airport. That's what they do to get the UPS planes flying.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we need some whatever we paid for this bead statue out front of the courthouse. That could have bought a lot of hot tubs to fix the snow. Let's get our priorities.

[Matt Jones]

You don't like the bead statue?

[Drew Franklin]

Every time I pass it, I roll my eyes and think, we paid money for that.

[Ryan Lemond]

What was that? What is that?

[Drew Franklin]

And it has to be. It's like $50,000 a year to upkeep or something crazy for like the. Come clean it. Come clean our beads.

[Matt Jones]

Nice beads. Who's next?

[Shannon]

Let's go to David.

[Matt Jones]

David. Go ahead, Dave.

[Caller 1]

Hey, guys. Hey. I want your thoughts on something. Last year you can watch Pope's offense, man, it looked so good, enjoyable to watch this year, you know, I mean, of course you guys know what it looks like. Is it the players? Is it the change in his coaching style or what? What, what you thoughts?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I think it's the coaching style has adjusted because the players can't shoot. And Ryan, I would say that has made it a much less enjoyable way to watch. I mean, what I have said is when we're not playing well, which unfortunately has been a lot of the time this year, this looks like a Caliperi offense without really good players. And I appreciate the call. That's how I felt a lot of sort of ISO standing around, setting a pick and then trying to get to the basket. But we don't have guys who can finish. And Ryan, I think that's made it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Very hard to watch without guys that can hit the three out there. Our offense is awful. And there's, like you said, a lot of. A lot of dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble. Standing around, guys trying to go one on one trying to play a little meatball. If you tried to ask, ask somebody what kind of offense we trying to run, they couldn't tell you because it is non existent.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's like I've said this before, Drew. I think it changes half to half, possession to possession.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah, I agree too. There was a stretch in the second half at Vandy. We just. Everyone on the team, I think each took a contested three. It's like they went onto the court and said, we're all going to take turns taking a bad three. I think they went over four in a row and I thought, why am I just sitting here watching guys? I could go to the Y and just watch guys brick threes. Like, there was just no offense at all. They were taking turns just taking bad shots.

[Matt Jones]

With that said, Ryan, you're going to be at the bar tomorrow night for this. And we're going to win against Arkansas tomorrow, aren't we? You're going to help us get the victory.

[Ryan Lemond]

It could be a fun, fun night to pull that off against Arkansas, at Arkansas, against Cal. I just don't know what's going to happen.

[Shannon]

Well, bring your shovel.

[Matt Jones]

That's not the attitude we need. I'll be pumped up versus John Caliperi. Watch party, have a big bowl of.

[Ryan Lemond]

Chili before the game starts. I'll be feeling good.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well that's, that's what we want. Who's next?

[Shannon]

Taylor.

[Matt Jones]

Taylor. Go ahead, Taylor.

[Caller 1]

Yeah, man, thanks for having me. Two things. One, about the snow shoveling. I run a mobile coffee trailer and we normally go to schools. Haven't been able to do that. So my daughter wanted to make some money. She's 10, want to make some money for college. So I said, well, why don't we go shovel some driveways? So her and I probably made $500 shoveling snow just for two days.

[Matt Jones]

So I need to rewind just a second. You have a 10 year old daughter?

[Caller 1]

Yes, sir. Yeah, I've got five kids. 10 year old's my oldest.

[Matt Jones]

And she's already thinking about paying for college.

[Caller 1]

Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. She wanted to think of ways that she could earn money so that she could pay for college.

[Matt Jones]

Well, yeah, that's a very like, you know, forward thinking daughter. I would think most 10 year olds would want to think about money for like a doll or for, you know, something like frivolous. She is actually already thinking about her 401k.

[Caller 1]

Certainly she does not spend money. She asked if we could open a savings account for so that she could do a better job saving.

[Matt Jones]

Is she encrypted?

[Caller 1]

I've talked to her about it. We've talked to her about it. How to invest.

[Matt Jones]

You've talked to her about the market at 10 years old?

[Caller 1]

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. We're trying to explain those things to her so that she understands.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Caller 1]

It's important we grow up. If we grow up and not know about it, then that's bad.

[Shannon]

Is this Dave Ramsey?

[Caller 1]

So, no, no.

[Matt Jones]

That's very impressive. I didn't know. I am. You have to have the only child I've ever heard of that's 10 years old shoveling snow to pay for college while also learning about the market. So I mean, I'm gonna go ahead and say I expect your daughter to be a huge success and that's very good of you to teach her those things.

[Caller 1]

I appreciate it. Second thing Was. We did go to Arkansas last summer. The Arkansas has a place called Crater of Diamond State Park. It's the largest diamond quarry that's open to the public. I think it's like top five diamond quarries in the. In the world. Pretty cool place. You just go and dig for diamonds.

[Matt Jones]

They just let you dig for diamonds. Like you can just go.

[Caller 1]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

And you can keep them.

[Caller 1]

Oh, absolutely. If you find something, you can keep it. Anything you find. So, yeah, it's. It's pretty cool. You should look it up.

[Matt Jones]

Did you find any?

[Caller 1]

Oh, we. We unfortunately did not. There's normally about one a day. Is the average of what they. They people find is one diamond a day. A lot of them are small, but there's been some. The Uncle Sam diamond, which is the largest diamond found in the US Was found there, and it was, I don't know, huge. I mean, I can't remember how many carrots.

[Matt Jones]

Well, maybe I can take Ryan. I appreciate the call with his digging technique. Shannon with me to. To the quarry.

[Shannon]

You better pack a lunch. You're gonna be there a while and.

[Matt Jones]

Find me a diamond.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't think you want him doing your digging.

[Matt Jones]

People are saying Hot Springs, Arkansas. Drew with the Springs is. Is. Is nice.

[Drew Franklin]

We got pretty close to that on our travels. I think I remember either reading or we saw signs about it, but yeah, I'm familiar with that.

[Matt Jones]

I think I've heard. When I'm.

[Ryan Lemond]

When.

[Matt Jones]

When. When my grandfather was alive many years ago, he had, like, arthritis pretty bad. And he would go like once a year, Ryan, To Hot Springs, Arkansas, and. And get in the. The Springs, I guess, and it gave him relief. He really liked it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, there's some hot springs in, like, French Lick, Indiana, West Baden, Indiana, that became famous for. People would come and bathe in those hot springs, try to relieve some pain from arthritis or aches and pains.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So maybe that is something. And then we can go digging. It's hard for me to believe there's just a place, Shannon, where you just get to go dig diamonds and take them.

[Shannon]

Yeah. You would think they would have that reserve for you would think there would have been corporations.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah. Corporations would have just said, all right, I'm with ours, everything here.

[Shannon]

Yeah. I guess there's a chance that you could dig up a huge diamond that could be worth, you know, 10 grand or more.

[Ryan Lemond]

Uncle Sam diamond he was talking about was down there.

[Matt Jones]

When was that found?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

Recently. I'm looking it up now. It's worth several million dollars, Millions. Just digging and you found.

[Matt Jones]

And when was it found? What year?

[Drew Franklin]

I think it said. Oh, never mind. 1924. It was put. I saw it was put into the Smithsonian fairly recently, I think.

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Welcome back is Kentucky Sports Radio 859280 2287. One person writes Matt, I love Drew, but he's crazy. The bead statue is one of the nicer things Lexington's put in. What doesn't he like about it? I thought he would appreciate art.

[Drew Franklin]

That's not a real text. There's not one person. Oh, there is that.

[Matt Jones]

It is 606, 202 also.

[Ryan Lemond]

They don't live here.

[Drew Franklin]

They don't live here.

[Ryan Lemond]

They don't have to drive by it every day.

[Drew Franklin]

That is not.

[Matt Jones]

I mean they could live there. They could live there and not. And not have an 8, 5, 9 number. I live there and don't have an 8, 5, 9.

[Drew Franklin]

Fair. There's not one person in this city that likes that. It's supposed to commemorate Kentucky. The artist isn't from Kentucky. Nothing about it is Kentucky. It's just a bunch of silver things I can't even say on radio hanging in front of our courthouse.

[Ryan Lemond]

Exactly. What?

[Shannon]

Whose idea was it to put it there?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know, but we got robbed.

[Shannon]

One person at least.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I can tell you 606202 likes it.

[Drew Franklin]

That's the sculptor. Nice to meet you. I wish you hadn't done it here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Take your balls somewhere else.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, slow down. One person writes Matt, what do you make of Pope's Comments about recruiting yesterday, you know, I mean, so did you see the comments, Ryan? He basically said something to the effect of they asked him why he didn't have any commitments and if there was a problem with the fact that we're not playing well, if that hurts in recruiting. And he basically said, I like how he flipped it around. He basically was like, well, sometimes not having any recruits and playing badly makes people want to come more. Which I guess is a good spin. Do you buy it?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't buy it. I don't know if a recruit's going to be sitting there buying it. Look at how they play and dysfunctional their offense is what makes you want.

[Matt Jones]

To be a. I think his point is they might come in and think, okay, well, then I'm going to get to play well.

[Ryan Lemond]

More power to you. But so far, I think the recruiting class has 0 and 0. Nobody in that recruiting class.

[Matt Jones]

What do you think of his argument, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't get to hear these live because they do them when we're on the air.

[Matt Jones]

So I was prepared to go, yeah, this was yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

This was yesterday. I'm positive because I had multiple texts about his recruiting answer and I even wrote on our board, I'm probably five minutes into the YouTube video and I write, I'm already not enjoying this. And several people wrote back, just wait for the recruiting answer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow.

[Drew Franklin]

So I think it got a lot of people noticed and I even made a point to fast forward and find it because so many people were talking and I wish I hadn't. I mean, this is what I talk about. Everything is not perfect. Like when things are bad. Him saying, well, recruits like bad. That's not true. And we're not going to believe that. You can say, I need to do better on the recruiting show.

[Matt Jones]

Recruits, like bad recruits, are looking for teams that stink. That's what they're looking for.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, there are talented players out there that like eighth place in the sec.

[Shannon]

Well, that answer reminds me of, like, why every now and then Vanderbilt would get a good basketball player come there because I knew they could play and be the guy on the team. And now that sounds like what Kentucky basketball is becoming.

[Drew Franklin]

Point because he doesn't play guys a lot of minutes. So the theory of a guy like, I can go save him and take all the shots, he doesn't give anyone that opportunity.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I immediately thought of Jack and Jacob's article they wrote a month ago how he's bad as a closer, can't manage the money. All that combined is just not good. Answers.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's not. I didn't like the answer. I'm not sure what he means. But, you know, I'm kind of surprised. We're now two years away from a coach that I kind of didn't want to listen to do press conferences anymore. And I'm kind of there again, even though it's a very different person. Like, his style is very different, but I just don't know that you get anything, because I don't. I think he intended. I thought he would be one of the best coaches we've ever had at explaining, etc. And I think he is when we're doing well, but when we're not, it sort of becomes a word salad obtuse. And I. I don't. I just find myself not particularly enjoyed it. All right, who's next?

[Shannon]

All right, this is Scotty, who you announced was about to become a father.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah. So on Wednesday, we announced that Scotty was having a child. This is that Scotty, am I correct?

[Caller 2]

Yes, it is, Matt. Yes, it is.

[Matt Jones]

Well, first of all, congratulations.

[Caller 1]

Thank y'.

[Drew Franklin]

All.

[Caller 2]

Thank you so much.

[Matt Jones]

So, Scotty, tell me what it was like to hear that. And did you know that I was talking about you?

[Caller 2]

Well, my wife, she's a social media influencer, and every once in a while, she just kind of wants me to be in some of her content. And randomly she was like, hey, you've been helping me out a lot around the house and doing all this stuff, so I want you to listen to ksr. She acts like she hates it, but I know that she loves it. But, yeah, she just randomly put it on. And then I heard you say my name, and I was like, what? I mean, you got the video. So it's.

[Matt Jones]

I did see the video.

[Caller 2]

That was a genuine reaction.

[Matt Jones]

You look surprised, and it looked like it took you a minute to process that it was you.

[Caller 1]

It.

[Caller 2]

It definitely did. It definitely did. But once you said, you're about to become a father, I was like, oh, wow, this is. This is wild. She. The first announcement we had when our. When our little boy was. When he took hold and she became pregnant, she bought one of those banners that you see flying down the. The beach off the. The trailing of the airplane, and it said, scotty, we're about to become parents. So, yeah, she hit another home run with this one.

[Matt Jones]

She goes all out. So congratulations. You got to be excited. Did you hear from anyone that asked him? Because I have a. I had someone write me who said they had like five. This was a different Scotty they had like five friends, right? Go, dude, is it you? And they weren't even listening to the show and it threw him off. Did you have anybody wonder if it was you?

[Caller 2]

Well, despite your all's ratings, which also Congratulations. I live in Crestview, Florida. I'm from Kentucky originally, but the air force brought me down here. Retired out of the air Force and now I'm just chilling in Destin, Florida, Crestview, Florida area. So, yeah, unfortunately no one has talked to me about hearing that segment, but I did wanted to call in and say thank you so much. I'm honored to be your first and only announcement.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not doing anything. Like I. It's because it's unique. I did it because it was unique and I thought it was. It was very cool. And congratulations. And I assume you're going to name the. The kid Mario Franklin, whatever your last name is, right? Maybe, maybe we can get Drew into.

[Caller 2]

Naming it, naming his girl Scotty. I might be able to swing a Franklin.

[Matt Jones]

All right, we'll think about it. Appreciate the call. Thank you very much. Yeah, very cool. First ever KSR baby announcement happened this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

As crazy as a story that is, I love hearing it. I love hearing the other Scotties who are like scared to death when they.

[Matt Jones]

Heard you say from Scotty's. One of them said, one of them said, shannon, I didn't think I had done a deed that could get that result quite some time. Well, he said, though my heart still skipped a beat, even though I didn't think it was possible that I could have done it. Which I thought was a really funny answer.

[Shannon]

I mean, things have to occur to have a baby.

[Matt Jones]

He was, he was like doing all right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Carry the two explaining to do.

[Matt Jones]

So there you go. All right. So Kentucky Dark style, what time we play tomorrow? 6:30.

[Ryan Lemond]

6:30.

[Drew Franklin]

Weird time.

[Matt Jones]

It is a weird time. So we will. We're gonna take a break. We will come back. Hour number two here on a Friday. This is Kentucky sports Radio.

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