2026-02-05- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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KSR Podcast – Hour 2

Date: February 5, 2026
Host: Matt Jones & the KSR Crew (Billy, co-hosts)
Episode Theme: Kentucky Basketball's Win, Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations, San Francisco Perceptions & Radio Row Reflections

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Episode Overview

Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio dives into Kentucky basketball’s latest win, debates about great book-to-movie adaptations, the crew’s travel experiences in San Francisco for Super Bowl Radio Row, interactions with sports media personalities, meeting heroes, and the real versus perceived state of San Francisco. The show balances UK sports discussion with pop culture, travel anecdotes, and listener interaction.

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1. Book vs. Movie: Which Holds Up?

Segment Start: 03:49

• Matt kicks off a lively discussion about books that were also made into movies, pondering those rare instances where both the book and the movie are truly excellent.
• The crew mentions Gone Girl, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter, The Godfather, and more.
• Listeners text in suggestions: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Stephen King adaptations, John Grisham thrillers.

Notable Quotes:

• “That's a rare case of a really good book that also becomes a really good movie. Sometimes a really good book doesn't translate…”
  – Matt Jones (03:57)
• “Stephen King might be the king for this – The Shining, It, Misery, Green Mile…”
  – Matt Jones (12:26)
• “If you think about how big the books were, the fact that the movies weren't a flop – well, Lord of the Rings is the same way.”
  – Matt Jones (13:24)

Noteworthy Moment:
Co-host points out Forrest Gump was a book first (04:33), and Matt expresses surprise at how different the book is versus the movie – notably the book’s plot involving wrestling.

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2. Meeting Heroes: The Tony Kornheiser Effect

Segment Start: 05:44

• Matt discusses the impact sports commentator Tony Kornheiser had on his career, from radio format to show tone.
• He ponders what would happen if he met Kornheiser and the classic warning: “Don’t meet your heroes.”
• The team reflects on their fan experiences and the awkwardness of recognizing influential figures in “real life.”

Notable Quotes:

• “The reason I have a career… and I just feel, you know, even radio – I got into radio by sitting on the D.C. circuit listening to Tony Kornheiser…”
  – Matt Jones (06:48)
• “If I met him and he was rude, you might cry.”
  – Co-host (07:28)
• “They say don't meet your heroes, you know.”
  – Matt Jones (07:40)

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3. Kentucky Basketball Analysis: Post-Game Recap

Segment Start: 07:59

• Kentucky’s recent win is broken down. The team was never in serious trouble, pulling away in the second half.
• Player highlights: Chandler’s breakout moments, Brandon Garrison’s “legacy game”, Yellowcz’s contribution, and praise for team consistency.

Key Points:

• 16–7 record discussed as being tournament-safe with two more wins.
• Garrison’s intense performances, especially against Oklahoma.
• Chandler’s return to form after a slump.
• Importance of team depth and big men stepping up.

Notable Quotes:

• “What Kentucky wants right now—about as good as it could have been.”
  – Matt Jones (08:52)
• “He [Garrison] has a hatred for that team… it’s been some of his best games of his career at Kentucky.”
  – Co-host (11:30)
• “Chandler… has five of the biggest plays in these wins… another dagger in a moment where they needed it.”
  – Co-host (15:46)

4. Kentucky’s Remaining Schedule: Projecting SEC Outcomes

Segment Start: 34:35

• The hosts debate whether Kentucky can secure double-digit SEC wins, breaking down upcoming games (Tennessee, Florida, Vandy, etc.).
• Matt makes some bold predictions, including a possible win at Texas A&M.
• The league’s competitive balance is noted, with the possibility of UK winning or losing almost any of their eight remaining games.

Key Quote:

• “Look at these games… the only game I don’t think we can win is Valentine’s Day at Florida. The rest… you could win them all.”
  – Matt Jones (36:26)

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5. San Francisco: Reality vs. Perception

Segment Start: 21:09 (resumes at 29:19)

• Discussion on the city’s reputation, especially “doom narratives” about homelessness and urban decay.
• Personalized observations from walking around; comparing actual experience with national media portrayals.
• The crew enjoys the culture, food, and weather, pushing back on negative stereotypes.

Notable Quotes:

• “I just think there’s this view that gets perpetuated… that if you’ve never been out here, you see on tv—oh, it’s a war zone. And it’s like, you know, zombies filled with… homeless people. And there are… but it’s not like that, in my opinion.”
  – Matt Jones (27:07)
• “You watch the TV, they zoom in on one thing and tell you that’s the whole place. And people who have never been believe it…”
  – Co-host (27:54)
• “There’s a lot of money here… so when there’s a lot of money, there’s also going to be a lot of nice things in addition to the other stuff.”
  – Matt Jones (28:09)

6. Golden Gate Bridge vs. Bay Bridge, Local Quirks

Segment Start: 21:43

• A playful debate: which bridge is better, the Golden Gate or the Bay Bridge?
• Co-host touts the Bay Bridge as underrated compared to the Golden Gate’s fame.
• Hints at a darker documentary about the Golden Gate, but mostly lighthearted.

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7. On Fan Interactions, “Meeting Your Heroes” & Being Approachable

Segment Start: 22:47

• Matt fields a text from a listener worried about disappointment in meeting their radio hero.
• Matt admits there’s a “dip” between the first and subsequent fan interactions, referencing stories of celebrity rudeness and his own efforts to be kind in public.

Quote:

• “Matt is awesome when you first meet him… If you get to know him, it’s in the middle where he’s hard.”
  – Matt Jones, recalling a college friend’s description (23:42)

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8. Radio Row & Celebrity Encounters

Segment Start: 43:08

• Matt and crew recount interviews on Super Bowl Radio Row and the chaos of rapid-fire guest spots.
• Interactions with notable figures: Christian McCaffrey (and awkward sponsor questions), Mike Golick, Joe Milton, Bryce Young.
• Musings on the “media world” hierarchy, being recognized in San Francisco, and their show's top ranking among sports talk radio.

Highlight:

• Christian McCaffrey guessed as “crisp apple” flavor being his favorite Ollipop, with Matt suspicious he might not know any flavors at all (45:12).

Funny Moment:

• Matt asks McCaffrey about dating celebrities, not realizing he’s dating Miss Universe (47:12).

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9. Homelessness, Helping, and City Life

Segment Start: 30:35

• Philosophical conversation about how to respond to homelessness—debate between giving money, food, or gift cards.
• Billy shares an amusing story about being approached by a homeless person while he had an engagement ring in his pocket (31:41).

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10. Rapid Fire: Miscellaneous & Closing

• Co-host reactions to the city, debates on bridge tourism, dining in SF, and insider moments from the show’s San Francisco trip.
• Plans for the UK women’s game and potential live show locations.
• Lighthearted sign-off teasing a fancy dinner (Red Lobster jokes) in San Francisco.

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Select Memorable Quotes

• “If you just met me once, I think you’d be fine. But, like, if you only see me occasionally and you don’t really know me, then it might be difficult.”
  – Matt Jones (23:49)
• “Chandler… big game for me.”
  – Co-host (09:27)
• “He has an effect on women the way Kay Adams affects Mario. Christian McCaffrey… even though he’s a little short king.”
  – Matt Jones (46:10)
• “There’s a picture of Billy staring at Christian McCaffrey like he wanted to give that ring to him.”
  – Matt Jones (47:47)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Topic | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------| | Opening banter, book/movie adaptation debate | 03:49–15:46 | | Meeting heroes, Tony Kornheiser | 05:44–07:44 | | Kentucky basketball post-game analysis | 07:59–16:32 | | UK record, SEC outlook | 34:35–39:31 | | San Francisco perceptions & reality | 21:09–29:08, 29:19–31:29 | | Celebrity encounters: Christian McCaffrey, etc. | 43:08–49:35 |

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Tone & Style

The episode embodies KSR’s familiar playful, self-effacing banter—mixing Kentucky sports analysis with nerdy pop culture riffs and travelogue moments. Matt Jones maintains his direct, humorous, and occasionally self-deprecating delivery, encouraging co-hosts to pitch in with inside jokes and candid observations.

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For First-Time Listeners

• The basketball discussion is informed but laid back, offering both stats and personality-focused takes.
• Pop culture references and digressions are common but woven back into Kentucky-centric dialogue.
• The San Francisco segment provides an honest, boots-on-the-ground counter-narrative to national media exaggeration about urban decay.
• The “meeting heroes” topic is heartfelt and relatable for fans of sports media.
• The behind-the-scenes Radio Row stories give insight into sports journalism’s quirks, fame, and the logistical chaos of Super Bowl week.

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Overall:
This hour radiates KSR's signature blend of sports, pop culture, and real-life musings, offering both diehard fans and casual listeners a friendly, full-spectrum Kentucky sports radio experience, with plenty of laughs and insights along the way.

Transcript

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[Billy]

Welcome to.

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Hour two of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage.

[Matt Jones]

Now here's Matt Jones. Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. One person writes Matt I had a very similar SC Derek Henry with Neil Patrick Harris on the set of gone girl in 2013.

[Caller or Co-host]

Hey, it happens to all of us, man.

[Matt Jones]

It's an interesting one though. Neil Patrick Harris on Gone Girl. Good movie.

[Caller or Co-host]

Oh, terrifying movie.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, good. That's a, that's a rare case of a really good book that also becomes a really good movie. Sometimes a really good book doesn't translate to a good movie or the book or the movie are so much better. Like the Godfather was a book, but people don't even think about it as a book because the movie was so good. It's rare that both the book and the movie hold up. I would ask you all, but I know I'm outside of Drew in a room full of non readers. So that was.

[Caller or Co-host]

I can think of some something that don't line up like, you know, Forrest.

[Matt Jones]

Gump was a book, but Forrest Gump was a book.

[Caller or Co-host]

I can't think of.

[Matt Jones]

Was it a book first or was it one of those they turned the.

[Caller or Co-host]

Book from the book first. Really think so?

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I knew that.

[Caller or Co-host]

I believe I own it.

[Billy]

I read To Kill a Mockingbird in high school.

[Matt Jones]

Well, now that one holds up. I think To Kill a Mockingbird, the movie is also great. And the book, I think that's actually a very good one first for one that holds up in both ends. Maybe seven. So for more of our intellectual listeners, 772-774-5525, 4. I have not read or seen, but one of the best picture nominees is Hamnet, which also won awards as a book just three or four years ago. So that would probably would make it. Even though I haven't, I haven't seen the movie yet.

[Billy]

I'm not sure what that's about.

[Matt Jones]

We've talked about on this show before.

[Caller or Co-host]

And on Cover zero where you're.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we've actually talked about it on both. So I'm good. You have no idea.

[Caller or Co-host]

You were sitting there.

[Matt Jones]

Let's move one letter and see if it.

[Billy]

The making of Hamlet. The writing.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. It's about how Shakespeare, when he was writing Hamlet, he had a kid die.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And so he's writing about like the kid dying, how it affected his writing of Hamlet.

[Billy]

Yeah. It just doesn't sound like my type of movie. But to each their own.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, it may not be, but we have talked about it multiple times on, on all of these shows. 859-280-22871 person writes. Matt, would you have talked to Tony Kornheiser if he was in the stall next to you? No, but I would wait outside the door creepily for when he walked outside. And I think I would try to. I would probably awkwardly try to have made it a bit with him. Like, I would have awkwardly been like, I didn't want to talk to you at the urinal, so now I'm talking to you now. And he would have given me a look of like, are you doing this? And I'd be like, look, I have to do this because it's you.

[Caller or Co-host]

And you all could have maybe made a little bit. He maybe played along maybe.

[Matt Jones]

Although he seems like I. Part of why I don't want to meet him is I feel like it'll ruin it because he, he is a curmudgeon and he doesn't seem particularly nice. And I worry that it'll ruin it.

[Caller or Co-host]

I mean, you have decades of appreciation and being a fan of him.

[Matt Jones]

Reason I have a career. It's like him and Bill Simmons, but it's really more him. And I just feel, you know, I mean, even radio. I got into radio by sitting on the D.C. circuit listening to Tony Kornheiser on my computer at 10:00am And I mean, the reason this show is at 10:00am is because Tony Kornheiser show was on today. The reason we come in with music is cause of Tony Kornheiser. The reason I talk about my life is, is because Tony Kornheiser used to start every show talking about his life. He wouldn't even talk about sports. He would talk about his life and he'd do one segment and then he'd go to sports. So if I met him and he was rude, you might cry.

[Caller or Co-host]

I could do like irreversible damage to you. That could be like some real trauma.

[Matt Jones]

Back to being a lawyer. Just quit.

[Caller or Co-host]

Just give it all to Billy here. Billy, you wanted it anyway.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, so. So maybe I don't want to meet. They say don't meet your heroes, you know.

[Caller or Co-host]

Should I have waited for Derek outside?

[Matt Jones]

We got to meet part of your hero.

[Caller or Co-host]

Really wish this were an uncensored podcast. I've got so many I could say right now.

[Matt Jones]

859280 I can't believe I said that. 2287. All right, let's talk about the game just a little bit. Oh yeah, they played last night. Kentucky basically, you know, for the most part ahead throughout the game. No real difficulty throughout most of the game. Get up, you know, stayed to be about a three point game through most the first half and then they go on the run. Colin Chandler banged right in front of Billy, right in front of ESPN executives. Back to back, get it up to double digits. Second half at one point early on, get up to 20, own the middle eight that we talk about. Last four minutes, first half, first for the second half at one point. Oklahoma cuts it to eight, but then a Brandon Garrison and one kind of puts the game away. Thought it was for what Kentucky wants right now. About as good as it could have been.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, last night before the game, that was the first time in months that I can remember going into game pretty confident. I really believe they've turned a little bit of a corner. Even home games against Ole Miss in Texas. There's been a part of me that's had my guard up like anything could happen. But I'm confident now that it's seven out of eight. I know the Vandy game stinks, but I feel like they have turned a corner. I felt good going into that. I'm glad they finished the job. That was kind of just don't lose this and mess up your resume. Well, however it looks, get it done. But I'm glad they put it on a pretty good. And a lot of the guys that have been playing well just staying consistent. Chandler away and then had big game for me.

[Matt Jones]

Is our record right now. Is it something in 7? Is it 16?

[Caller or Co-host]

Lost 2 sec or 3 sec games.

[Matt Jones]

3 sec games, 4 in the night. It's 7 losses. But are we 16 and 7 or are we 17 and 7? I get confused. 7. I believe 16 and 7. So in my mind we need to win 2 more to be I think 18 and we're in. This was, you know, this was the easiest game left on the schedule. So you had to, you had to get it and I think a lot of, you know, away 24 points. What he's been so excellent, efficient. 24.

[Caller or Co-host]

2.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean he's going to, I saw. He is going to, you know, he, he's going to probably finish just short of Terence Jones and Antonio Reeves for the record for most double digit games as a two year player. Which is kind of amazing if you think about it and with a little.

[Caller or Co-host]

Bit of a funk to start this year. I mean if you did SEC only stats, I think it'd be crazy because.

[Matt Jones]

He had the, he's had double digits.

[Caller or Co-host]

Every and last year had the long run really on one game without him. So yeah, we all had our concerns early. It seems that he's put that way behind them and playing like a player of the year in the conference.

[Matt Jones]

And then you know, you put Brandon Garrison against Oklahoma. I mean he's going to get a technical and he's also going to play great. I mean double double, you know, point 20 points plus in a game and made big plays. I mean didn't just, didn't just score made plays. Billy, when they had to. Yeah.

[Billy]

I just hope we can get that out of him. When it's not against Oklahoma. I think they're going to need it. When it's like who's going to step up tonight from the big position? Is it Moreno? Is it, is it bg? It was a legacy game from last night according to Mario.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I don't know if legacy's strong word but I do think, I do think he played excellent. I mean he is not going to give you that all the time, but he is going to. But when he can do it, it's a, it's huge for him.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, we can't expect 2011. But impacting the game the way he did, he could do more of that. He, he had some flashy passes last night also. He was doing a little bit of everything and I, you know that Oklahoma thing with him, it is, I know he's from there. He lost them a couple times. He's at Oklahoma State then we had the stuff last year. But that man just has a hatred for that team. I mean he sees red when Oklahoma's across the court and it's been some of his best games of his career at Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Billy]

And let's not overlook Yellowcz. I mean, he played 20 plus minutes, was two or three from three.

[Matt Jones]

Great.

[Billy]

I think that's important.

[Matt Jones]

So people are making subject suggestions about books and movies that are good. I will note, while we have a lot of suggestions, not as many as if I say, like, what's the best reality show? That includes dancing, but that's okay. A lot of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. That's a really good call. I read that book a long time ago. A lot of Stephen. Stephen King might be the king for this.

[Caller or Co-host]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So think about it. The Shining, it, Misery, Green Mile. He might be the king for producing, literally, things that are both translatable to movies and great books. Forrest Gump, they say in the book, becomes a professional wrestler named the Dunce.

[Caller or Co-host]

That was like very different than the movie.

[Billy]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

With the. Yeah. I wonder what made them. Because that's clearly like mocking him. And I don't think the movie is mocking him. Really. No.

[Caller or Co-host]

It's a celebration of the greatest American ever.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So wonder why they. Wonder what made them. I mean, obviously it worked, but wonder why they were like, let's. Let's do that. Let's make that transition.

[Caller or Co-host]

I don't know. I'm glad they did, though. Worked out.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. That's like your favorite movie, isn't it?

[Caller or Co-host]

It is.

[Matt Jones]

All the President's Men. That's a good call. Harry Potter. Yeah. I mean, those books were huge.

[Caller or Co-host]

Very obvious.

[Matt Jones]

That's. I mean, if you think about. Think about how big the books were, the fact that the movies weren't a flop. Well, Lord of the Rings is the same way. I mean, Lord of the Rings, like when they were making that movie, there had to be like the most pressure in the world because Lord of the Rings has been a big book series for 50, 60, however many years, and then you make a movie and it wins an Oscar.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah. We also. Not to change the subject, but stay on the book subject.

[Matt Jones]

Have you seen Lonesome Dove Is a good call as well. The Lonesome Dove is a great book and a great TV series, but go ahead.

[Caller or Co-host]

It looks like there's some. Some books going up on campus in Lexington. I tweeted this this morning.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, books going up on.

[Caller or Co-host]

Devin Booker's putting little books all over Lexington. Just tell people to watch out for that.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean?

[Caller or Co-host]

It's like a. Well, it's a big book that's at the student center this morning.

[Matt Jones]

So they're putting those all up campus. Is this the Shoe thing. Yeah. You.

[Stockton Mortgage Rep]

You're.

[Matt Jones]

You're being very mysterious about this whole shoe thing.

[Caller or Co-host]

I am.

[Matt Jones]

You know, just.

[Caller or Co-host]

I like.

[Matt Jones]

I like to.

[Caller or Co-host]

I like to keep some secrets. Some people dig me to keep secrets.

[Billy]

Are they wearing the denim Saturday?

[Caller or Co-host]

They are.

[Matt Jones]

They are. You just hear about that breaking news? I mean, we've been talking about that.

[Caller or Co-host]

For a few weeks. They announced that on Christmas.

[Billy]

I was just confirming.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we've talked about it on the.

[Caller or Co-host]

Pre show the last two days.

[Matt Jones]

We've talked about. Shannon says you've talked about on the pre show for two straight days.

[Billy]

Correct, I was confirming. And then if he's gonna be all secretive about shoes, was just putting the two together.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, they are wearing the denim as they told us on Christmas.

[Matt Jones]

Another one that produces good books and movies would be John Grisham, the Firm.

[Caller or Co-host]

Firm.

[Matt Jones]

The Firm is a great movie. I don't know if I've read the book, but it is. The Firm is a great movie. In Memphis, set in Memphis, very high. It's a thriller.

[Caller or Co-host]

I downloaded the Firm book on my phone on our. For our flight here. I read two pages, so I can't tell you a lot about it, but what's the one.

[Matt Jones]

What's the one with Ashley Judd? Time to kill.

[Caller or Co-host]

Time to kill.

[Matt Jones]

That's John Grisham, isn't it?

[Caller or Co-host]

I think so.

[Matt Jones]

That's really Good. With Matthew McConaughey and Samuel Jackson.

[Caller or Co-host]

What's her other one? No, that one. Double Double jeopardy.

[Matt Jones]

Well, there was the Pelican Brief.

[Caller or Co-host]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

I think Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Yeah.

[Caller or Co-host]

So there's a lot more than I.

[Matt Jones]

Didn'T expect to be talking about books right now. Let's go back to the game for a second. Colin Chandler hits big shots.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yes. Around there in December. Looked like he lost his confidence. He got to where he wasn't even shooting open threes. He snapped out of that weeks ago. He's been great lately. Another dagger in a moment where they needed it. And it's not just a three point shooting. He has like five of the biggest plays in these wins. Going back to the pass to Marino, the steal and get it to owe the three here against Ole Miss. I mean, he has been great since they've turned.

[Matt Jones]

Nearly hit a three quarter shot at the end of the first half. Front rim.

[Caller or Co-host]

So he's been off whatever's bothering.

[Matt Jones]

You know, he. He shot poorly to start the season. Then he completely lost his confidence. And now again, I think Jalen Lowe getting hurt, it's like he didn't have a choice. But to. But to put to play more and now playing well.

[Billy]

Yeah. Gonna need him. He was rocking a new hat in the press conference the other day. That looked good.

[Matt Jones]

So what about Mark Pope's toboggan In the press conference I understood that he.

[Caller or Co-host]

Left early to go get his daughter at the airport. We've definitely support that excused absence. But he did get a little dressed for the cold low early. It was over like one ear like.

[Matt Jones]

It was a skew skew. It was this brown.

[Caller or Co-host]

Was it a brown Kentucky?

[Matt Jones]

It did. He looked like Eminem. He looked like he was like knees. What is it? Well, you were doing the rap earlier. Yes.

[Billy]

Yeah. I cannot repeat that but well it.

[Caller or Co-host]

Was vomit on his sweater already. Mom's spaghetti.

[Matt Jones]

Mom spaghetti. Yeah. Well yeah he was going that was kind of cool. He's picking his daughter up at the airport after her mission.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, it's been a year and a half since he's. Since he's been here in senior so I can understand dad wanting to be at the airport to get her so excused absence after the game. But the hat was was interesting.

[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Techie Sports Radio 859-280-2287 Text Machine 772-774-5254 People suggesting other books. Game of Thrones. I've never read that or watched it, so it would be hard.

[Caller or Co-host]

It's not a movie though. I thought of that, but we were keeping it in the movie category.

[Matt Jones]

What's the one? What's the one with the. The Hunt for Red October. I think that was Sean Connery. Yeah.

[Caller or Co-host]

Perhaps the book.

[Matt Jones]

I've not really write it.

[Caller or Co-host]

He's in the movie.

[Matt Jones]

I think Sean Connery didn't write the book.

[Caller or Co-host]

He's in the rock. We're gonna go to Alcatraz. As I'm looking out this window here.

[Matt Jones]

So we have a little bit of time today, and we have a lot of time tomorrow afternoon. Are we going to see some sites? What do you want to see?

[Caller or Co-host]

I'll do anything but go to the Golden Gate Bridge.

[Billy]

I want to get one of those.

[Matt Jones]

What is with you? You don't. You don't like the Golden Gate Bridge. You're only about it. What are you tired?

[Caller or Co-host]

Bay Bridge is much better. No one talks about the Bay Bridge now.

[Matt Jones]

The Bay Bridge is the one that got ruined in the earthquake. Then they. And then they rebuilt it, right?

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah. Like, they're all like, let's go to Golden. No, it's just good at marketing. Bay Bridge is better.

[Matt Jones]

It's right here.

[Caller or Co-host]

Right over here.

[Matt Jones]

We'll go to better.

[Caller or Co-host]

Just doesn't get talked about enough. Better views.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Golden Bridge dark. It's got close to each other.

[Caller or Co-host]

They are. And one's better than the other. And it's the Bay Bridge. No one out there talks about the Bay Bridge.

[Matt Jones]

So I will use my. What makes the Golden Gate Bridge sad?

[Caller or Co-host]

Just people I saw a documentary about. It's pretty dark.

[Matt Jones]

What? People jumping off. But, I mean, don't you think they.

[Caller or Co-host]

Jump off the Bay Bridge?

[Matt Jones]

No, not.

[Caller or Co-host]

How could you do. It's beautiful. Just telling you all. If we're ranking the bridges, you don't.

[Matt Jones]

Think they jump off the bed.

[Caller or Co-host]

I want to show you all today. I went scooting over there one time. I wrecked. I still have a scar, and I was still smiling because the Bay Bridge was right there.

[Matt Jones]

What person? Okay, one person writes Matt, the way that you said you are about Tony Kornheiser is how I feel. Like if I would meet you, I'd be worried you'd be rude and it would make me sad. Well, I would not want to be rude. I try very hard to not be rude when I meet people in public. You know, I had a friend in college once say about me, I think this is a good description. Matt is awesome. When you first meet him, he's awesome. If you get to know him, it's in the middle where he's hard. You all are all laughing because I think you agree with me. Like, you. Like you all know me and we all get along really well, but it's that, like, you kind of know me, but you don't really. Look Mario shaking his head like, that's when it's hard with Me. And I would. I would. I think that's probably fair. So if you just met me once, I think you'd be fine. But, like, if you only see me occasionally and you don't really know me, then it might be difficult.

[Caller or Co-host]

So if you've met Matt, if you see him again, just know the second interaction.

[Matt Jones]

Just knows. Second through four are gonna be tough. If you can push through and get to 678, it'll be better.

[Caller or Co-host]

So just. Just a little dip. You'll be fine if you just get on the other side of that.

[Matt Jones]

But there is a dip.

[Billy]

Time and place is important, too. Like, urinal's extreme, but, like, I can imagine you sitting down and eating is not the time.

[Matt Jones]

I will always be nice to me. I, I generally, I don't think you bother people when they're eating. But with that said, if people do, I'm not going to be rude to them.

[Billy]

It's their first time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Now if you sit down at the thing, that's a little different, but most people don't do that. I. I am fine with people who come up and say something. Something nice. I. I'm always. I try to always. But, you know, you can catch somebody. They can catch you on a bad day, and then, like, it can be, you know, I mean, that can be. I. I hate that, though, because, like, I've. I remember when I've interacted with people that I knew or admired, and they were kind of rude, and it sticks with you. Like, I watched. I watched yesterday people being rude to people. I don't know if you saw that, but I watched yesterday some, like, really big celebrities, and I don't think they're trying to be mean, but, like, they. They're trying to wade through people and they can be rude. Right?

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I saw Stephen A. Like, people trying to talk to him, and he kept walking, but I. He stops, he's gonna get mobbed.

[Caller or Co-host]

And we've seen these schedules. Like, it's like, pretty precise. Like 11, 15, 1120. Like, you got to get from spot to spot those people.

[Matt Jones]

So I get it.

[Billy]

It's a little don't meet your heroes with Matt Jones sometimes.

[Caller or Co-host]

No, don't. Don't meet him a second.

[Matt Jones]

Don't meet him a second.

[Caller or Co-host]

Don't be your hero a second time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, right. One person writes, Matt, San Francisco, I always hear, is awful. I trust your all's judgment. Is San Francisco as bad as everybody acts like? I don't think so at all. Now, granted, I'm sure there are parts that are Bad. There are more homeless people here than you would see in most cities. Like, people think New York is full of homeless people. That's actually not true. LA is full of homeless people. Sam. Dc, at least when I would live there, had a lot of homeless people. San Francisco does have more than your average homeless people, I think. But I also think there's like amazing stuff here. So I think it gets a bad rap now. There are a lot of empty buildings from. We talked about, like after Covid, where a lot of those buildings closed. So like that's. There's a lot of sort of areas with like commercial areas with empty buildings.

[Caller or Co-host]

Well, I was here on a vacation about four years ago. I pointed to you all their Union Square area.

[Matt Jones]

That's where, that's where you see the difference.

[Caller or Co-host]

You know, four or five years ago, those are pretty full. I like it a lot. The area we're in, we still need to get out and see some views because, I mean, it's beautiful when you get over by the Bay Bridge. But this Knob Hill area is great. It's a lot of walk in the hills, but there's still, still so much more to see around here. I, I really enjoy it. Kentucky, I'd come more often.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like it?

[Billy]

I've enjoyed it so far. It's. It's hard to get past the hills, but once you do, it's.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but I just think there's this. There's this view that gets perpetuated. We saw this in Seattle when we went to Seattle. There's this view that gets perpetuated that if you've never been out here, you see on tv, oh, it's like it's a war zone. And it's like, you know, here they're always saying it's like zombies filled with, you know, with homeless people. And there are. I mean, I will acknowledge there are more homeless people than you would see in Lexington or in Louisville. But it's not like that, in my opinion. There's. When I've been to la, there's many more homeless people in LA than there are here.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah. And I'm a big food guy. This is a great foodie city.

[Matt Jones]

Every corner you smell like another amazing food smell. Yeah.

[Caller or Co-host]

So I'm a big fan. I know it's got its problems, but any city has its problems. And everybody, you watch the tv, they zoom in on one thing and tell you that's the whole place. And people have never been believe it because they believe that the TV told them, yeah, sure, there are bad areas here. That is a very small percent of everything that's here.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And there's also a lot of, you know, there's a lot of money here because this is where all the AI tech stuff is. There's a, there's. And you can tell there's a lot of money here. And so when there's a lot of money, there's also going to be a lot of nice things in addition to the other stuff.

[Billy]

Nice weather. It's been a nice break from the ice of Lexington and Louisville.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I heard. Yeah. I wonder what they did. They got more snow. We just got out, by the way, like, there was snow that hit Louisville like right after our flight. So if we had booked an hour later, we might have gotten stuck, you know.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Caller or Co-host]

All this never would have happened. Just a few hours behind what all these stories.

[Matt Jones]

I don't like when you take a deep breath like you're gonna talk and then you don't say anything because I pause and then you just go, Bill, you just go. And then you don't say anything. You can, when you do that, you've got to talk. All right, thank you very much. 859-280-2287. We'll take a break. Be right back. It's KSR.

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[Matt Jones]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. We haven't taken any calls, but just because we've been having fun, it's, it's fascinating to me. And I'm not gonna calling these people out because I think people mean well, but the amount of people that I can, I mean, we are here and we are in the areas of San Francisco that are the main areas. And people who aren't here arguing with me about how many homeless people are here, like, literally we're walking around, done.

[Caller or Co-host]

A lot of walking.

[Matt Jones]

Like, right.

[Caller or Co-host]

More walking than I want to do.

[Matt Jones]

I just, it is amazing to me. And this is not like, let me just say this is not a ride or left. And this isn't everybody. How much folks let their viewpoints be just given to them by the talking points of networks and then like, that's their viewpoint rather than, oh, that's interesting. I'd like to learn more. I'd like to hear what the other side thinks and then balance to find. It's just like, Matt, they come in and clean all the homeless people off the streets. Before the Super Bowl, I mean. Well, first of all, if they did, they didn't do a good job. Yeah, they're still here because they're still around. But secondly, how do you know that? You know what I mean? How do you know that?

[Caller or Co-host]

Also, a part of me, it's sad.

[Matt Jones]

That, I mean, there's no impact. Like, I mean, hey, you just keep walking.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, it has no effect.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it's sad, and I find it sad. Like, I don't. I feel bad. Like, I. I used to. When I was younger, I used to give money sometimes to homeless people. And I became convinced that, like, that wasn't helpful for a variety of reasons that are. I had a conversation with somebody who I think has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I've ever met and sort of convinced me. So now if I do anything, which I probably don't, as much as I should, if I look in the mirror, I probably should, because I believe in acknowledging people's humanity, But I probably don't do it as much as I should. It's give an actual item of, like, food or something or just acknowledge their existence. I tend to sometimes just walk past. I don't know if that's good or not, but I don't think giving money actually solves anything.

[Caller or Co-host]

I've heard of a guy in Lexington. I know him through a friend. He keeps, like, $10 McDonald's gift cards on him.

[Matt Jones]

See, that's, to me, the kind of thing.

[Caller or Co-host]

And they're like, if you truly want food, well, this will get you plenty of food, you know, and that's one way to help.

[Matt Jones]

Not I.

[Billy]

Once I'm engaged to my girlfriend, my fiance, and in Dallas, I had the ring in my pocket. We were walking around, and a homeless person was asking me for money.

[Matt Jones]

And you gave him the ring?

[Billy]

No, but we just walked by and didn't really say anything. And he was like, hey. And he started chasing us down. So you got to imagine I've got this ring in my pocket. Now a homeless person's chasing us down and asking like, hey, you know, acknowledge me. Like, I'm right here. And so I turned around and just diffused the situation. And then we left. But I was like, keep walking. Keep walking. And then he started chasing us. That's when I turned around and said, hey, back off.

[Matt Jones]

You should have said, will you marry me? What do you mean? You. Are you suggesting you intimidated him?

[Billy]

No, I was just turning around. I was like, hey, you know, no, don't have anything. Don't carry cash on me.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Billy]

And then he was.

[Matt Jones]

And then he walked away.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Caller or Co-host]

He was like, billy bad.

[Billy]

Whatever. They did his own thing.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. That is billy badass. Were you wearing the vest that you're gonna wear this weekend?

[Billy]

No, no, I didn't have the vest. And that was. That hasn't been revealed yet. That was on the post game show last night.

[Matt Jones]

So are you excited? Spoiler.

[Billy]

Yeah. I just gotta match it the right way, you know? Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You're gonna look like buzz williams at the party.

[Billy]

Buzz only stayed in a spot five or six years, and it gets a little hot in the kitchen.

[Caller or Co-host]

Oh, was that a hint? How long you been working here?

[Billy]

I think I'm at 8 or 9.

[Matt Jones]

You're gonna be like, buzz just onto the next. On to the. On to the. On to the next one.

[Billy]

What was amazing, though, is our first bar we went to here in san francisco. We met somebody that was from Lexington, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's right. Well, that's been a surprise here, too, is how many people knew us. Like, not. Not necessarily like. Like matt jones, but, like, knew the success of ksr. So, Shannon, because those rating those rankings came out yesterday, right? That had us number one with all these radio people. These, like. We had people coming up to us congratulating us all day. Oh, yeah. Like, they want to be where we were, you know, like where we were chasing them.

[Billy]

They want to be where we're at.

[Matt Jones]

When we're in kentucky. And that comes out. Like, no one says and no one cares, but here that's like a thing. So people like the guy that makes. The guy that makes the rankings, he was there and he was like, congrats, man. Great job this year. I don't know what to say to that because what do we do? Right?

[Billy]

Yeah, much you can say.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, we thanked him for. It was the same thing that we've kind of always done. But that was sort of interesting, too.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, it was like the perfect storm of that came out. And then a lot of those shows that are on the list and the barrett media were there.

[Matt Jones]

Like, how somebody from, like, dallas even knows this exists.

[Caller or Co-host]

You know, Billy probably dropped a resume. Just passing them out everywhere, probably.

[Matt Jones]

So what versa writes, Matt, after kentucky wins now seven and three, do you think we get to double digit wins in the sec? That requires three more of the next eight. I'm gonna read you the schedule. All right. Let me read you the schedule and you tell me if you think we could get three of the next eight. Tennessee at home that Saturday. Been at florida, Georgia, home at auburn, at South Carolina and then a murderer's row of the last three games. Host Vandy at A and M, host Florida.

[Caller or Co-host]

I think they're gonna get Tennessee on Saturday. That I worry about the two Florida games at A and M. I'm almost just calling those that. Owen 3.

[Matt Jones]

Can I call my shot? We're going to win at A and M. Okay. It's going to be. That's going to be one that nobody thinks we're going to win. I think they're going to. I think they're going to hit a little bit of a downslide. Okay. Because they've been so good. Surprisingly good. I think we're. We're going to steal the A and M game. All right.

[Caller or Co-host]

Hope so. They're good. They score a lot of points.

[Matt Jones]

So here's my. I'll go through. I think we lose at home Saturday to Tennessee. I think since we beat them last time, I think we're going to lose the denim emotions. I think we'll lose at Florida, but then I think we beat Georgia at home. I don't know what to think about at Auburn. That could go either way. Yeah, they're, they're, they can be a night and day team. We're going to win at South Carolina. I think we lose at home to Vandy, win at A and M, lose at home to Florida. So we're gonna have like this weird. We're gonna lose like three or four home games, but then win these games on the road.

[Caller or Co-host]

I have you same record for the end, except I have losing A and M and beaten Van get home and you.

[Matt Jones]

I can see that. I mean, I could see. I first of all look at these games and say, all right, which one can't we win? The only game I don't think we can win is Valentine's Day at Florida. The rest of these games, I think you could win them all. Right. But I would say you could lose them all. I think Georgia's a good team. Coming to Carolina is a road game. You know, they're not good. But like there's no game on the schedule except at Florida that I think we're definitely going to lose. But I also don't know that there's any game that you can go. Yeah, we're definitely going to win.

[Caller or Co-host]

And we're used to counting Georgia at home. Just go ahead and count that as a win. That it's not your, your usual Georgia this year either.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I don't know, Billy. I mean, it's an odd, it's odd how you have Eight games left and you could go eight. No. Or. Oh, an eight. I mean, really, like, it's. That's not a crazy thing to say and it's amazing.

[Billy]

Kentucky finds himself in a situation where they can compete for this regular season title. It's a wide open SEC this year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, that's. Let's talk about that for a second. I mean, like right now we're third in the sec. I mean, it's a big pile. A and M in Florida are seven and two, we're seven and three, and then Arkansas, Vanny and Tennessee are six and three. So, you know, we're there for a shot to win the league. I mean, we'd have to go on a heck of a run. But it's not, it's not crazy, right?

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, but I mean, the teams ahead of you, they're still on the schedule. You got two against Florida, you got A and M. If you really wanted to win it, those games will carry a lot of weight.

[Matt Jones]

Florida plays at A and M Saturday.

[Caller or Co-host]

That's coming up.

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[Matt Jones]

So Florida, Florida plays at A and M Saturday, which means one of those teams is going to take a loss. So you're. You. If you win Saturday, you're going to probably be in second place in the.

[Caller or Co-host]

SEC and you at least have a tiebreaker over Arkansas. If you get Tennessee on Saturday, a lot of those teams in that pile for third, you're going to have an edge on them too, even if you finish with the same record.

[Matt Jones]

And I also note Florida, I mean, I'm sitting here looking at schedules. You know, Florida has very hard schedule coming down the stretch. They play pretty much all the good teams. I'm sitting here looking at A and M. Well, I was looking at A and M. Now I can't get them. But. So these teams all have tough stuff schedules coming, coming down the stretch.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, I think Kentucky will finish probably even double by in the sec. I just worry Florida already having a game lead and I watched that Sunday game against Alabama. My goodness, they had 72 paints in the points in the paint and only three turnovers in the game and won by nearly 30 against Alabama.

[Matt Jones]

I see here and look at A and M schedule, they might be the favorite because they still have Missouri, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and LSU on their schedule.

[Billy]

Oh, yeah. It would mean a lot for this team to stay together and get a double buy in the SEC after where they've been some places this year. I mean, I think without your three top guys, it, you know, you had to say it's a hell of a coaching job. If you are to stay in contention like that, then it's just about what you do in the tournament, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think that's fair. 859-280-2287 Cornbread Hemp we are here. No, we did not get bigger than cornbread Hemp last night no matter what people think about the post game show. I did however, take it when I went to sleep and in the Hoosier State. Now it's available for you. Organic sleep gummies, topicals, oils, help you be well rounded relief, no waiting for shipping. It's all at cornbread hemp or cornbreadhem.com head to your local retailer in Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana and ask for Cornbread Hemp. It is Cornbread Hemp. This is the good life. We'll take a break and be right back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio Friday.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine. Love to hear from you. I've been reading texts all day. You guys have cheered us. Well, we've already been cheery, but it's been good to follow along in. In San Francisco, we will be putting out content all day. The new cover zero will come out probably tonight, so check it out. It'll have our interviews with Sean Alexander, with Bussin, with the boys, maybe Joe Milton. Listen to him. He asked him if he gets food stuck in his grill. That wasn't my finest hour yesterday. The problem is I just ran. I mean, what do you ask Joe Mill? Joe Milton was the one where I was like, I don't know what to say to this person.

[Caller or Co-host]

And it's not his fault. I mean, he's a backup quarterback in his second season. Like, it had him played a lot of football, NFL. So luckily we had the Tennessee connection. If he had been from the pack or the big ten or something, I don't know what we would have gone with.

[Matt Jones]

Mike Golick, by the way, when we were interviewing him, Shannon, as they left, they left us a supply of the thing he was trying to sell and it was like diabetes medication. What do you do with that? I don't know.

[Caller or Co-host]

I left mine sitting there. In hindsight, I didn't mean to, but.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they're like, here. And I'm like, what is this? And they're like, it's your diabetes thing.

[Caller or Co-host]

You like, put it on your arm.

[Matt Jones]

Put it on your arm. But you put it on your arm and it tracks your diet.

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But we don't.

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[Matt Jones]

We don't have diabetes. Or at least I hope I don't have diabetes.

[Billy]

It would be rude to ask. So maybe he was just right there.

[Caller or Co-host]

He just assumed. I mean, they are.

[Matt Jones]

They asked us. They said, here, take this. We want you all to have it. I. Is that like, are you supposed. You know, if you had other. If you had other diseases, they don't just tell you to do treatment for it.

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[Billy]

We're just gonna leave this here for you.

[Matt Jones]

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[Billy]

We got extras.

[Matt Jones]

You know who has it based on who took it. I just think that's an odd.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah. I'm still sitting on the ground right beneath our set now that.

[Matt Jones]

What they did give us of was Christian McCaffrey's Ollie. That was good. Did you drink one?

[Caller or Co-host]

I did not. I've had ollipop before, though, actually.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it's no McDonald's, Diet Coke, but ollipop was. Was good. I was worried, though. Shannon. I asked Christian McCaffrey, what's your favorite flavor of ollipop? And he had a look on his face that made me think, he doesn't know any flavors. Oh, just a grape. Everything is great, you know? And then he goes. He goes, crisp apple. And I was like, okay, there.

[Caller or Co-host]

That is pretty precise.

[Matt Jones]

That's pretty specific. Crisp apple. But did. There was a half second where it looked like he was like, oh.

[Billy]

He had to look at the can.

[Caller or Co-host]

Real quick and say, all right, what's the flavor on the can?

[Matt Jones]

He did have a look for a second that was like, I don't really know. A lot of Ollie Pop.

[Caller or Co-host]

I don't want to play spoiler before his episode drops, but two of our listeners in particular are going to want to hear that.

[Matt Jones]

I've already told him. Oh, you told him a text and let them know. I got. I got. I got McAffrey to give a shout out to a couple of our listeners. I'm not a shout out guy, but they've been with us a long time.

[Caller or Co-host]

And they love him.

[Matt Jones]

And they love him.

[Caller or Co-host]

He gave a great shout out.

[Matt Jones]

It's interesting to see Christian McAffrey because women. He has an effect on women the way Kay Adams affects Mario. Christian McCaffrey. I don't know if you saw. There were three women with the NFL who were. I walked off the set and they go, is he as beautiful in person. Is he as beautiful up close as he is from afar? Like, he has an effect on him, even though he's a little short. King.

[Caller or Co-host]

I wouldn't mess with him.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, he was much shorter than me and you.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah. And he's, like, very robotic. Like, there's stories about him. Like, he's on one, like, maybe worse than the Tom.

[Matt Jones]

But you were telling me. I didn't know, like, his dad didn't let him have, like, candy or fridge.

[Caller or Co-host]

He had a very strict regimen in, like, high school. Like, didn't eat candy, didn't have a lot of social interactions. It was like working out and protein and obviously worked out for him.

[Matt Jones]

Actually, now I'm thinking about. I had a dumb question to him, too. Shannon. Yeah. We were talking about Travis Kelsey, and I was like, do you think you could handle dating somebody that famous? And then when it was overdue, was like, he dates somebody that famous.

[Caller or Co-host]

Yeah, she's Miss Universe.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think I could handle it. And he laughed, and I remember thinking, oh, he must date somebody famous.

[Caller or Co-host]

As soon as we got done, Matt was like, does he date anyone? I was like, yeah, Miss Universe.

[Matt Jones]

But I was asking him, like. Like I'd never heard of him.

[Caller or Co-host]

He was. He was great, too, though.

[Matt Jones]

That would be kind of like somebody. If somebody was dating Sabrina Carpenter, I'd be like, you think you can handle Taylor Swift?

[Caller or Co-host]

I'll admit, I. I got lost in Christian McCaffrey's eyes for a moment. I snapped out of it, though. I caught myself.

[Matt Jones]

He does sound pret.

[Caller or Co-host]

There's one other person in this room, though, that I think was not just what. Just the women that were filling McCaffrey.

[Matt Jones]

I think there's a picture of Billy staring at Christian McCaffrey like he wanted to give that ring to him. There's a picture of you. There's a picture Mario took of you staring into Christian McCaffrey's eyes that is very much like, you are you. You're a fan.

[Billy]

I was. I am. He's probably the best. One of the best players in the league right now. So I was a little.

[Matt Jones]

That's why I was.

[Billy]

I was a little star.

[Caller or Co-host]

Shrugged me like an Olipop.

[Billy]

It's probably never had a soda in his life, so this may be the perfect sponsorship for him.

[Caller or Co-host]

I did wonder when he was, like, talking about Cokes and other soft drinks and how this is better. Part of me was like, have you had one ever?

[Matt Jones]

I bet he hasn't. I bet he hasn't. It's. If you listen to Interviews. You'll notice in the last question of every interview, I have to ask them about why they're there. And it's so hard and it's not natural. It's not natural. You go, okay, well, now that we've been talking about football, what tell me about Ollipop. Like, there's no natural way to do that.

[Caller or Co-host]

The best is with Bryce Young.

[Matt Jones]

They brought another stop.

[Caller or Co-host]

Billy is in a chair and if video comes out, Billy just turns into the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sister.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We don't really address it. He just like they made Billy get up so that the CEO of Big brothers Big sisters could come in. They got big. Yeah. If you're watching on video, Billy just disappears same chair into the ether and he becomes the CEO of Big brothers Big sisters. And then he's gonna say, have you asked anybody if they know Ryan? Have you told. You know, the whole. Ryan, have you done that? I haven't, I haven't because I just. It hasn't felt. It's. It's very rushed. I mean you have like 10 minutes with these people and then they pull Christian McCaffrey and then there's Bryce Young and like, like it's hard to even have time to breathe because it's just like you're like, okay, here's another person. Here's another person.

[Caller or Co-host]

And a lot of them we're talking to Christian McCaffrey but like Bryce Young's at the bottom of the steps waiting and it's like there's their wait.

[Matt Jones]

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[Caller or Co-host]

Put those losses aside where they didn't have Tiana Key didn't weren't at full strength. She's back. Cats get the W. Let's go.

[Billy]

Cats the year Kenny Brooks. I think they get it done tonight.

[Matt Jones]

All right. That was very exciting. I'm gonna take Kentucky. If you. I think there's still some tickets available, so try to get out there tonight and go see the women. We'll have it on at the bar if you want to come there as well. Now, tomorrow morning we may. Well, Billy. I'm not gonna make Billy tramp over there tomorrow for the show.

[Billy]

No go.

[Matt Jones]

Let's see what it looks like over there. We might do the show at Meteoro, but we might not because it'll be very. Billy, I have to leave this hotel at 5am if we do that. So we might. Yeah, so. So we'll see. But nevertheless, looking forward to another fun day with you guys. We don't have a party tonight, so I'm going to take you all to a nice high end restaurant.

[Caller or Co-host]

Ooh, getting bougie. What?

[Matt Jones]

This is going to be where I'm going to take you to the finest Red Lobster in San Francisco. You going to get you a San Francisco treat.

[Billy]

Give me a platter. Seafood platter.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Thank you folks very much. We will see you tomorrow. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.

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