2026-02-12- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1, February 12, 2026

Hosted by Matt Jones, with Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, and Shannon.
Location: KS Bar & Grill, Lexington, Kentucky

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Overview

This episode of KSR delivers its signature blend of Kentucky basketball analysis, community event recaps, banter, and a dose of Winter Olympics chatter. Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon discuss the aftermath of an icy Lexington, the chaos and fun of their live basketball pick 'em contest, break down UK basketball’s upcoming clash with Florida, and weigh in on key UK sports personalities. They cap things off with quirky Olympic stories and a mystery about military “party balloons.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Lexington's Winter Woes

• Matt shares his struggle with Lexington’s lingering ice, navigating a treacherous driveway, and using 'Spider-Man' and bear crawl techniques to reach his house.
  • Quote: "Yesterday afternoon, I had to bear crawl because I fell...I felt like I was the dude that climbed the building on Netflix, poking holes in the ice." (05:36, Matt Jones)
• Ryan and Drew echo the local challenge, commiserating about ice-skating to the trash and massive leftover snow piles in town.
• Shout-out to the sun for helping thaw the city: "No one has been happier to see the sun than our mayor. I'm a close second." (06:15, Drew Franklin)

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2. KS Bar Basketball Pick 'Em: Contest Recap

• High Participation: 75 people entered, with a strong community showing.

• Contest Format & Mayhem:

  • The event was derailed by the Cal-Berkeley vs. Syracuse basketball game going into double overtime, throwing off the planned finals showdown and forcing on-the-fly adjustments.
  • Matt laments: "Stupid. Cal Berkeley, Syracuse decides to go into double overtime. First of all, what are those teams doing in the same conference?" (08:39, Matt Jones)

• Memorable Family Moment:

  • A family of five participates; four make the finals, including a 12-year-old who finishes fourth.
    • "That's a family that knows ball." (10:15, Matt Jones)
    • "The 12 year old, one of the first qualifiers..." (10:06, Ryan Lemon)

• Winners Announced:

  • 1st place: Lee ($1,000)
  • 2nd place: Avery ($300)
  • 3rd place: Dana Stevens
    • "Congratulations to Lee. Lee, you will win $1,000." (11:46, Matt Jones)

• Lessons Learned:

  • 1. "Vegas is good." Picking the spread often led to ties.
    • "There were three times that there was a multi person tie for closest in a game...Vegas is good." (13:01, Matt Jones)
  • 2. "The more you know about the team, the worse you did." Obscure games led to better picks than marquee matchups.
    • "The games people got the most correct, Shannon, were like Wofford-Samford...Then everybody out thinks themselves for Alabama-Ole Miss." (13:25, Matt Jones)

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3. UK vs. Florida Basketball Preview

• Florida’s Strengths:
  • The crew views Florida as perhaps UK’s toughest test left. Their bigs and recent dominant wins are emphasized.
    • "Probably the hardest game on the schedule all year." (14:02, Matt Jones)
    • "They had 72 paint points against Alabama." (14:45, Drew Franklin)
• Kentucky’s Optimism vs. Skepticism:
  • Matt tries to inject positivity: "Why can't we be positive about this? They won at Tennessee. You didn’t think we were going to win at Tennessee? Or at Arkansas?" (16:06, Matt Jones)
  • Ryan and Drew remain cautious due to Florida’s hot streak and frontcourt depth.
  • History of Success: Matt notes UK has won six straight in the Swamp.
    • "We've won six straight in the Swamp... That's a pretty amazing run." (20:51, Matt Jones)

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4. On Air Banter: Cameos & Community Engagement

• Ryan’s "creepy" Valentine Cameos generate laughs:
  • "Valentine's Day is for lovers." (22:14, Ryan Lemon)
  • Matt jokes it’s like "when Homer got Marge a bowling ball." (22:55, Matt Jones)
  • The crew reflects on the fading popularity of Cameo, calling it "the MySpace of today." (23:16, Ryan Lemon; 23:26, Matt Jones)

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5. Inside the Media: Covering Coaches and Criticism

• Matt discusses relationships with UK coaches, especially the dynamics during the Calipari era:
  • Calipari was extremely divisive: "You're either team Cal or you're the enemy." (25:13, Matt Jones)
  • On reconciling with media members like Jeff Goodman after Cal’s tenure: "It's been good to reconnect... I forgive people." (24:20, Matt Jones)
  • On Balanced Criticism:
    • "If all criticism makes you a bad person, that's bad." (28:09, Matt Jones)
• On the perils of media getting too close to coaching staffs:
  • "I don’t think in the future I’ll ever become friends with any of these coaches again. I just don't think it's a smart thing to do." (29:45, Matt Jones)
  • Ryan recalls journalist advice: “Do not be friends with the people you cover.” (29:59, Ryan Lemon)

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6. Olympics: Colorful Stories and Moral Dilemmas

Matt shares quirky or dramatic Olympic headlines:

• Finnish Ski Jumping Coach Ejected:
  • Got kicked out for "drinking too much around the village."
    • "How much do you think the Finnish coach was drinking if he was drinking too much around the village?" (32:23, Matt Jones)
• Proposal After Crash:
  • American skier Breezy Johnson crashes, then her boyfriend proposes in the finish area. The group debates if it's the right move.
    • "Sit your ass down in the stands and do the ring another time. This is about her and her Olympic gold journey." (35:24, Drew Franklin)
• Public Heartbreak:
  • The girlfriend of an athlete who publicly tried to win her back after cheating firmly rejects him.
• Ukrainian Skeleton Racer:
  • Barred from racing for wearing a helmet honoring war victims—a discussion about policy, protest, and the Olympics’ stance on political statements.

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7. Conspiracy or Birthday Balloon? The El Paso Airport Closure

• The group speculates on government/military explanations for shutting down an airport, allegedly over a "party balloon":
  • Matt: "If it was not a party balloon, that makes us look stupid to say it's a party balloon. So the fact that they have not denied it... makes me believe it was a party balloon." (47:56, Matt Jones)
  • Drew: "I think they're bad at lying." (48:29, Drew Franklin)
  • Spiraling into speculation about military lasers and secret capabilities.

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8. Closing Listener Questions

• Fans write and call regarding team confidence, historical performance, and the media’s handling of coaches.
• Defending criticisms of Calipari era:
  • "It was not okay to lose to St. Peter's and to lose to Oakland and to have like one tournament win in five years... He deserved to be criticized. I think he was just so thin-skinned he couldn't handle it." (46:12, Ryan Lemon)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• "Yesterday afternoon, I had to bear crawl because I fell." — Matt Jones (05:36)
• "Vegas is good." — Matt Jones (13:01)
• "The more you know about the team, the worse you did in the game." — Matt Jones (13:25)
• "That's a family that knows ball." — Matt Jones, re: pick 'em contest (10:15)
• "Why can't we be positive about this? They won at Tennessee. You didn’t think we were going to win at Tennessee? Or at Arkansas?" — Matt Jones (16:06)
• "It was not okay to lose to St. Peter's and to lose to Oakland... He deserved to be criticized." — Ryan Lemon (46:12)
• "Do not be friends with the people you cover." — Advice remembered by Ryan Lemon (29:59)
• "How much do you think the Finnish coach was drinking if he was drinking too much around the village?" — Matt Jones (32:23)
• "Sit your ass down in the stands and do the ring another time." — Drew Franklin (35:24)
• "If it was not a party balloon, that makes us look stupid to say it’s a party balloon." — Matt Jones (47:56)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:07 – Icy Lexington stories and local weather struggle
• 06:06 – Shout-out to the sun, lingering snow piles
• 06:56 – KS Bar basketball pick ‘em contest recap
• 10:00 – Family dominates pick’em final; winners announced
• 13:01 – Lessons from the contest: Vegas odds
• 14:02 – UK vs. Florida preview begins
• 16:06 – Kentucky’s historical road game success
• 20:38 – More UK-Florida analysis, caller texts
• 22:04 – Ryan’s “creepy” cameo stories
• 25:13 – Calipari-era media relationships
• 28:09 – Discussing criticism and fair coverage
• 32:05 – Olympic update: Finnish coach ejected
• 34:07 – Proposal after crash story/conversation
• 46:12 – On Calipari’s legacy and fair criticism
• 47:56 – Airport “party balloon” closure and military lasers

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Tone & Style

The episode balances playful camaraderie with pointed sports analysis and community warmth. Matt’s storytelling and the group’s teasing keep things lively, while deeper topics (like media ethics and UK basketball’s legacy) add substance. Even tangents—Olympics, balloons, cameo requests—are handled with humor and in the same casual, insider style KSR fans expect.

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For more: Tune in each weekday 10-noon, or visit the KSR website for podcast archives and upcoming events.

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[Shannon]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome, everyone, to Kentucky Sports Radio, Thursday, February 12th. I'm Matt Jones here at the KS Bar Grill in Lexington, where we'd love to have you come out and see us and have a wing or two or a burger. It is Matt Jones, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin Clark's puppet shop phone line. What is it?

[Ryan Lemon]

7 7, 2.

[Matt Jones]

That's not it. 879280, 2287.

[Ryan Lemon]

A vision auto glass text machine is 774-5254.

[Matt Jones]

That's impressive that you do that. And this edition sponsored by TJ Smith law office. You call tj. He'll make them pay. It is chilly, but still okay outside. I can't really get out of my house because of the ice.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, y', all, I don't know if I'm more forgiving of the city of Lexington or what because this, you know, I've been here now couple nights and you know how steep my driveway is?

[Ryan Lemon]

Pretty steep.

[Matt Jones]

I, I now understand why people shuffle. I used to just, I, well, I used to just think, well, like, it'll melt. Well, yeah, but then some points, it turns to ice. And then like yesterday when it, when it gets wet, like when it starts to melt, forget it. So to get out of my house and get down that hill so I can't even pull my car up to park it in the garage. Forget that. I'm not, I'm not driving down that hill. I'll slide into the lake, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So to get up the hill, I have to park at the. On the street and walk up. But walking up, how do you walk up that hill? So one person in the neighborhood did their driveway.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I already know what you're doing. I walk up their driveway. I go and I spider man from one house, tiptoe through the grass. And what by Spider Man, I mean I get up against the wall and hold on to something and then move through the thing. And then I get to the other place. And then I, like, almost crawl on my knees to the other house. It's a bad sight. And all I think is, I'm glad nobody's filming because it takes me a good three or four minutes to get from the third house to my house.

[Drew Franklin]

That's why we shovel.

[Matt Jones]

But I really am Spider Manning. But I have no other choice. There's no other way for me to get in my house. I don't know what else I'm supposed to do in a hotel.

[Ryan Lemon]

Would you do, like, bear crawl on the ground? On wet ground?

[Matt Jones]

I didn't have. If we're being honest, yesterday afternoon, I had to bear crawl because I fell.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now the true story comes out, and.

[Matt Jones]

I had to crawl up the ice. But I felt like I was the dude that climbed the building on Netflix. I was, like, poking my holes into the ice.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep. Welcome to the reality of living in Lexington. The last few weeks to take my trash out, I've basically been ice skating over to my bins.

[Matt Jones]

I don't really know what else I'm supposed to do unless I were to walk, like, four blocks around the block, which feels like a huge waste.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, you can't park in front of your house. That's the street. So you got to park behind, walk up that hill.

[Matt Jones]

Slide. I. I thought about just slide down, but that would be.

[Drew Franklin]

We do have to give a big shout out to the sun. It has done wonders the last 48 hours. No one has been happier to see the sun than our mayor. I'm a close second. It's done wonders for my neighborhood.

[Matt Jones]

I saw a pile of snow. Where did I see it? I think it was at UK Football stadium. Have you seen that pile?

[Ryan Lemon]

I haven't seen it.

[Matt Jones]

I think when they did the parking lot at UK Football State, there's a pile that has to be 25ft in the air. That one's gonna be here until opening kickoff.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a pile over. I think it's called the warehouse district. Mirror twin, all that. Over there, the new country boy, they have a pile. And on Instagram, they're taking guesses for the day. It officially. And it has, like, big prize packages, but they've turned it into a game of when will the pile go away?

[Matt Jones]

Well, this. That. That one at Commonwealth stadium is gonna be there a while, but. But, yeah, anyway, I'm here. And last night, we did the KS Bar. Pick them up. First of all, really good crowd of people came up out here. We had 75 entries into the thing, which is more than I Thought we'd have. So we're going to do it again in a couple of weeks for. For money. I think people enjoyed it. I learned kind of what worked and what didn't. I'd never done it for basketball. Probably gave people too many games. So it was a little hectic. But you know what? I think I got the flow of it.

[Shannon]

Drew.

[Matt Jones]

It ended. Shannon, in classic KSR fashion.

[Shannon]

Of course it did.

[Matt Jones]

Disaster.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

It's okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Expect anything less.

[Matt Jones]

Well, so here was my plan. Let me just tell you what my plan. My plan was. People had 10 games pick in the first half. Everybody did that. The finalists moved to the second half. The second half would all be the games that are on television. Television. So people can watch it, right? And that was six games. But the Yukon Butler game started 30 minutes after the first five. So here's my plan, all right? I narrow from the first half to the second half. We eliminate, like, 30 people. Then at the end each game in the first half, or, excuse me, in the second half, one finalist moves on. Drew, you get 10 finalists. And then they have to. Whatever. They have to predict the end of the UConn Butler game, okay? So that the whole Crowd is watching UConn Butler cheering it on to win the money. You see what my plan is simple enough. Here's where the plan goes awry. Stupid. Cal Berkeley, Syracuse. Now, we were just there, all right? So we, like they should, like me. Cal Berkeley, Syracuse decides to go into double overtime. First of all, what are those teams doing in the same conference? Can you find. Are there two schools in the country, Shannon, in the same conference, farther than Cal Berkeley and Syracuse?

[Shannon]

Probably not to find it.

[Matt Jones]

Probably not. That's probably why they didn't want to leave each other.

[Drew Franklin]

We traveled all this way. Let's play as much as possible.

[Shannon]

Money's worth.

[Matt Jones]

So Cal Berkeley in Syracuse goes. Finishes after the Yukon game. So that was. So now I'm like, what are we gonna do? I got these people, they want to win this money from cornbread hemp. What am I going to do? So I had to adjust on the fly. And I had to say to the 10 people that made the finals predict these games that start at 9 and the end at 11. They did, and I have a winner. But we all. I had to sit. I could. I had to send all these people home. Like, we couldn't wait, right? We had to close. You know, we. So. So I have our winners. But people had to leave without knowing the winner, which. I feel bad.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, this one doesn't sound like it was on your fault in the format. The game went crazy, but I wouldn't expect anything different. This is 15 years of US trying to have a contest and everybody was so excited.

[Matt Jones]

And then. Okay, so 70 people here. 10 finals. How about this? A family comes. Mother, father, son, two daughters. One daughter's 12. Four of the five family members made the finals. Oh, wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Dad.

[Matt Jones]

Dad got sleepy and left. He didn't even get to be in it.

[Drew Franklin]

Dad left him here.

[Matt Jones]

Let me just say the 12 year old Shannon came in fourth place.

[Shannon]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

The 12 year old, one of the first qualifiers was.

[Matt Jones]

Unfortunately, she said she doesn't get money. I'm sorry, Eloise. You might be sitting at home, like, trying to find out if you want.

[Shannon]

It's a family of ball knowers.

[Matt Jones]

That's a family that knows ball. All these people had their science and all this, and this family, like, gets there. So here.

[Drew Franklin]

I know too much. This sounds like insider trading.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's a. He's a coach at Lexington Catholic.

[Drew Franklin]

The dad is. Sounds like a Terry Rosier situation.

[Matt Jones]

He left.

[Ryan Lemon]

He left.

[Matt Jones]

So he didn't get it. All right, so real quick, let me give you the. The top three.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay?

[Matt Jones]

So they're hearing this for the first time.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay?

[Matt Jones]

And for those of you coming, you can come by next week. I'll tell you when to get your check. We'll have your. Your money for you. So. But. But I know, I think who you people are. Dana Stevens comes in third.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

She was around the top all the time.

[Ryan Lemon]

She said her name several times.

[Matt Jones]

She was around the top, by the way. Let me give a shout to Ryan Lemon. Ron Lemon was a finalist. Shannon, he made the finals. He made the final 10 and he was all over the top all night in game after game. You did amazingly well.

[Ryan Lemon]

Thank you, sir. I know ball. I'm a great handicapper.

[Matt Jones]

What games did you pick last night?

[Ryan Lemon]

In the finals?

[Matt Jones]

Just in general. Name a game. That was one of the ones you picked.

[Ryan Lemon]

Florida. Georgia.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

Go.

[Matt Jones]

Well done. Who?

[Ryan Lemon]

Bama? Ole Miss.

[Matt Jones]

All right. See?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now you see why he was so good, Shane.

[Shannon]

He didn't use his line for the first time in show history.

[Drew Franklin]

I was waiting for it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you didn't say Holiday Express. Good, we're getting it out of your head. So Dana came in third, Avery is second. He'll win $300 and then first place. And he was around the top all night, too. Lee, who came in first place. Congratulations to Lee. Lee, you will win $1,000. So Lee, Avery, and Dana, you'll come by next week and get your checks. And I would say to, to them, congrat, great job, a lot of fun. And now when we do it next time, I'm gonna have it rolling.

[Ryan Lemon]

I gotta say, you know, I was standing here watching it and Matt was so excited. You know, everybody's kind of on pins and needles. We get right now getting down to it. And when that Cal Syracuse game went into overtime, I thought somebody had punched you in the belly.

[Matt Jones]

What did not. You know, you have all these. At its core, I'm like way too much of a people please. I don't think you. If everybody thinks, oh, Matt just tries to make people mad for ratings. I want to please people. There's nothing better than seeing the faces on people when you make them happy. So all these people are here, they're all excited and Cal Syracuse just won't end, won't end.

[Ryan Lemon]

Timeout after time and then I look.

[Matt Jones]

At my staff and they're sitting over there, they're like, I want to go home.

[Ryan Lemon]

They were all sitting in the back.

[Matt Jones]

They were all sitting at the back table like, oh, in.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wrap it up, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

So. But, but it did. But still it did.

[Ryan Lemon]

But everybody standing around, they were so anxious. It really got anxious and exciting there towards the end trying to see who those 10 finalists were and how they're going to win the big money.

[Matt Jones]

Two lessons from the game. Real quick. Number one, this Vegas is good.

[Ryan Lemon]

Very good.

[Matt Jones]

Vegas is good. There were three times that there was a multi person tie for closest in a game. And I'd be like, oh, well, that's what the spread was.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

There were some people that just picked the spread and for at least two games it worked. So the Vegas is good. Second, the more you know about the team, the worse you did in the game. The games people got the most correct. Shannon were like Wofford Samford because they didn't have any knowledge.

[Jim]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

But then everybody out thinks themselves for Alabama Ole Miss. I mean, we had a couple people pick Travis Perry as the leading score. Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

Were they related to Travis?

[Shannon]

The only player they knew.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly.

[Ryan Lemon]

So anyway, it was a lot of fun though.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of fun. And thank you for coming out.

[Ryan Lemon]

Sure. I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed you getting anxious there towards the end.

[Matt Jones]

You like that?

[Ryan Lemon]

That's what makes these KSR contests good, is when they kind of go frustrated. You get so frustrated. Like we were, Jennifer and I were sitting there talking about. Because so many times you said, okay, this is what we're going to do. Okay, this is what we're going to.

[Matt Jones]

Do because I had to keep adjusting.

[Ryan Lemon]

You had to keep adjusting five minutes. Okay, this is what we're going to do.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, sometimes you had to try to do what we're going to do. What is Kentucky going to do Saturday when we go to Gainesville? Probably the hardest game on the schedule all year.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know I didn't get to keep up with the game all night in Georgia game. But they're so good. Those bigs are.

[Matt Jones]

They were up 10 nothing right away and there's.

[Ryan Lemon]

Those bigs are just so big and physical and good. I mean I worry about Malachi and Brandon and Yellow bitch, see if they can handle those are. They're Florida's big guys so if they can kind of match them up, match up pretty well, we may have got a chance. But I don't, I don't see it happening.

[Matt Jones]

That's not very confident. What Aberdeen returns to his former stomping ground.

[Drew Franklin]

That's big. I hope he plays well. Ryan's right about Florida's front court though.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't remember one like this. They had 72 pain points against Alabama. It's a week and a half ago. They've got an A version of Oscar. He's getting. He leads the SEC and rebounds by over three rebounds and he's second the country. I think he had 20 last year but he's just one of three big guys that they have. I don't think we're going to win and I think Florida is a as peaking and they're ahead of everyone else kind of by a wide margin with that front court.

[Matt Jones]

But we have Brandon Garrison.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

We have yellow Malachi Diabate. I mean this is a show me game for those guys. It is, right? Like this is a show me game. I mean who, who do we put on the guy that's the Oscar like guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Debate may be the best matchup but you know he doesn't start when comes up the bench.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean but you're probably gonna have.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean you've got Condon and I mean they, they're a problem.

[Matt Jones]

They are a problem but we're a problem.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right. I mean they're beatable.

[Matt Jones]

We're a problem too. Mario, don't let him say that.

[Drew Franklin]

They just killed Texas A M at Texas A M and I think Texas A M is good but we have.

[Matt Jones]

18 of 9 and we don't duck any smoke. Shannon, why are these guys so negative? Why can't we be positive about this?

[Shannon]

I mean, they can.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

They won at Tennessee.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't think we were going to win at Tennessee?

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't think we were going to win at Arkansas?

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't.

[Matt Jones]

I picked this to win both those games by double digits, so I don't.

[Ryan Lemon]

Remember it that way.

[Matt Jones]

Pull the tape.

[Ryan Lemon]

I do think we have an advantage in the backcourt. I mean, Boogie Flan and that Lee kid for them. I think our guys kind of match up pretty well with them. With them.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Drew Franklin]

They were both awesome last night against Georgia.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Again, I'm just telling you Florida looks.

[Drew Franklin]

Like a unit right now. I mean, they look like a problem for.

[Matt Jones]

They may look like a unit. We are a unit.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not saying we're definitely going to lose. I'm just saying they are way above everyone else in the conference.

[Matt Jones]

Y' all are way too negative. This is Kentucky, Florida, and we have won eight of nine.

[Drew Franklin]

They're the defending national champion.

[Matt Jones]

That's what they want. That's what they want you to.

[Shannon]

Just a couple weeks ago.

[Matt Jones]

Barely remember our last.

[Shannon]

They got destroyed at home against Auburn just a couple of weeks ago.

[Drew Franklin]

So there we go. Look at that.

[Matt Jones]

See, that's what I need. Shane. Me and you versus the war 772-774-5254 is a text machine. 859-280-2287. Stanford, Boston College would be a two teams almost as far apart as Cal.

[Jim]

Syracuse. Yes.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break. Be right back. Kentucky Sports radio this month, iHeartRadio is.

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[Matt Jones]

I see you there. Shannon 859-280-2287 Text Machine 772-7745-2541 Person writes Matt Jeff Goodman says Kentucky's gonna get run by 30 off the court. Then he should hang out with these two. Shannon, me and you. Yeah, we will be more positive during our thing.

[Shannon]

We're going to run Florida out of their own building. We're going to do.

[Matt Jones]

That's what, that's what we're going to do.

[Ryan Lemon]

I guess we haven't learned a lesson. I mean, they did go into Tennessee and one. They did go into Arkansas and when they come from behind, they, you know, we. When are we going to learn our lesson? This team has a lot of heart and a lot of fighting them.

[Matt Jones]

We've also won six straight in the swap. Yeah. Wow, that's a pretty. It's kind of amazing, our run in these road environments. We've won six straight in the swamp. We've won three straight in Tennessee and what, five of the last six in our. In our road environments against teams that are considered our rivals, we've oddly done really well.

[Shannon]

Well at Arkansas over the last several years.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I agree. I think only one lost once in the last four or five at Arkansas.

[Drew Franklin]

We've only lost to Florida twice since 2018. And that's survival.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good team and a team we usually play. I mean, last year they won the.

[Drew Franklin]

National championship and they lost in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

We only played them once last year, but most of the time we've played them twice. So that's a pretty good run. So again, all the more reason to be confident.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think. I'm not on the Jeff Goodman path of getting smoked by 30. I just think Florida playing at home, they've been on the road a few games winning those. I just think they're much better than a lot of all the teams in the sec really. But not a necessarily blowout.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes. Matt, you gotta ask Ryan about his creepy cameos he's making.

[Ryan Lemon]

I had a little, you know, put a little out there. I've do some Valentine's cameos for you if you wanted one. So there's been a couple that I've done that have.

[Matt Jones]

So wait a minute. You people can get you to give a message to their woman?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think I've done like four or five of them.

[Matt Jones]

And what do you say?

[Ryan Lemon]

I say, you know, Valentine's Day is for lovers.

[Matt Jones]

So people are now paying you to do that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

And. And usually they'll say, make it as creepy as possible.

[Matt Jones]

They say that too, huh? Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

My instructions.

[Matt Jones]

So with permission. I don't even want to know what you're doing. So it's one of these gone public. Is that why this person knows that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Maybe he ordered one or for his.

[Matt Jones]

So people can go to cameo and get you to say something to their. To their woman.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

As. Or a woman could get you to say it.

[Drew Franklin]

Very true.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I. That's hard for me to imagine that that would be well received. I Feel like that's when Homer got Marge a bowling ball.

[Caller Jerry]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Abby's pretty fun and up for fun stuff like that, but I think if I got her a Ryan Lemon cameo for Valentine's, that might be a couch night for me.

[Ryan Lemon]

She would love it. She would love.

[Matt Jones]

How many have you done?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think I've done four or five of the Valentine's ones.

[Matt Jones]

You used to be big into cameo, didn't you? It was a good. It was a good money maker for.

[Ryan Lemon]

You during COVID It was, but I think it's kind of one, like, it's kind of just kind of slowly disappearing, like, my space. It kind of slowly fades from our public conscious.

[Matt Jones]

It's like MySpace. Okay. Yeah. I. I used to do. I got during COVID where I had so many requests, I ended up, like, I couldn't even do it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I remember you saying that.

[Matt Jones]

And it was a good little source of money. I haven't done it in years. They keep writing me and ask me to come back, and I just forget.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was good during COVID We're stuck at home. You know, you can do that. Just kind of entertained.

[Matt Jones]

I loved ordering them for my friends. We sent each other some great ones. I. I loved it. William Hung.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that's it.

[Matt Jones]

That was one of the ones I did. All right, so I'm going to give you a little bit of your. Well, actually, I'll do this next segment. Let's go. The phones. Who's up first? Sh.

[Shannon]

All right, let's go to Adam.

[Matt Jones]

Adam, Go ahead, Adam.

[Caller Jerry]

Hey, what's up, guys?

[Matt Jones]

What's going on?

[Caller Jerry]

Just wanted to say, Matt loved your podcast with the field of 68 guys.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you.

[Caller Jerry]

What is your. What is your relationship like now with Jeff Goodman? You all seem to be getting along pretty well.

[Matt Jones]

We get along really well. I mean, I. I had Jeff Goodman. Well, there were probably three people that, for various reasons, the Cal era took either friendships or acquaintances I had and kind of ruined them. One of them was a really good friend, and then a couple of them were Jeff, like, people in the media that I knew, and we used to get along, and then because of differences about Cal, we stopped. And, you know, all three. All three of those I've reconnected with. And. And it's been good. And Jeff was one of those. I mean, Jeff's always been Jeff. Like, I. But we used to really get along. And then he was so anti Cal, and Cal was so anti him that people almost had to choose side. Here's the thing about Cal and I, I. I'M it's not a criticism necessarily, because I'm kind of like, this, too. I forgive people, okay? So, like, if you dislike me, I'll. I forgive you. Like, I'm not gonna spend hate, like, in my heart. But I wasn't always like that. I used to be like, you're either with me or against me. When Cal was here. I don't know what he's like now, but when Cal was here, that's how he was. You're either team Cal or you're the enemy. And even with his friends, like, he wanted you. You picked us up. You know what I mean, Drew? Like, that's just kind of how it was. And the people he didn't like, he really didn't like. And Jeff Goodman was one of those. So it was, like, hard to be Jeff Goodman's friend and to also be close to Cal. It just was hard. There were people who did it, but it was hard. And I got so wrapped up in it that sometimes I would just be like, jeff Goodman's the worst, and he's not the worst. And so, you know, it's been good to reconnect with it. Appreciate the call. I mean, you see this with, like, Seth Greenberg. Like, watch Seth Greenberg now. Seth Greenberg hates UK fans. He hates us because he's Cal. Like, it's like, he's Cal, and that's just the way it is over the years. Mike De Courcey's like, it's like that. Although Mike is nice, but you know what I mean? Like, that's Drew. That's just what he. What happened during that era.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, Greenberg, he ruined game day. That's my beef. But on Cal, especially in the early days, KSR did a lot of just defending anyone that tried to say anything about Kentucky one and done and California, any national media guy, if they said something that we thought was offensive, we wrote fans or even Cal, you know, we're right back at it.

[Matt Jones]

And he loved it. Yeah, he loved that.

[Drew Franklin]

Seem to have forgotten about that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he loved that. He loved that about us. We rode for him kind of no matter what. And, you know, we were younger. Like, I said stuff back then, I wouldn't say now, but you live in the. You live and you learn.

[Ryan Lemon]

So while we're talking about this. So do you think he felt betrayed when things started going south for. And we didn't defend him as much as we. He thought we should have.

[Matt Jones]

I think in Cal's eye, when he brings you in, it's a betrayal to criticize at all. Which is a weakness of his. Like, the way to be a good leader, you have to accept criticism from people who care about you. You kind of have to shut off criticism from the world. But when people care about you, you can't get mad if they criticize you. So, you know, most of my public criticisms of Cal, I privately told him way before that, but he didn't want to hear that. He didn't want to hear any of it ever. And to me, that's a mistake. When I see leaders do that, they're making a mistake. If you. If ever. If all criticism makes you a bad person, that's bad.

[Ryan Lemon]

So when you go 9 and 16 and lose to St. Peter's back to.

[Matt Jones]

Back, what do you want us to say exactly? You want us to go, that's good.

[Ryan Lemon]

Rainbows.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll get them next year. I had fun not going to the.

[Matt Jones]

What are you supposed to say? You can't turn poop into filet mignon ice cream. Yeah. So we'll take a break. Be right back. KSI.

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[Matt Jones]

Great song. Mac Davis, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Willie Nelson did a version of this song too.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, he did. This is the only version I think I've ever heard.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287 every time I do these sort of, like, cow thing, like the relationship thing, people are always lights up with questions. One person says, matt, don't you think there's a difference between public criticism and private feedback? Yes, but when your job is public criticism, you can't not do it. It's like asking a lawnmower not to mow lawns. Like, I, I have to, I, I have to say what I think about this stuff. So, like, you couldn't. That's why it's probably hard for coaches to be friends with media members.

[Ryan Lemon]

Members.

[Matt Jones]

Like, I don't think media members in like, I'm friends with Vince Merrow makes it very hard for me to probably completely publicly. I don't think in the future I'll ever become friends with any of these coaches again. I, I really like, I, I was friends with Dwayne Peavey. Friends of Vince. I won't say we're friends with Cal, but, like, good connection. I'm not gonna ever. I don't think I'm ever gonna do that. I think it's a mistake, Ryan, to be friends with the coaches because you can't really be objective.

[Ryan Lemon]

I had a news director tell me years ago in Evansville, John Stern said, do not be friends with the people you cover. Coaches, players.

[Matt Jones]

It's a mistake.

[Ryan Lemon]

You can't. Because there's going to come a time where you've got to be critical of them.

[Matt Jones]

You have to. There's nothing you could. And like I. It's just. Yeah. So I think it's. I won't do it again. I think there was. It's just not. I'll be like acquaintances to getting news from them and I'll be nice to them, but like, I'm not going to be. I just don't think it's a smart thing to do.

[Ryan Lemon]

You kind of got to keep them at arms length a little.

[Matt Jones]

You do a little bit. Do you agree with that?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And I didn't have a connection with Cal at all. Really. Didn't need one, don't care to have one. My, my whole thing was just. And I've said many times, wrote on the board last night, it's very simple for me. Did Kentucky win? Did Kentucky lose? And that's going to be my emotions. There's no personal agendas with any of this. I want Kentucky to be the best at everything. And when they're not, I'm going to.

[Matt Jones]

Sound like you get away with stuff. Stuff. Like what's funny is. And I think it's just because you're like so good natured. Both of you get away with things. Like, I can't like it. It's funny. Like you, Ryan will be much harsher with these coaches in some ways that I am. Drew definitely is. But they don't ever get mad at.

[Ryan Lemon]

You because you're the one.

[Matt Jones]

They get mad at me for what?

[Ryan Lemon]

You say you're the host, you're the figurehead for this show. So yeah, they get mad at me.

[Drew Franklin]

I hear about it, but I just don't care.

[Matt Jones]

But they don't call you like Mark Stoops once. I think you'd be okay with him me saying this. He called me livid about something he heard. I said, this was a couple years ago. And I said, well, first of all, I didn't say that Drew said it, but I said, I think what Drew meant was. And I go, but if you want to call Drew, I'm sure he'll talk to you about it. He goes, no, no, no, no, I'm not going to call him. Drew's a good guy. I was like, well, he was the one that actually said it.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's been Things that callers have called on this show and said. People say they heard it on ksr. When the coaches get word of it, they think we said it was on ksr.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let's. It's time for my Matt Jones daily Olympic update. Are you ready?

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm ready.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so there's a lot of big stories.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Number one, Canada plays hockey here in just a few minutes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Going to have it on here in the restaurant.

[Matt Jones]

We're going to have it on here. So Canada plays hockey, but those are not the ones that I think you're probably most interested in. The Finnish ski jumping coach.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay, okay.

[Matt Jones]

Head coach of finish ski jumping. He was asked to leave the Olympics because he, quote, Shannon, had been drinking too much around the village.

[Shannon]

No, you can't be doing that.

[Matt Jones]

Can't be doing.

[Shannon]

No.

[Matt Jones]

How much do you think the finish coach was drinking if he was drinking too much around the village? Clearly they have alcohol there and they're getting wasted. He's from Finland, where I think people drink, like when they get up in the morning.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Brush their teeth with that stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

We can guarantee he wasn't the only coach out there drinking, but they sent.

[Matt Jones]

Him home, which also makes me think he must have really been going.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

It's not the amount. There's a lot of people drinking in the village. I mean, there's Russians that just drink vodka like water. There's drinking everywhere. He had to have done something related.

[Matt Jones]

To the send him home. So the ski jumpers have no coach. So if you see Finland ski jumping and they just fall off and fly into the air, they didn't have a coach there to tell them, go down.

[Jim]

I think they'll get better.

[Drew Franklin]

They got their drunk coach out of the way.

[Matt Jones]

The coach was going to say, go down, and they're not going to do it because they don't have a coach there. All right. Second, Breezy Johnson. Okay. I don't know if you saw Breezy Johnson. She won the gold medal in the downhill. She's an American. Her name is Breezy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So she. There's another event, the super G. She's doing their super G. She crashes and flies into the woods. She's okay. But when she gets. After she gets up and she gets taken to the bottom, you know, she's sad because she crashed, can't win the gold medal, etc. Her husband or her boyfriend gets down on one knee and ask her, is that the right time, Shannon, to propose after a crash in the Olympic race?

[Shannon]

No, absolutely not. I mean, I guess it could make you feel a little bit better about crashing.

[Matt Jones]

Right. But that's the question. Does it make you feel better? Is it because clearly he planned to do it after she finished?

[Shannon]

Well, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So do you sit there and go, oh, no, I shouldn't. You know, I was gonna do this to celebrate, but then do you go, well, no, Wait a minute. This will make her feel better.

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[Matt Jones]

Do you go ahead and go through with no.

[Shannon]

I think you gotta call an audible at that point, maybe.

[Matt Jones]

So you're a no. What do you think, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm sure there's a lot of thought going into this. She's in two events. I'm gonna do it after the second event.

[Matt Jones]

But she won the gold after the first event.

[Ryan Lemon]

But if you give it to her, then maybe it throws her off for the second event. I think his strategy was probably like, I'll wait when she's all done after the second event. It'll be a wonderful moment for us.

[Matt Jones]

But she had flown into the trees.

[Drew Franklin]

I go even farther, dude, go sit in the stands and cheer her on and let her be an Olympian this week. You can get engaged another time. It has nothing to do with her crash. This is a big moment for her. Let it be her gold medal moment, and then you all can have your moment of notice. She'll get two big life days, but combine it all at once. You're distracting her from this personal achievement. I don't know her. I'm assuming she's worked her whole life to get to this.

[Matt Jones]

Probably sit your ass down in the.

[Drew Franklin]

Stands and do the ring another time. This is about her and her Olympic gold journey.

[Matt Jones]

All right? Strong statements.

[Drew Franklin]

So he tried to insert himself in her situation. Be a supportive husband, cheer, give her a big hug, but don't make it about you and your marriage at the Olympics.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. I like it. Okay, third, you remember the guy who cheated on his girlfriend and then at the finish line said that. That they were, you know, he. He wanted to win her back?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. After he'd won the.

[Matt Jones]

She's made a statement.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I didn't see this.

[Matt Jones]

She made a statement and said something to the effect of, he has caused me a lot of hurt. Basically said, I ain't getting back together with him. Good for her.

[Shannon]

How great is that? The guy poured his heart out to the world, and she's like, nope, not happening.

[Matt Jones]

She essentially says, no, and, like, leave me alone.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like, we said, we're sure. That guy thought, I'm going to win her back over by Professing. My mistake and my love for her to the world, she'll be so touched by. She'll take me back.

[Matt Jones]

So is this the worst decision of all time, to do it? Not only did you embarrass yourself on a national stage, but she. International stage. But then she also says, no, we're not getting back together.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Now the next girl you're going to date with.

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

World and then, like, embarrassed yourself. He managed a way to hurt all.

[Drew Franklin]

Parties involved here, make it even worse for everyone.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. He took the private cheating and he. He not only broke her heart, he now publicly embarrassed.

[Shannon]

You need to go back to the woman he cheated with, because she may be the only woman that would take him at this point.

[Matt Jones]

No, because she'll be like, no, you.

[Drew Franklin]

Went crawling back to her in front of the world. Great point. I think he's gonna be alone with his ski.

[Matt Jones]

Finally, there's a Ukrainian. There was a Ukrainian skeleton rider. That's the one where you go head first.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

He was wearing a helmet that had pictures of victims of the Russian attack on Ukraine, and he wanted to wear it. The. The IOC has a rule that in your. In your uniform, you can't make a political statement. He refused to back down, and they wouldn't let him skeleton. What do you think it was? Pictures of people who had died in the war. So the IOC woman that made the decision was crying. She cried and said, I hate to have to do this, but this is the rule. Would you. What do you think?

[Ryan Lemon]

I. I'm hearing this for the first time. I admire the guy for standing up for something like this, but, you know, if they let somebody get by with it, then other people get by with it. I. I'm glad she. You said she was crying because that's a. That's a tough decision to have to make, but the. The right decision.

[Drew Franklin]

And.

[Ryan Lemon]

But I admire him for standing up for what he believes in.

[Drew Franklin]

What do you think I'd tell him his message got out more than it would have. I heard this on the radio this morning. We're talking about it now. I saw it all over Twitter. If he had just. I don't know what sport he's in.

[Matt Jones]

If he had just skeleton.

[Drew Franklin]

All right. If he had just skeletoned his way to the finish line with that, I don't think he would have.

[Matt Jones]

He was already getting a lot of media attention because he's from Ukraine. He's the only athlete I Think from Ukraine.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm sure he was, but I'm saying he got more now because I think even more people are talking about, what.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think, Shannon? Should they have made an exception to the rule?

[Shannon]

No, but because they didn't exactly what Drew's saying. We're talking about it on Kentucky Sports Radio. We would not have been talking about it otherwise. True, but you can't make an exception for that. I mean, it rules a rule.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, his argument was this is pictures of people. That's not a political statement. It's a tribute to the people that died. And the IOC was like, there's no way to say that, though, without like bringing up the fact that they died in a war.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

Are there rules against pictures of people? I'll be honest, I've never seen that.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if there are rules against pictures of people or not. I would assume maybe, but. But anyway, so there you go. That is your Olympic news notice. I gave you no results from any of them.

[Drew Franklin]

More to come.

[Matt Jones]

More, More to come. I'm enjoying the Olympics of the stories.

[Ryan Lemon]

Those stories we had today, you know.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not going to go into it, but there's a story about, I don't know if you saw the ice dancing. The French sassy evil couple versus the amer. Have you seen that?

[Drew Franklin]

I watched it live. I have a complaint. Our boy right here. Where is he? Johnny Weir, before they started, said, to beat America, France needs this. They've never gotten that high in their careers. And I went, he just announced her, jinxed us right there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, but they also. They have an E. They have an evil history. Like they've all like, you got to go read not the French shouldn't have won last.

[Drew Franklin]

It was an upset.

[Matt Jones]

Our American married couple were crying that we there we. Well, it's not good. You can go read for yourself all the.

[Drew Franklin]

All the issues.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techie Sports Radio 859-280-2287 Text Machine 772-774-52541 One person writes, I feel good about Saturday. We're finally playing with enough consistency that I think Pope can focus on the game plan and not worry about effort, etc. Agree with that.

[Ryan Lemon]

I do agree with that. I just think Florida is just really, really good. Like I feel better about our chances going to Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina.

[Matt Jones]

This is the hardest game left on schedule. I think far I said before the season I thought the hardest game on the schedule was at Louisville. But Florida is now better than Louisville. So I think you could argue the hardest game is at Florida.

[Drew Franklin]

Right? Florida's last four SEC games, two of them on the road against good teams. They won by 20, 21, 23 and this one's so much I can't even do the math. That's like 40 something. 38. Those are the last four games.

[Matt Jones]

It's a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

And three of those were on the road.

[Matt Jones]

But this one, I'm just saying they.

[Drew Franklin]

Have turned a corner. The back courts look good. Fland and Lee looked great last night and that three headed monster of a front court is unlike anything we'll see.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, one person writes, matt, your situation is different than things like the lawnmower. Cal blasted your career into the atmosphere and you turned on him. Well, I didn't turn on him. I judged what he did. But that's also no offense to you, sir. A really dumb argument. He did, without question have a huge effect on our career. Mine specifically. However, that doesn't mean that you have undying loyalty to the point that you're not fair. Let me give you an example. If Donald Trump picks as one of his cabinet members someone they owe him for that pick. Am I correct?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

But does that mean that if they see him doing something wrong, they shouldn't mention it? If so, then you end up with someone who has no checks on them forever. So you can't have that attitude. You can't have the attitude that, okay, well I owe you a part of my career. So thus I'll never ever say you did anything wrong. If you do that, you end up with what we had when Joe Biden was president. A ton of people who had their jobs because of him. And when his mental acuity was going, no one would say it because they all owed him their jobs. Right? You can't live like that.

[Drew Franklin]

And with the cow comparison, you had one tournament win in five years. If we're going to be low, how many years are we going to go with one win until we can say something like we have to speak up when Kentucky basketball is not even relevant in March Madness.

[Matt Jones]

And let's say you don't even know Mark Pope because most of you listening don't. Everyone loves him, everyone considers him part of us, but that only gets you so far. He still has to win. You know, that's the nature of this business and this job.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was not okay to lose to St. Peters and to lose to Oakland and to have like one tournament win in five years. It's not okay to not get to the weekend of the SEC tournament. That was not Kentucky basketball. He deserved to be criticized. I think he was just so thin skinned he couldn't handle it.

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[Shannon]

Jerry.

[Matt Jones]

Jerry. Go ahead, Jerry.

[Caller Jerry]

Hey, man. And that thing about the El Paso yesterday. I haven't flown down there a lot. A lot of people don't realize that that airport and Fort Bliss are like right on top of each other. That in fact, when you fly into El Paso's airport, that the they will warn you to verify which Runway you're on. Because the main north, south runways at El Paso and Fort Bliss are parallel to each other. And people have made mistakes and actually land at Fort Bliss.

[Matt Jones]

By the way. It turns out they say it was a party balloon that shut the air.

[Caller Jerry]

Well, yeah, the problem with Fort Bliss is.

[Matt Jones]

Hang on before. I want to focus on that before you go to the problem with Fort Bliss.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. They said they were shooting like their lasers at a balloon. At a balloon.

[Caller Jerry]

Well, I mean.

[Drew Franklin]

One second.

[Matt Jones]

Jerry, stop. We'll get to you.

[Drew Franklin]

They just keep talking to us like we're idiots. We don't believe it was a party.

[Matt Jones]

Balloon or what do you think it was?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I don't know. But a party balloon, that's the best you could come up with before shutting down for a party balloon? We got bigger problems.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's why I think that's what it is. Like if it was not a party balloon, that makes us look stupid to say it's a party balloon. So the fact that they have not denied it was a party Balloon makes me believe it was a party balloon. Because like the department, the government does not want to think. Make us think. Our military closes down airplanes for a party balloon. So once that story comes out, if they don't deny it, Shannon, then to me that means it's probably true. Right.

[Shannon]

We're talking about just. Just a normal little balloon.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know how it was. The quote was party balloon.

[Drew Franklin]

I think they're bad at lying.

[Matt Jones]

But why would they lie and want it to be a party balloon?

[Drew Franklin]

So we'll be like, oh, it's a balloon. What, what's next?

[Shannon]

You're gonna shut down for 10 days because of that?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think, I think they. I think they thought it was something else. They got fooled by a balloon and now they're embarrassed.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll fire everyone if we're shutting down stuff for balloons.

[Matt Jones]

All right, go ahead, Jerry.

[Caller Jerry]

Well, what I'm going to say is the kind of. But what you're talking about is that they're real sensitive to what goes on around Fort Bliss. Because Fort Bliss, in addition to being home First Cab is where the army tests and develops all of its anti aircraft capabilities. Like Iron Dome, all this stuff. In fact, you see that mountain range? On the other side of that mountain range is White Sands. And that's. They test all this stuff and they are hypersensitive.

[Matt Jones]

What goes on there if they're going.

[Caller Jerry]

To shoot right next to the border.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, I appreciate. Okay, I can't do anymore, Jerry. If, if they, if they, if they're shooting down balloons, that makes me a little concerned.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, they were saying, I guess they'd be trying to use lasers and I think that's why they shut down.

[Matt Jones]

They said it was lasers.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's a report out where they were shooting lasers and so that's why they shut it down.

[Matt Jones]

What does that mean, shoot a laser?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I gotta test them.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, like.

[Matt Jones]

But what does that mean, a laser? Like, I mean, I think of like Star Wars.

[Drew Franklin]

I wouldn't kind of like that. Maybe that's.

[Matt Jones]

We have that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If you. Why do we use bullets at all if we have lasers? It feels like lasers would be much more effective.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we don't want everyone walking around with lasers. That seems like a problematic.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just have our military have the lasers.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't mean people on the street. I'm just saying, like, it.

[Drew Franklin]

They have a lot of technology we don't have access to.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You know, I just didn't know. Shannon, did you know we had lasers?

[Shannon]

No, no, I guess I didn't. I don't know what our military is up to.

[Jim]

They probably.

[Shannon]

All kinds of stuff we don't know about.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm a little laser for like 50 years. That's. Those. Aren't that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Unique. We probably have much crazier stuff than lasers.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I'm not. I'm not. I don't know anything about this. I just. It was.

[Drew Franklin]

You focus on your birthday balloon, but.

[Matt Jones]

It would figure out what's really going on. I don't. It was. I don't understand why they would let balloon be the answer.

[Drew Franklin]

Because they're stupid and they think we're stupid.

[Matt Jones]

They're not that stuff. I mean, somebody there would go, this looks dumb. I mean, we're. The three of us as radio hosts, are not smarter than everyone in the military.

[Drew Franklin]

We're smart enough to know it wasn't a birthday balloon.

[Matt Jones]

I think it was. Because I think if it wasn't, they would tell us that. So we'll agree to disagree. We'll take a break. Come back hour number two. Sksr. This is Julian Edelman from Games With Names. I want to take a second to talk about something that's personal to me.

[Ryan Lemon]

Me.

[Matt Jones]

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[Jim]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Jim]

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