2026-03-16- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) – Hour 2

Date: March 16, 2026
Host: Matt Jones, with Shannon, Drew, and Ryan
Episode Focus: Kentucky basketball and fan dynamics after Calipari's move to Arkansas, expectations for the NCAA tournament, UK baseball/hoops updates, and memorable banter.

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Episode Overview

This hour of KSR dives deep into the lingering emotions of Kentucky fans after John Calipari's move to Arkansas. The crew, led by Matt Jones, addresses the complex feelings about rooting for Arkansas now that Calipari is their coach, analyzes recent games, discusses the NCAA tournament bracket, responds to listener texts and calls, and adds plenty of humor—often at Matt's expense, notably for a recent mechanical bull-riding video.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. On Kentucky Fans Rooting for Arkansas/Calipari

Time: 03:59 – 12:48

• Matt & Crew's Advice Credentials: None of the trio has been divorced, leading to a joking suggestion that they are well-suited for relationship advice.

  • "You all have zero divorces. The number one cause of divorce is marriage, correct?" – Listener (03:08)
  • "That's right. You can't get divorced if you never get married." – Drew (03:29)

• Conflicted Loyalties: Many Kentucky fans, especially online, seem unsure whether to root for Arkansas (and Calipari) or not.

  • Matt is adamant: Kentucky fans rooting against their own team out of spite for leadership changes is self-defeating.
    • "It would almost be like ... rooting against the United States just because you don't like who the current president is.” – Matt Jones (05:42)
  • Ryan points out rooting for Arkansas' success makes it seem like Kentucky’s waning was ALL Cal, which undermines the program’s legacy (06:23).

• The Calipari Legacy Debate: The group breaks down Cal's time in Kentucky, noting he was best with top-tier point guards and that some fans are rewriting history with regard to his recent UK teams.

  • "When he has the point guard, he's really good and he's got the point. He's got him now this year, so I'm not surprised they're good. But I don't understand a Kentucky fan rooting for him." – Matt Jones (06:44)

• Matt’s Influence Exaggerated: Some fans blame Matt for Calipari leaving, but he jokes about his limited power.

  • "We can't even get our whole group credentialed at the SEC tournament... if you have a coach who is so worried about a radio host that they can't coach here. Right?” – Matt Jones (08:32; 08:43)

2. Fan Backlash, Social Media, and Revising History

Time: 09:49 – 12:48

• Dealing With Arkansas Fans: Shannon admits to stoking social media drama by playfully trolling Arkansas fans after their win. The crew jokes about the reactions.

  • “I just want to mess with a little bit and just sit back and watch it every explode.” – Shannon (10:20)

• Revisionist UK/Calipari History: Ryan notes that fans forget the struggles of Cal’s last years (failed recruiting, weak tourney results, vanished donor support).

  • "Part of the problem that we weren't good as he wasn't getting those guards. We were getting the severe Wheelers instead of the Darius Acuffs.” – Ryan (11:04)
  • Both blast former assistant Bruiser Flint for malaise during his years.
    • "His assistants were worthless for the last few years. That’s part of the problem." – Matt (11:54)

3. Matt’s Mechanical Bull Ride Saga

Time: 12:48 – 15:41 and 20:52 – 23:04 (Also referenced throughout)

• Matt defends his mechanical bull riding performance after taking heat online.
  • "What did people want? Did they think I was going to be good at it? Did anyone out there think I would be good at it? A six foot four, you know, gangly, unathletic..." – Matt (14:17)
  • Group relentlessly critiques his technique; Ryan deadpans, “You only have to go eight seconds—you made it 1.8.” (15:25)
• The bit continues through text messages and playful roasts.
  • "I did have a couple of women write me and say they found me much less attractive after being on that bull.” – Matt (22:49)

4. Listener Calls: Mark Pope, Santa Clara, and the 'Divorce' Analogy

Key calls at 15:47, 32:55, 34:55, 47:33

• Caller Mike critiques Coach Mark Pope's tactics but credits the Florida game as well-coached despite offensive woes.
• Extended call-in segment where a listener uses the "Caliperi divorce" analogy: UK's still a “10/10 partner,” Calipari’s rebound success is overblown, and Kentucky can (and will) move on.
  • "We can move on eventually and not have to pay that buyout." – Caller (32:59)

5. NCAA Tournament Bracketing & Kentucky Outlook

Time: 24:02 – 29:08; 47:36 – 48:32

• Bracket Placement: Kentucky women snubbed as hosts; men play Friday at 12:50pm vs. Santa Clara.
• Kentucky Still a Draw: Despite struggles, Kentucky gets a prime CBS session slot—a testament to the brand’s enduring draw.
  • “Even in our bad year, they're like...we're putting the Kentucky Wildcats and we're putting the Duke Blue Devils, and they do it every single year.” – Matt (26:20)
• Fans speculate on potential run: Santa Clara is winnable, Iowa State can be beaten, and further rounds against Tennessee/Virginia are possible.
  • “We should beat Santa Clara. And if we don't, it's a failure. But Iowa State can be beat.” – Matt (48:32)

6. Other Kentucky Sports Notes

Time: 23:07 – 24:42

• UK Baseball: Sweeps Alabama to start SEC play 3-0, rising to #15 in the rankings.
  • "To sweep them right out of the gate like that...off to a hot start for UK baseball." – Shannon (23:21)
• UK Women’s Hoops: 5-seed; considered snubbed for not hosting.

7. Off-Topic: Aiden Holloway Arrested & Pot Math

Time: 29:32 – 32:14; 44:09 – 45:42

• Alabama player Aiden Holloway arrests: Crew discuss implications of his marijuana charge (over a pound!).
  • Matt demonstrates humorous ignorance: “If everyone was smoking once, how many people does a pound of marijuana do?” (30:09, repeated at 44:56 as text message gag)
  • “A single pound can produce over 1,000 joints.” – Drew (31:48)
  • Team jokes about “failure to affix a tax stamp”—no one is sure what this means.

8. Oscar for Short Film 'The Singers'

Time: 46:05 – 47:15

• Recognition for Josh Hopkins' short film’s Oscar win, with Matt and crew giving celebratory shoutouts.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Kentucky Fans Cheering for Arkansas
  “It would almost be like, you know, rooting against the United States just because you don't like who the current president is.” – Matt Jones (05:42)

• On Calipari’s Departure & Fan Influence
  "You way overestimate my power right now. We can't even get our whole group credentialed at the SEC tournament." – Matt Jones (08:32) "This idea that a dude on the radio who wants Kentucky to win every game is running a coach off. It's just ludicrous." – Matt Jones (09:38)

• On Matt’s Bull Ride
  “You only have to go eight seconds. You weren’t too far off. You made it 1.8.” – Ryan (15:25) "I did have a couple of women write me and say they found me much less attractive after being on that bull." – Matt Jones (22:49)

• On Kentucky’s Enduring TV Draw
  “Even in our bad year...when it comes time to who we're putting on CBS...we're putting the Kentucky Wildcats and we're putting the Duke Blue Devils, and they do it every single year.” – Matt Jones (26:20)

• On Marijuana Arrest Math
  "If everyone smokes one marijuana, how much does a pound do?" – Matt Jones (44:56, quoting himself in jest) “A single pound can produce over 1,000 joints.” – Drew (31:48)

• On the 'Divorce' Analogy (Fan Call-In)
  "Cal cheated on us with a lesser program and paid us $35 million to get out of the buyout...he's still a four seed. So I don't think it's fair to say we lost the divorce." – Caller (32:59)

• On Wanting the Team to Lose
  "Why would you want that? You shouldn't want that. You should want us to do well even if you don't like the guy. Same thing with Kentucky." – Matt Jones (39:25)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:08 – Start of the show (Hour 2), relationship analogy
• 04:19 – 07:20 – Deep dive on Arkansas/Calipari fan allegiance
• 09:49 – 12:48 – Social media backlash & assistant coach critique
• 12:48 – 15:41 – Mechanical bull riding debate
• 15:47 – 29:08 – Listener calls, women’s bracket, CBS slot analysis
• 29:32 – 32:14 – Aiden Holloway news and marijuana math
• 32:55 – 39:25 – Extended 'divorce' analogy from a caller
• 44:56 – Hilarious marijuana math quote
• 46:05 – 47:15 – Oscar shoutout for 'The Singers'
• 47:33 – 48:32 – Final caller: tournament expectations

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, humorous, sometimes self-deprecating
• Authentic on-air banter and running jokes (especially about bull rides and marijuana ignorance)
• Lively debates, occasionally passionate, with direct engagement of listener opinions

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For New Listeners

This hour is essential KSR: a blend of passionate sports takes (especially about basketball), inside jokes, caller interactions, candid reflection on UK’s program, with plenty of irreverence. You’ll get the vibe if you’re new—a supportive but honest UK community, unafraid to poke fun at itself and its rivals.

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Transcript

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[Drew]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287 text machine 772-774-52541 person rights. Matt, I think you and Shannon are perfect for, for relationship advice. You all have zero divorces. The number one cause of divorce is marriage, correct?

[Drew]

That's right. You can't get divorced if you never get married.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. Point zero divorces.

[Drew]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Between me, Shannon and Drew. So, like, I mean, a thousand guys. Yeah.

[Drew]

Good job.

[Matt Jones]

I know Billy yet, Mario, Although, you

[Drew]

know, Billy is getting married.

[Shannon]

So my body.

[Matt Jones]

But he's still good until August, right? He can still give advice until August.

[Drew]

Yep. Then after that we got to cut him off.

[Matt Jones]

But yeah, I think it makes, it makes complete, complete sense. I understand. One person writes. Matt, I know when Arkansas wins, it's tough for you because everybody retweets that video. Do you root against them? Yeah, I mean, I don't, I don't hate them, but I root against them for sure.

[Drew]

I had to get Billy crap on the pre show for saying I'm happy for Caliperi winning. I'm not happy for Caliperi winning this.

[Matt Jones]

Look, I. So there are different kinds of people with Kentucky fans, with Arkansas. So if you're a person who is like, it doesn't matter one way or the other, I can appreciate that they're not necessarily traditionally a rival. If you're somebody like me who, who wants to see them lose, obviously I understand like that I do want to see them lose because a, they're an SEC team that is, is, is in my opinion, someone that I just, I've always kind of not liked them. They're not on Tennessee levels, but they're, they're close. And then, you know, there's a personal part of it which is not personal to Cal, but just personal to the. I just get tired of looking at the Arkansas fans, like, as the moment Arkansas wins a game like that. I know, like, I can't go on social media for 48 hours and because it's just going to be Arkansas fans yelling. I do not understand the Kentucky fans that pull for Arkansas. I know a couple fans that I'm actually friends with who actively, like, it seems like now almost like Arkansas more than Kentucky. I don't get that at all. I don't get that. I think that's actually kind of weird if you do that. If you like them more, if you. If you want to say. I mean, Billy says I'm happy for Cal. Okay, I guess if you want to be. I mean, I understand people. I have good memories of him. But there are. When I see our Kentucky fans, like, where going get them, Cal. That'll show them. I mean, you live in Kentucky. It would almost be like, you know, rooting against the United States just because you don't like who the current president is. I mean, when the uk, when the USA played the Dominican last night. I don't like our president. I'm still rooting for the usa. That's my team, you know. And so I don't understand the I'm going to root for Arkansas and not the team that I'm a part of. Drew. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

[Ryan]

That and whatever you think of Cal, when he kind of says like, I'm moving the headquarters, you don't want Kentucky to fall off because then it really does look like it was all Cal. You want Kentucky to play well and say, no, it wasn't just you. You were obviously a big part of. But Kentucky was. It's Kentucky. So when he goes and has success, it kind of adds some value to his argument there or that line he was left.

[Matt Jones]

Cal's always been at his best, Ryan, when he has a great point guard, even the teams. Here you go. Look at the really great teams we had. Wall Knight. 2012 is a little bit of an exception. Teague was good, but that was. I mean, Anthony Davis was a special guy. But then you go with Tyler Euless Fox. I mean, when he has the point guard, he's really good and he's got the point. He's got him now this year, so I'm not surprised they're good. Um, but I don't understand a Kentucky fan rooting for him. I just don't. So that you can say what I don't Like Mitch or it was Matt Jones's fault. Like, what does that accomplish? You're just cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[Shannon]

And for all those fans you're talking about, the Kentucky fans are kind of pulling for Arkansas. Their. Their argument is right now, that could have been our roster. That could have been our team.

[Matt Jones]

It could have been. It could have been. I understand, but so what? It's not. It could. I mean, I get. Well, first of all, I don't know if it could have been. He would have gotten a cuff here, but, like, Trayvon Brazil wouldn't have been here. I mean, you know, it wasn't going to be the same team, but. Okay, he's not here. Do you, Shannon, do you spill your days crying over spilled milk?

[Shannon]

Nope.

[Drew]

Not one time. You clean up the milk and move on.

[Matt Jones]

You move on, you move on. And the issue for me now is, is Mark Pope the right guy? It's not. It could have been Cal. There's nothing worse than sitting. Have you guys ever had a friend that is cries over an ex? For years? I have.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You, at some point have to go. Okay, hey, time's not returning. You gotta move on. And so that's kind of, you know, that's how I'm about it. And then, of course, you get the people who will say, shannon, the. You ran him off. My.

[Drew]

Yeah, it's your fault. Specifically.

[Matt Jones]

You way. You way overestimate my power right now. We can't even get our whole group credentialed at the SEC tournament.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Amen.

[Drew]

That's true.

[Matt Jones]

All right. We have the power to run coaches off. We only got two of our. Of the four credentials at the SEC tournament. But also, let me just throw another little note on this. If you have a coach who is so worried about a radio host that they can't, then they can't coach here. Right? I mean, you can't. You can't. I, by the way, I don't believe Cal's that guy. But if you do, then you can't coach here. Because if I don't, if I'm not here, somebody else will be. And I'll go ahead and tell you, I don't know if people have looked at the Kentucky media landscape, but there's a lot of people that are a lot harsher than I am. I would argue, especially in today's. I mean, Jerry Tipton was a reporter that won a Pulitzer Prize, Ryan, for bringing down Kentucky basketball.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

This idea that a dude on the radio who wants Kentucky to win every game is running A coach off. It's just ludicrous. But some people still hang on to it. I don't.

[Shannon]

I don't get near the fan backlash that you get, but the Arkansas fan somehow found me, and I was getting a bunch of stuff, so I started messing with him. Yesterday, I was sending out these.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no. What did you do?

[Shannon]

I sent out like, a tweet, said something like, what's the common denominator between Patino and Caliperi? Kentucky beat both of them, and all their heads were exploded. Just said something like that. We lose it.

[Matt Jones]

You thought you got him with that?

[Shannon]

I did.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I just paused. Like, did you. Were you just like, oh, burn, Arkansas fan. I got you.

[Shannon]

I just want to mess with a little bit and just sit back and just watch it every explode? Yeah. Oh, my God.

[Matt Jones]

Did their. Their heads did explode you.

[Shannon]

Yes, it did explode. Yes. Medically impossible, but it happened.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. I didn't know. So they. They don't even exist anymore, Right. Exploded. Brian slay them?

[Drew]

I think he did slaying.

[Matt Jones]

Slay them. I don't know.

[Ryan]

Slain, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Slade, what do you make of it? Because, Drew, you get some of it, too. I mean, it's. I get more of it than anyone, but you probably get the second. Most of, you know, you ra off. What do you say to that?

[Ryan]

I'm completely unbothered by it because their arguments are usually wrong. Like people saying, we would have his team. Do you all remember he tried to raise a million in nil and got to 48,000.

[Shannon]

Like, where's that money, by the way?

[Ryan]

People weren't giving him 22 million here. Like, I feel like a lot of people have rewritten the last few years of his time here at Kentucky. Part of the problem that we weren't good as he wasn't getting those guards. We were getting the severe Wheelers instead of the Darius Acuffs. He was five and six in the SEC tournament when he left here. At five losses in the last six tournament games when he left here. Also, I want to chime this earlier. I got to get this out. I am not listening to Bruiser Flint who got here in the year 2020, talking about wronging people in Lexington. They didn't win anything when he was here. So when he's talking about the fans being sad when he was here. But you got here in 2020 and didn't get out of the first weekend of the tournament and didn't see the weekend in Nashville. So I don't want to hear anything but about who's Wrong. And who from some of that, I totally agree.

[Matt Jones]

You know who did Cal Wrong? Bruiser Flint. Okay. He got paid over half a million

[Ryan]

to not win here.

[Matt Jones]

Part of the problem was his assistance were worthless for the last few years. Okay, that is, that's part of the problem. At his peak, when he had John Robick and Kenny Payne and all those guys in Orlando, Roland, Dwayne Peavey, they were a net positive. By the end, it was just Bruiser Flint hanging out at Jeff Ruby's.

[Shannon]

Juni's gone.

[Matt Jones]

Okay? So if you think anybody did Cal Wrong Bruiser, look in the mirror. You're the one that did him wrong. Because you didn't help. You took a spot of somebody that could have worked. And that's all I have to say about that.

[Ryan]

I brought him up, not shoot him. But all these comments we're getting yesterday, these are not. It's not real life. When you're telling me cow would have done this coward in that he had chances to do that. That's why it was over here, because he wasn't doing that. So a lot of this stuff that was on Twitter yesterday, I just kind of rolled my eyes at it and be like, whatever fantasy land you want to live in, good for you. But the rest of us are moving on in the real world.

[Matt Jones]

Before that call, by the way, one person also writes, Matt, I don't think your mechanical bull ride no suffice.

[Shannon]

Oh my. Listen, please talk about this. Give us a chance.

[Matt Jones]

I thought it was really good. That was really weak.

[Shannon]

It was so weak. They had it on like kitty level 1.5.

[Matt Jones]

They wouldn't put it. No, they had it on 2. It was between 2 and 3. They would not put it higher than that. Unless like you, you know, you did. You were able to be really good. And I, I thought I did really well. Shannon, didn't you?

[Shannon]

No.

[Drew]

What were you doing? Grabbing the bull's butt. You can't do that. That you can't grab the.

[Matt Jones]

Says who the left. Are you not allowed to grab the butt when you do it? No, you can't. Do you know the official rules of

[Drew]

rodeo of guy get up on a bul. Its butt? You're supposed to hold on with one hand.

[Matt Jones]

I, I try not to look at longer.

[Drew]

You bailed out.

[Matt Jones]

Why did you. No, actually I did. I, I, I did not bail. I was about to fall and then rather than get my. I was, I was on my way to fall. People think I like bailed. I didn't bail. I was about to fall and then I kind of. I did kind of move my leg like I'm about to fall. I don't want to fall head first.

[Shannon]

Well, it was the worst dismount ever. Bailing. That what you called that?

[Matt Jones]

I thought it was really good. I mean, I heard a lot. I heard from a lot of people

[Shannon]

that comment, I will give you credit.

[Matt Jones]

You got up. Comment section was rough.

[Drew]

It was, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But what. Let me ask you a question. What did people want? Did they think I was going to be good at it? Did anyone out there think I would be good at it? A six foot four, you know, gangly, unathletic. Did you? At first. I don't say good. Stop. That's not necessary. I don't think anybody thought I was going to be good at it. No, people just did. People just want to see me get hurt. Like, what did they want?

[Ryan]

Effort.

[Shannon]

You were fatigued.

[Matt Jones]

You were fatigued.

[Drew]

That was the third.

[Ryan]

I will say, what you did with your offhand to that bull would have made it a wild ride. With a real bull, you're not supposed to place your hand there. A real bull would have thrown you off real quick with that hand placement.

[Drew]

Would have bucked even more.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's. Now that's probably true.

[Ryan]

The hand doesn't go there.

[Matt Jones]

Problem was. I think my problem was my friend Corey went first.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And he did that. And I was like, oh, that's a good idea.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Corey did do it before you.

[Matt Jones]

So she. So, Ryan, I would blame Corey for this whole totally new.

[Shannon]

Yeah, but you didn't bail. You kind of just gangly. Lazily gangly.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think you need to add gangly to the front.

[Ryan]

You only have to go eight seconds. You weren't too far off. You made it 1.8.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't want to do. I didn't want to do it. I really did want to get hurt because I knew I had a big weekend ahead. And I know I heard a lot of people say it was really good.

[Shannon]

I don't know. I did. I don't know if that was true.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next?

[Ryan]

Mike.

[Matt Jones]

Mike. Go ahead, Mike.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. You ever talking about Santa Clara? And I'm not really scared of Santa Clara. I'm a little bit scared. Mark Pope. I'm not trying to be mean, but that. What I mean by that is like at Florida game, they played exactly the way they had to play for us to win. And, you know, he's. He's made us furious over the year, over the first two years with his substitution Pattern. Why not pull a guy out when he's taking dumb shop and let him back in? You know, because I feel like you knew they were going to win the rebounding battle. So of course they got more possessions. If you take dumb shots, that's just the same as turnover, man. And they stood around.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we lost them, they lost him. He's right about that. He's right about the first part of that, Drew. Florida did play in a way that would give us a chance. We just couldn't seize it and take advantage of.

[Ryan]

Yeah, Florida. I honestly, the way that game started, we're really up 12, 4. You know, we, I think we scored. We didn't score first. We never led, but, you know, they got that early gap and I'm like, oh, God, this. They're going to run us out. But when Kentucky tightened, it was pretty close to the rest of the game. Florida did not play off well offensively. Kentucky just could not make threes. At one point in the second half, only Diabate had made threes. He was 2 for 2 and the rest of the team was over 12. And even if you're defending Florida well, if you're shooting like that, you're still not going to have a chance. And if they just made a few more shots, that could have been a different story. The door was open there.

[Matt Jones]

Totally agree. Now, part of it was because they were three for 20 from three. So, I mean, both teams, it was a tough game to watch. He was brutal.

[Ryan]

Oh, I said next to a guy who had no dog in the fight. He was just leaning over like, this is the worst basketball game I've ever seen. Another foul, another foul, another foul.

[Matt Jones]

They went. They went like 10 minutes with only one field goal. So, I mean, you had a chance. We just didn't play well enough to do it. In Kentucky right now, you can't find affordable child care, a place to live, you can't get a job. And we're short tens of thousands of childcare spots. And nearly 97% of local leaders says housing is an issue in their community. Without both, the economy in Kentucky will struggle. Add your name as a way of telling legislators in Frankfurt, fix the basics. Childcare and housing. Kentucky's workforce can then actually work. It's a Kentucky Chamber. Go to opportunity starts here.com. that's opportunitystartshere.com we'll talk more about this. And the women's bracket is out. Kentucky playing very close by. We'll deal with that right after this on ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

A lot of messages about the bull ride on the text machine. One person writes, Matt had You had on the cowboy hat. I would have had to check to see if it was you or Chris Ledoux. Thank you very much. Nobody knows who Chris Ledoux is.

[Drew]

I don't know who is that?

[Matt Jones]

He's the guy. I think he used to be a bull rider. Then he had a country song that was really big. I can't remember what it is. Garth Brooks references. No, Garth Brooks references him in a song Worn out tape of Chris Ledoux. Remember that?

[Shannon]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

There's a song. Look up their lyrics, Shan. There's a song where he goes worn out tape of Chris Ledoux. I can't remember what it is, but I think he was a bull rider and a country music singer when. And I can see why you would have thought that was me. One person writes, matt, I appreciate that you do the ads for the Kentucky Skin Cancer center and getting early checking, but I don't feel like you had to check that part of the bull for early checking. That's not nice. That's not nice. Why would they say that I was. You do need early screening, but I don't know that I was. What I was trying to do.

[Ryan]

They do say you want to get to know your bull before you ride it, but, you know, maybe not that.

[Drew]

Well, you could at least put a rubber glove on first.

[Matt Jones]

Just not very nice. Do you find that song. What's the song? Type of Chris Lady.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Much too young to feel this.

[Matt Jones]

To feel this damn old. Yeah. You can play that and then wonder what. I can't remember what the. Chris Ladue had one. I know he had one big hit. I'm fairly sure I'll find a point in that. In that 90s country thing. One person writes, Matt, I lasted longer on a mechanical bull. Blacked out at my senior year sorority bar crawl with two other girls on the bull than you did.

[Shannon]

Like I said, it's like a kitty level, not very, very moving.

[Matt Jones]

I did have. I did have a couple. I did have a couple of women write me and say they found me drew much less attractive after being on that bull. So I don't think that one's going to go anywhere on the profile.

[Ryan]

You did follow through with your. With your promise.

[Matt Jones]

I did. The UK baseball team swept Alabama.

[Shannon]

How about that?

[Matt Jones]

Start to SEC play three and oh, against an Alabama team that was kind of supposed to be middle of the pack of the sec. So that's a good start, Ryan, for UK Baseball.

[Shannon]

Yeah. To sweep them right out of the gate like that. A team that was ranked. So now they're up to number 15 in the rankings this week. That just came out. So off to a hot start for UK baseball.

[Matt Jones]

They get up to 15, 18 2.

[Drew]

The two teams they lost to were like what Evansville and was it Morehead or Murray?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it was right. But they really didn't play anybody in the non conference so. So but beating Alabama, it was a drew. That's a great start for the team.

[Ryan]

Yeah, huge win. They've won 13 in a row.

[Shannon]

Longest in the nation, I think.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I mean Morehead got you on opening day and you had the other one you slipped up on but otherwise they've turned a corner. Tyler Bell being backs huge. And then Nate Harris pitched six scoreless innings yesterday. So they had a big Sunday.

[Matt Jones]

The women's team is a five seed. They did not get to host a little controversial in women's basketball land. A lot of I looked at a lot of the national commentators felt like Kentucky should host. They will go to West Virginia. They play James Madison where Kenny Brooks used to be the coach and then if they win they would play West Virginia in a road game. I think that's a lot of people had projected Kentucky to play west to be the four and West Virginia to five but the games being Lexington instead the games is in Morgantown. So they will have to win a road game. Ryan, assuming they can get past James Madison in the first place.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I feel like UK hoops, they feel like they kind of got, you know, looked over a little bit and kind of got the hose a little bit thinking they were going to host, especially if they won a couple games in the SEC tournament. But Kenny Brooks, he's in the James Madison hall of Fame. He's their winningest coach ever. So it's a good little storyline I think for that opening round matchup.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, hopefully we will do more about that game as we get closer. I believe that game will be Saturday. So Kentucky the men the game is. Is the first game on Friday. It is at 12:50 on Friday. We will have the game at KS Bar. A weird time. It is the first time since 2011 Kentucky and Kentucky or Duke hasn't played one of the prime time CBS night sessions. Now I find a lot, you know, everybody says they continue to say oh Kentucky, we're not marquee anymore. It is completely fair to question Kentucky's success over the last few years, etc. But I did find this interesting. CBS, the way they broadcast games is always fascinating to me. They when they're doing the Thursday, Friday of the NCAA tournament, they will always Put the games that are on cbs, they put on CBS the ones they feel like will rate the best. And over the years, they've done kind of the same thing. They would put either Kentucky or Duke in the first session in the day or either Kentucky or Duke at night. And that has been the case forever. Now, Kentucky, Duke will be in the first session on Thursday in the. In the early things on cbs. We will be in the early session on Friday. Kansas gets a night session, and then Michigan gets a night session. But the reason I think that's important is even in a year that has been so frustrating for us, and even in a year where we go, oh, Kentucky basketball slipping even then, Kentucky against Santa Clara is still one of the four sessions chosen for cbs. And that has been that way. We have been on a CBS session. I think it's 14 of the last 15 years. So I do think that's important as it feels like sometimes we need to rebuild the Kentucky fan base confidence. Even in our bad year, they're like, you know what? When it comes time to who we're putting on cbs, Drew, we're putting the Kentucky Wildcats and we're putting the Duke Blue Devils, and they do it every single year. Yep.

[Ryan]

We're still in the conversation. And nationally might be the case that people want to watch us lose, but all that matters is that people are watching. It's still one of the hot brands in college basketball, and it's a little early. I know people hate it's during work hours. But Pope's big on routine. I mean, we just played three early games and in the SEC tournament, and then you've got Santa Clara. Their bodies are 915 for them, so I don't hate the spot.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And there's something good, Shannon, about you win the early game and then you can watch the rest games tonight, not be stressed.

[Drew]

There you go. Yep. You get that out of the way and then you just get to watch all the games and hang out. That's the best part about it these days.

[Matt Jones]

Worn out tape. Worn out tape of Chris Ledoux. We'll take a break. Barry backs ksr.

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[Drew]

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[Matt Jones]

What is this?

[Drew]

This is Crystal Ado, the Cowboys at Wow.

[Matt Jones]

This is not the one I was thinking of.

[Drew]

Oh, this one's got 50 million views, so I thought this was the one.

[Matt Jones]

That one's got 15 million views. Yeah.

[Shannon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I've never heard this. So this is Chris Ledoux.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. This is terrible.

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[Matt Jones]

I remembered the one I was thinking about. Cadillac Ranch.

[Drew]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

That was the one. We can play that in the next segment. I think that was. That's a better one.

[Drew]

This is my new favorite song.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like this one?

[Shannon]

Shane is laughing the whole time he's playing this.

[Matt Jones]

It sounds kind of awful, but that's all right.

[Drew]

Yeah, it is.

[Matt Jones]

You're very happy about this song.

[Drew]

Shannon makes me smile. It's funny.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know why one person writes, Matt, when I saw your mechanical bull video, I could have sworn it was Luke Perry in 8 in seconds. You know, it wasn't that great.

[Shannon]

No, I don't know if that was what they said.

[Matt Jones]

That's what they said. It's right here on the machine.

[Shannon]

Somebody said it was Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, stop with you. You and your. I don't want to hear from you. Our text machines say, yeah, I saw you Chip ice. We have some breaking news.

[Drew]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

Alabama guard Aiden Holloway, who's the team's leading scorer, was arrested this morning by Tuscaloosa police and charged with first degree possession of marijuana with over a pound of marijuana and feed. Failure to affix a tax stamp. What does that mean? I don't know.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I've never heard that.

[Matt Jones]

A tax stamp. I don't know what that means. A pound of marijuana. You're my go to marijuana expert. Is that a lot?

[Drew]

Yeah, that's a lot. That's intent to distribute.

[Matt Jones]

Like, how many people does a pound of marijuana.

[Drew]

It depends on if we're talking, like,

[Matt Jones]

if everybody was smoking once. Yeah, if everybody was smoking once. How many people does a pound of marijuana do?

[Drew]

That would last us for a year.

[Ryan]

You'd have quite a bit. Yeah, so we've heard. So we've heard.

[Drew]

Yeah. Allegedly. If you smoked it every day, that probably would last you a year.

[Matt Jones]

A pound. That's a lot. That's a. That's a distributable amount, you're saying.

[Drew]

Look, I don't deal in that business, but allegedly.

[Matt Jones]

Sure, whatever, man. I'm not judging. I'm just asking you how much it is.

[Drew]

I feel like that's a lot. A pound is a lot.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And failure to affix a tax stamp. Drew, look that up. I have no. Even with my law background, I've never. I don't know what that means.

[Ryan]

A tax stamp is that state thing, and if you have so much, you

[Matt Jones]

need to prove that it's, you know, for medical Reasons. Whatever you're doing, you're not a legal in Alabama. I would have been surprised if it

[Ryan]

wasn't trying to Google that on the fly. But I'm guessing it somehow makes your. Your bag of weed legal.

[Matt Jones]

Whatever you so now do. Does he not. Do you not play him in the. In the sec, in the NCAA tournament? I mean, Nate Oates has shown with the one guy that he would play him no matter what. You think they play him in the first game against Hofstra. The pride.

[Shannon]

Maybe they sent him in that game just because they think he should handle Hofstra.

[Matt Jones]

What changed between that game and the next one? I mean, he was. He was arrested for first degree possession.

[Ryan]

That.

[Matt Jones]

That, that's not. I don't know.

[Drew]

Here's a little more insight on your marijuana amount. According to.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, please, please give it to me.

[Drew]

A single pound can produce over 1,000 joints.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my goodness.

[Drew]

So when I said that the four of us could probably smoke all year on it, we'd probably be right.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I could grief with my thousand.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So that is a lot then. And that's not the. Just guessing. You wouldn't say that's a personal use amount of. No, no one driving around with a

[Shannon]

pound, maybe for the whole game.

[Drew]

Here's the thing. I mean, these guys are getting paid money. Why are you doing that? Why do you need to make more money? Why do you need a side hustle of selling marijuana?

[Matt Jones]

That's true. I mean, you could say, well, why are you smoking? It may just because he likes it, but why are you? There's no need to. If you're Aiden Holloway. I don't know what his nil is, but it's probably enough to not need to sell weed on the side. On the street corner. No.

[Ryan]

And if you are, at least put your tax sticker on it. I mean, what are we doing here?

[Drew]

Fix.

[Matt Jones]

That's the real outrage. Shannon. No tax day.

[Drew]

I always affix my tax stamp, especially when I'm driving with a pound of marijuana.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon has a pound of marijuana. He goes in double.

[Drew]

Two tax stamps, sometimes three.

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next?

[Drew]

Reese.

[Matt Jones]

Reese. Go ahead, Reese. Hey, Matt.

[Caller]

I wanted to stick with this Caliperi divorce analogy. Kentucky's obviously a 10 out of 10 program. And Cal cheated on us with a lesser program and paid us 35 million to get out of the buyout. And his hair plugs and going to the gym is getting a top three point guard that he's ever had and starting malik Thomas over D.J. wagner. And he's still a four seed. So I don't think it's fair to say that we lost the divorce. I think even if we settled for a youth pastor, that's not exactly doing it for us. We can move on eventually and not have to pay that buyout.

[Matt Jones]

Did you say a youth pastor?

[Shannon]

He did.

[Matt Jones]

He did. Stop here. I don't think your analogy is terribly wrong, though, on the cow part. I appreciate the call. I mean, I. Drew's right.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I.

[Matt Jones]

We both. I remember Drew and I both saying when this happened, he will have another run at Arkansas. He just will. He's too good of a coach. I mean, no, one. One thing I've never said is that he can't coach. I've always taken up for his coaching. I think he makes boneheaded decisions. I will note. I mean, Ole miss was the 15 seed. Drew. And they almost lost and they almost blew it in class. Didn't foul up 3. Like all the things that they do. They almost did it again. But. But they did win. And he deserves the spoils for that.

[Ryan]

He does. And yesterday, listen, my team had already been home for two days. I'm not hating there. I'm not. But they had Brazil go 4 for 5 from 3. Wagner with 3 for 3. If those guys do that, they'll beat anybody. Acuff. Yeah, he shows up every night. He's unbelievable. But his Cal secondary players played out of their minds on Sunday. I think that also really helped him get over Vandy. And then that takes them to another level. If those guys can do it consistently. But I don't think they can.

[Matt Jones]

If they shoot 14 of 24 from 3, which is what they were at one point, I don't know what they finished, then they're going to win. They're going to win it all. I mean, like, that's an amazing. I don't care who shoots 14 for 24 from three. That's a. That's a. You know, that's. That's a great amount. And what are you going to do? Who's next?

[Drew]

Mark?

[Matt Jones]

Mark. Go ahead, Mark.

[Caller]

Hey, what's going on, Matt? Hey. I'm one of those kind of crazy people that. I'm a UK alumnus. I'm being a big fan, but actually right now I'm taking the hiatus away from the Cats for, I'm gonna say three years because Smartpole won't make it past next year. And I'm gonna tell you the reason why I'm doing this. I actually think we needed more of a reset between coach and fan relationship. And Kyle had shut it down. The divorce was needed. Cal had shut it down. He was just doing things to piss off the fans. Right now, yesterday, what he was saying. Al doesn't say anything without knowing what. Who he's affecting. But I'm gonna tell you the reason why. The reason why I. I feel and I think the fans kind of my way I look at getting what they deserve. They're trying to sell Mark Pope to us, and he kind of came in with the Jim Jones, drank the Kool Aid. They were gonna get name on the front of the jersey. We want number nine banners. All this. He's right about. Right about one thing. He did get us number nine. He got the number nine seat in the SEC turn. But you're talking about before.

[Matt Jones]

Let me ask you a question. When you say you're taking a hiatus from the fan, from. From the game, what do you mean? I mean, like, clearly you're listening to the show.

[Caller]

I love the show. I love the show. I take him from Kentucky best. They can't right now, this year. They can't lose enough for me because I want. I want the fans to see. Kind of realize that, hey, things weren't as bad as we really thought about. Granted, that doesn't make.

[Matt Jones]

Hang on just a second. That doesn't make sense to me because if you. I don't understand how you can have the position that it was time for Cal to go, but the fans need to be punished for not realizing what they had. That those two things don't. Don't. Don't work for me. How does that.

[Caller]

I think they do. But it's simple fact of the matter, and it's easy. People say he went so many years, but that. That is true. But this guy did give a lot to this program. Now we got a guy. Now you agree that.

[Matt Jones]

But you agree that it was time for him to go.

[Caller]

He got tired of. Of everyday jokes or basketball bennies, as he called it, telling. Tell him what he thinks. And the man. The man is a Hall of Famer. I mean, you can say what you want to say about. Okay, wait a minute.

[Matt Jones]

Now you're. You keep. You keep saying inconsistent things, though. You're right. There were basketball biddies telling him. But you yourself just two minutes ago say he had shut it down and was not trying. Didn't fans have a re. Isn't it reasonable to complain about that?

[Caller]

That is reasonable. Part of the reason is he didn't get any support. They cut his legs out from letting him. Also true.

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[Matt Jones]

First of all, when you say support. Hang on just a second. When you say support, there are two different kinds of support. There's the support that comes from the university. And I think there were some reasonable complaints that some of that wasn't there. But part of it was. Part of the head coach's job is to have relationships and, and to be able to get donors involved. And in the last few years, Cal refused to do that. That's on him. That's really not the administration.

[Caller]

He didn't cow down to people and he didn't kiss the ring.

[Matt Jones]

When you say Cal down. It's not. Forget about listening. Everybody always focuses on the crafts. And the crafts, you know, you don't have to like the crafts. You don't have to talk to like, I'm politically. Couldn't be more different from. But as people, the crafts give more to Kentucky than anyone. All right. And we'll always. But they're not the only ones. Hang on. They're not the only ones. Cal had lost donors all up and down the board. Everybody focuses on two people, and I really don't think that's fair to them. He had lost donors all up and down the board.

[Caller]

Right. I, I, I see what you're saying there. Hey, can I get one more thing? And I'll leave you alone on this. We talked about, and one of the big, one of the big things we complained about Cal, modern offense. It's amazing when you have good players. How, how modern your offense looks. Arkansas average in 90 a game, shooting like 39 from 3. We never would have saw that here in Kentucky because he wasn't going to get the support because he wasn't going to get all the other players that he needs.

[Matt Jones]

You got to stop. You got to stop with the support. Caliperry was losing in these games before Nil even existed. Okay. Like Caliperi was. We went 13 and we went whatever. It was 13 and 19 or whatever. Our record was during COVID before Nil and before the Portal. So I just don't even want to hear.

[Caller]

It was crazy then, though. Matt Duke was terrible that year, too. I mean, everybody, I mean, it was crazy that year.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate the call. Okay, you, I will say, and I appreciate you listening to the show, and that's good. But you, that mindset is one I do not understand this idea of. I want to teach the UK fans a lesson. You are a UK fan. I'm going to. I'll use a political analogy. I get really mad when my fellow Democrats want bad things to happen to the US because they don't like Trump. That doesn't help us like that does. Why would you want that? You shouldn't want that. You should want us to do well even if you don't like the guy. Same thing with Kentucky. Like, do you. How could you not want us to succeed? To teach us a lesson? Like, I'm not in school. I don't need to be taught a lesson. I want to win. I don't, I don't, I don't get that. And he's called many times. He's a good guy, but I don't, I don't get that. Tell me about Stockton Morgan.

[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

He must have had the script today. Shannon.

[Drew]

He was ready.

[Shannon]

He was ready.

[Drew]

It's March.

[Matt Jones]

He's like, oh, where was I going to look? Right here. He had it this time.

[Shannon]

I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[Drew]

Okay, tournament form.

[Matt Jones]

I did have a request. Somebody came up to me in Nashville and said can you ask Ryan to please get new jokes? So maybe you should get like a joke book and stop. Why don't we find him a joke book? Yeah, yeah. Five new jokes and stop cussing. And no more sex talk. That's what I'm asking for from Ryan at least through April.

[Ryan]

Inconsistency.

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[Matt Jones]

I do like this song, Shannon. Right? This is like,

[Drew]

sounds familiar, but I don't know if I've ever heard this one.

[Matt Jones]

Ranch, you don't know this?

[Drew]

I don't think I know.

[Matt Jones]

I remember this one. I I don't think it got big, but maybe when Garth sang that song that mentioned him, then this kind of reappeared.

[Drew]

Yeah, Garth mentioned you got to put out a song after that because, I

[Matt Jones]

mean, that was when Garth was like, garth, you know, I mean, massive. This very rarely happens. But a text message came on the text machine that made me giggle the entire break. Shannon was like, what are you giggling?

[Drew]

All I can hear is you laughing. What's going on over there?

[Matt Jones]

So 859492 had a text message where he says, matt, you saying if everyone Is smoking one. How much does a pound of marijuana do? Is one of the funniest things you've ever said accidentally. That does sound like the least personally. That sounds like the nerdiest thing a person could say. If everyone smokes one marijuana. How much?

[Drew]

How much? What was the quote?

[Matt Jones]

How much does a pound do? I don't really. That's fair. That's not a very.

[Ryan]

Reminds me of the 40 year old virgin. He says, how many pots have you smoking?

[Matt Jones]

That is like a. How many pots have you smoking? I'm not. I'm not really a. I mean I'm not like really a drug person. So I can't. I have to rely on my experts, which. On this.

[Drew]

There's nobody on this show that's an expert.

[Matt Jones]

All of you are more expert than me.

[Shannon]

Not me.

[Matt Jones]

Like everyone involved with this show. Except I don't know what Billy's situation is. But all the rest of Ryan. That's not true either.

[Shannon]

Oh, it is definitely true.

[Matt Jones]

I've been to Denver with you then.

[Shannon]

That's like the one of two times I've ever took a gummy gummy bear.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's two more than me. So there you go. Yeah, so. So there you go.

[Ryan]

What do you guys.

[Matt Jones]

Cops?

[Ryan]

What are we talking about here?

[Shannon]

Someday we got to tell that story. That's funny.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that one's.

[Drew]

That's Your tolerance was impressive.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon has to prove that. We have two. We have two really good Vegas and Denver stories.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

The singers. Josh Hopkins short film won the Oscar last. How about that? That nice.

[Shannon]

Ksr.

[Matt Jones]

I say Josh Hopkins. Josh is very big on like I just had like. I was just like one of the producers.

[Shannon]

Not.

[Matt Jones]

But still I'm. He should claim it. And it tied with that French people kissing saliva movie. Right. They was only the seventh tie in Oscar's history. So two different things. One, because it was a tie. Do you think they should have a tiebreaker if ever. If two got the same amount of

[Shannon]

votes and there's like 4,000 people that vote and the fact it ends in a tie is pretty incredible. So what are you going to have?

[Matt Jones]

I don't even know which. Yeah, I don't think you could have a tiebreaker really. Because then you'd have to tell people that there were the two that tied and then why. Why Drew would the other three people show up? Right. So I think. I think you just give it a tie. So congrats to the singers on Netflix.

[Ryan]

Yeah, congrats to Josh who wrote, produced and sang in it.

[Matt Jones]

I think even Ran the camera. Can't wait for you.

[Ryan]

Get your trophy. Way to go, Josh. No, we all talked about it a lot. You know, he recommended it. Really was really good. Now people listen to us and watched it, and it's very deserving of the award.

[Matt Jones]

It's 20 minutes. Everybody's got 20 minutes in them. And Shannon, did you ever watch it?

[Drew]

No, but I'm going to. I got to go back and watch it.

[Matt Jones]

Really good. 20 minutes and. And now it's an Oscar winner. And congrats. And congrats to the French people with saliva as well. Who's up next?

[Drew]

Go to Terry.

[Matt Jones]

Terry. Go ahead, Terry.

[Caller]

Piggyback a little bit after something you said in the opening of the first hour. What. What drives me crazy about our fan bases. They're going to be worried about Santa Clara. They're going to be worried because they can hit some threes. I've seen him play several times. They're like anybody else.

[Matt Jones]

And they'll get no credit when they win. Yes.

[Caller]

No, not so much that. Let's say Santa Clara wins. Oh, post. Gotta go. You can't lose to Santa Clara. Kentucky. I mean, that's the mindset that they have. Now, I will say, yeah, Iowa State's good. I get it. But I. I don't take. I don't take Santa Clara for granted. If we were playing Dolphs, I'd be worried. But if we get by them, Iowa State's not Michigan that can be beat. I mean, I've seen them play bad and. But I will say one thing. I'll let you go as far as our. Our run being long. Oh, we can't have another game like he had against Florida, or we're done. I'll hang up and listen.

[Matt Jones]

Totally agree. I think everything you just said is 100% accurate. We can. We. We should beat Santa Clara. And if we don't, it's a failure. But Iowa State can be beat. We're not going to be favored and we shouldn't be. But they can be beaten. They are not Arizona. They are not Duke. They are not Michigan. They are a beatable team. And then Virginia and Tennessee, if we were to get to the next round, they are beatable. We got a chance to have beatable teams, which is what I wanted. And now you actually have to go and do it. Court physical therapy. If you need physical therapy or just need to not be in pain, go to court. K o r t.com court physical therapy. There's one near you with a new year. Great time to get in shape and make yourself feel good, but sometimes that can lead to aches and injuries. Go to court.com it's k o r t.com all right, let's talk schedule. Sweet 16 starts Wednesday. For those of you coming to Lexington, try to make an appearance. KS Bar we're going to have NCAA tournament going the whole time. We'll have Sweet 16 games going sometimes. We're leaving for St. Louis on Saturday. I'll still be up here tomorrow, but we'll be doing the show lot going on. It's the most fun week of the year. We'll be here for it. We'll see you later. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.

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