2026-04-01- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: April 1, 2026
Host: Billy Rutledge (in for Matt Jones) with Ryan, Drew, Shannon, and Mario
Location: Live at KS Bar & Grill

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR, airing on April Fool’s Day, embodies the summer “grab-bag” spirit with a blend of Kentucky sports updates, space exploration debate, generational workplace humor, technology nostalgia, and lighthearted banter among the KSR crew. Billy Rutledge leads a conversation that bounces between sports, culture, and personal anecdotes with panelists Ryan, Drew, Shannon, and Mario, providing a lively, relaxed Wednesday morning show for Kentucky sports fans.

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Major Discussion Themes & Key Segments

1. April Fool's Real or Fake? (03:40–04:46)

• Topic: Testing the crew’s savvy with "real or fake" news items tied to April Fool’s Day.
• Highlights:
  • The Kentucky football team’s Twitter claimed the team would get a blue turf field in 2026 – unanimously agreed to be an April Fool’s prank.
  • Jasper Johnson’s NIL deal with Fifth Third Bank is believed real.
  • Drew on the blue turf:

    “Hang on. Before you put the blue field in, can we just get that Wi-Fi we’ve been asking for?” (04:35)

• Further Discussion: Johnson’s decision-making regarding staying at Kentucky, the allure (and pressure) of a sophomore “do-over” in college sports.

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2. Youth Movement in Kentucky Football Coaching (05:25–09:29)

• Lead: Billy spotlights offensive line coach Cutter Leftwich, only 27 years old.
• Reflections:
  • Drew: “I turned 40 last year, and it is so weird to me that the team I love to root for—the whole staff is younger than me.” (05:54)
  • Discussion of the challenges young coaches face in earning respect and authority among players, some of whom are the same age or earn more money.
  • The excitement and energy of a younger staff vs. the “old-school” Stoops era. Coaches’ social media presence, embracing throwbacks, fan engagement, and program culture.
  • Drew: “They do a good job of keeping the fans having fun and excited when you’re not... Actually, the young guys are really embracing it.” (08:30)

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3. Generational Workplace Humor (09:29–11:08)

• Prompt: Would you take direction from a 27-year-old boss?
• Shannon: "When you got somebody significantly younger than you and all of a sudden they're bossing you around, you're like, wait a minute, I've been in the business longer than you've been alive." (09:37)
• Ryan: Notes most iHeart supervisors are younger than him.
• Drew: Reminisces about turning 27, confirms not much has changed since.

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4. Space Exploration: To the Moon, or Not? (11:08–16:09)

• Trigger: Today’s Artemis mission launching astronauts around the moon (first time since the 1970s).
• Skepticism vs. Wonder:
  • Ryan: “They have not found anything I think on the moon that is beneficial to us... dust and rocks. What are they going to do, build a base on the moon?” (12:36)
  • Drew: “At one point there was nothing here. This used to be just dirt and rock. And look what we did.” (13:20)
  • Billy: “Maybe you create something like the space station... but you can live on [the moon].” (13:53)
• Memorable Quotes:
  • Ryan: "The only way you're going to be able to live on the moon is you wear a spacesuit 24 hours a day." (13:29)
  • Drew: Shares his Blue Angels flight experience and taste of “weightlessness”: “It felt like time had stopped. It was like the coolest thing I'll ever experience.” (15:13)
• Humor: Jokes about peeing in spacesuits and NASCAR drivers ("You have to pee in your clothes" – 15:54).

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5. Technology Throwback: 50 Years of Apple (30:37–34:23)

• Trigger: Anniversary of Apple’s founding; nostalgia for early iPods and tech.
• Personal Revelations:
  • Ryan: Has never owned an Apple product—“I’m Android. I’m team Android.” (30:59)
  • Shannon: “Apple came along with the iPod and you could put like 2,000 songs on there. I was like, this is revolutionary.” (32:56)
  • Drew: Owns shares in Apple, all-in on the ecosystem; recalls the clunkiness and joys of early iPods.
• Humorous Aside:
  • Billy: “Did you have Limewire?”
    Ryan: “I don’t know what that is.” (32:42)

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6. DIY Skills & The YouTube Era (22:09–23:47)

• Prompt: Can KSR guys change oil, jump-start a car, or change a tire?
• Insight: Nearly all believe they could master any repair with the right YouTube tutorial.
• Drew: “If someone’s doing it on YouTube, I can achieve anything… Put a guy on YouTube building a spaceship—as long as I can follow step by step what he’s doing, I can figure it out.” (23:07)

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7. Kentucky Basketball Roster & Transfer Talk (24:08–28:09)

• Caller Glenn: Asks about Drew’s recent “all-star point guard in Nashville” comment. It was just wishful thinking for Vandy’s Tanner.
• Vanderbilt’s Investment: More local business money, coach Joel Justice, and how this may affect SEC competitiveness.
• Rosters/Recruiting:
  • Analyzing Mark Pope’s fit-getting approach over pure talent.
  • “This is a make-or-break year for [Pope]. Interesting to see how he constructs that roster...” (Ryan, 27:04)
  • UConn’s run for a seventh title since 1999 inspires urgency for Kentucky.

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8. Special KSR Moments & Team Camaraderie (35:04–39:32)

• Billy brings Mario on air:
  • Billy: “You have brought a different element to this show, and I think everybody recognizes that.” (35:28)
  • Mario appreciates the “family” vibe, shares he treats the crew as his own.
  • Stories of KSR team road trips, bachelor party plans, and Mario’s role connecting the show to a younger social audience.
  • “I wish you could go on more road trips. I missed Drew a lot during our last road trip. Drew and Shannon.” (Mario, 36:55)
  • Banter about travel, pool games, and bachelor parties—showing the off-air friendship runs deep.

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9. Recent Kentucky Sports Updates (40:32–44:07)

• Baseball:
  • UK beats Miami (Ohio) 14–11 in marathon game—7 hit batters, 11 walks, and memorable “zero at-bats but 5 times on base” stat for Ethan Hindle.
• Soccer (Lexington vs. Louisville City):
  • Big crowd numbers and rivalry context highlighted; hope for Lexington to break through with a win.
• UFL:
  • Louisville Kings’ first game, local athletes’ performance, and the broader local support for these events.

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10. Caller Comments & Final Thoughts (44:11–48:29)

• Mark Anthony: Advocates for “paint” (inside play) in Kentucky basketball, referencing Calipari’s old mantra. Commentary on the docu-series "Neighbors":

  “I watched one episode and I decided at the end of that episode, I don’t care about none of these damn people. And I quit watching. They’re a bunch of buttholes.” (46:13)

• Bob in Jamestown: April Fool’s anecdote about Apache pilots giving Kid Rock a flyby; crew jokes about military spending and viral videos.
• Wrap-up: Billy expresses appreciation for the KSR opportunity and camaraderie.

  “KSR has meant a lot to me over these years. Since 2017, since I joined. I said I could get Jennifer Lawrence's phone number. It's been a long time since then...” (48:07)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Drew on aging with UK Football:
  “The whole staff is younger than me... I’m just having to accept I’m an old man now.” (05:54)

• Shannon on the generational workplace:
  “I think every person that’s considered my supervisor here in iHeart is younger than me.” (10:05)

• Ryan, ever the pragmatist, on lunar living:
  “Why? I’m happy breathing and walking here without a spacesuit in Lexington.” (13:36)

• Drew on the Blue Angels flight:
  “It felt like time had stopped. It was like the coolest thing I’ll ever experience.” (15:13)

• Billy to Mario (KSR's social content producer):
  “You have brought a different element to this show, and I think everybody recognizes that.” (35:28)

• Mark Anthony on ‘Neighbors’ docu-series:
  “They’re a bunch of buttholes. I’m glad you live in Montana, far away from me.” (46:13)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• April Fool’s Pranks & NIL News: 03:40–04:46
• Young Coaching Staff Discussion: 05:25–09:29
• Space Exploration Debate: 11:08–16:09
• Tech/Apple Nostalgia: 30:37–34:23
• Team Camaraderie with Mario: 35:04–39:32
• Baseball & Soccer Updates: 40:32–44:07
• Calls & Kentucky Hoops Philosophy: 44:11–48:29

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Episode Tone & Style

Casual, playful, and self-deprecating. The conversation is heavily laced with “old man” jokes, nostalgia, good-natured ribbing between crew members, and moments of genuine appreciation among colleagues and friends.

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Summary Takeaway

This KSR episode is less about granular sports analysis and more about group chemistry, Kentucky fan culture, and embracing sports radio as a connective tissue for community and comedy, especially in the off-season. If you tuned in for hard-hitting sports news, you’ll find just enough to stay informed, but the draw is the friendship and banter that makes KSR a staple for Kentucky fans across generations.

Transcript

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Lily Herman]

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Caller/Guest]

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Drew]

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Drew]

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[Billy Rutledge]

What?

[Drew]

You probably won't believe it either.

[Lily Herman]

Was this. Before he wrote his stories.

[Billy Rutledge]

It must have been okay. I don't think that's true.

[Drew]

I'm telling you, the guy was a spy. Listen to the Secret World of Roald Dahl on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Caller/Guest]

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[Drew]

How could this have happened in City Hall? Somebody tell me that.

[Billy Rutledge]

A shocking public murder.

[Drew]

This is one of the most dramatic

[Billy Rutledge]

events that really ever happened in New York City politics.

[Ryan]

I screamed, get down. Get down.

[Billy Rutledge]

Those are shots.

[Mario Maitland]

A traged that's now forgotten and a

[Billy Rutledge]

mystery that may or may not have

[Ryan]

been political, that may have been about sex.

[Billy Rutledge]

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[Caller/Guest]

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[Shannon]

welcome to hour two of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Billy Rutledge]

Welcome back. Billy Rutledge filling in for Matt Jones this morning alongside Ryan and Drew and Shannon Live at KS Bar Grill where we've just opened up. We got some people coming in to have some Noche Linda Farms burgers. Ryan, I know you've had one.

[Ryan]

Oh, they're awesome. And of course, it's Wings day today. Wings Day. $Wings. So we'll get a good lunch crowd. Always do for them for Wings Day.

[Billy Rutledge]

Very good. Yeah. Come see Billy R. Sports Takeover, Kentucky Sports Radio here on April Fool's Day. And guys, it's time to test your Internet reading abilities here. I've got two things I you to tell me which one's an April Fool's joke and which one is real. Okay, the Kentucky football Twitter account just posted we're going big with the blue this fall and a blue Kentucky turf field coming for 20, 26.

[Ryan]

Okay, I don't believe that, but that's definitely April Fools.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay. No, no Boise State coming to Lexington.

[Ryan]

No 100% April Fools on that one, I believe.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay. And I have another one here with Jasper Johnson signing an nil deal with Fifth Third Bank.

[Drew]

I can believe that one.

[Ryan]

That one looks legit versus a blue

[Drew]

versus a blue field. I'll say Jasper Johnson signing with Fifth Third bank is the, is the, the real one.

[Ryan]

I believe that also. I think that that is real. The blue field ain't happening.

[Drew]

No. And if they were doing that, I would say. Hang on. Before you put the blue field in, can we just get that WI Fi we've been asking for? Let's, let's focus. I know we got Scrooge McDuck money, but let's focus on what we need. I don't believe the blue field.

[Billy Rutledge]

No.

[Drew]

Good for Jasper, though.

[Ryan]

Good for Jasper.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. Interesting timing though.

[Ryan]

I mean it is interesting.

[Billy Rutledge]

Many people think he might hit the transfer portal. Ryan. But maybe this is somebody that would want to stay with Kentucky.

[Ryan]

You know, you can see why, you know, he's. He grew up here, his parents played here and didn't. It didn't go with the way I'm sure he thought he wanted. So maybe like get a do over and try it one more time. Run it back one more year.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Drew]

I don't know what's going on between Jasper's ears. I don't know him that well, but I could see a world where he would think, you know, I can't leave this place with how that year went. I think if he were being honest, that's not what he envisioned for his freshman year. So I could see him wanting to run it back to prove himself, but also it's. He'll have to fit into the bigger equation.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. What is his role? You know, is he going to play the two guard spot? Does. Is he going to play point guard? Probably a big part of the decision making process of Jasper Johnson. Speaking of football, Roush did such a good job talking football yesterday. I also liked him talking about the offensive line coach, Cutter left, which. Who is doing the standard Is the

[Ryan]

standard standard is the standard, Billy, of

[Billy Rutledge]

the standard of Kentucky Bass or Kentucky football. He's also 27 years old. Cutter left, which the offensive line coach. Is that not insane? 27.

[Drew]

I'm really thrown off by all this young coaching staff. I turned 40 last year and it is so weird to me that the team I love to root for, like the whole staff is younger than me. I'm in that part of life where I'm just having to accept I'm an old man now. I love the excitement and that they have the fill. I love everything about it. But it is weird to think that I'm 13 years older than a UK football coach.

[Ryan]

It's crazy. These guys that spend five years, six years, seven years playing college football, your coach is just a year or two older than you. Some of these guys and they put

[Drew]

out, they've done a good job of the mic'd up videos emphasizing, you know, we all know Willston pretty well at this point, but the secondary, the assistant coaches, and he was one that was last week on that standard is the standard video. And just you can't help but get excited. I know it's the offseason and you know they'll have to win games on the field but for right now they're. They're doing a good job of getting everybody to buy in.

[Billy Rutledge]

I was just trying to think though of me at 27 trying to get the respect of these Division 1 athletes. I didn't play be a little different 155 pound billiard sports, trying to go up there and tell you how to pass block. But Ryan, do you think you could have led young men at 27? What were you doing getting suplexed on live TV?

[Ryan]

I was doing sports in Evansville and Drew was watching me when he was in elementary school when I was 27 years old. But these guys, some of these players are making more money than they are also even at the college level now. So it is a little bit of a interesting dichotomy. These coaches trying to get the respect and be authoritative figures when they're the same age and they're making more money than you.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, exactly. The Herald Leader did an article a little bit about the 27 year old offensive line coach left, which is his dad was in the coaching profession for 30 plus years. His brother's an up and coming offensive coordinator I believe at Texas Tech. So maybe he just runs in the family in that way. Drew.

[Drew]

Yeah. And how about wasn't our boy Max Duffy a player at 27?

[Ryan]

He was, that's right.

[Drew]

Max was punting at 27. So there could have been a world. Just missed it by about five years where Max was the same age as some of the coaches on the step.

[Ryan]

But I guess the argument is, you guys, the program needed this, needed that breath of fresh air energy from a younger staff kind of that it put a little more buzz being a little more modern thinking in your coaching with a younger staff.

[Billy Rutledge]

I would say they need anybody outside of Eric Wolford who decided to put on a different polo while he was on a recruiting trip and then didn't develop any of the young talent that he had. I mean just anybody besides him in the building I think is an addition. But there's some excitement with it being young guys, right? I mean Stein is a young guy himself. So I mean I think that if you're trying to capture in a bottle what college, the college landscape is right now, it's, you know, that's part of it.

[Drew]

It's just so different from what we just had. You know, the Stoops era didn't end well. But overall I still loved everything he did. Took us to places I never think we'd go. But let's be honest, he wasn't knocking down doors on social media or where can I find the next Throwback uniform. He was, I just want to go to lunch pail and take my lunch pail to work. Go back to work. Stein is. And in the throwbacks are a small thing, but he got here is like, where the power case, you know, where's the fun stuff? Where's the fun things? And that's what the last staff, I don't even think they even considered all those other things. Now, those don't matter when you're on the field and you're kicking off, but it is something that keeps the fans engaged. Like, Stoops probably didn't even know he had a Twitter account. You know, Will Stein's firing off these pictures from the offices of like the legends on the walls and just little things like that. They're small and at the end of the day, they probably don't even matter at all. But they do a good job of keeping the fans having fun and excited when you're not. Actually, the young guys are really embracing it. Where the last staff, you know, they just wanted to coach football and go home.

[Billy Rutledge]

Let's take it to the real world for a second. Shannon, would you have a problem if you had a new boss and that he was only 27 years old? Would you have issues taking direction from him?

[Shannon]

Maybe a little bit. You know, that's sort of a weird situation when you got somebody significantly younger than you and all of a sudden they're bossing you around. You're like, wait a minute, I, I've. I've been in the business longer than you've been alive.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, exactly.

[Shannon]

I think it would be tough to do that. But, you know, in sports, it's a little different, I guess in sports, but I think in our business it would be tough to do that.

[Billy Rutledge]

I think it would be tough at least for me. Like, I don't know, ego, pride wise. Like, you know, I've been doing this a lot longer than you've been alive. How can you tell me what to do, Ryan?

[Ryan]

Sitting here thinking, I think every person is considered my supervisor here in iheart is younger than me.

[Shannon]

So you're the old guy around the office. That has to happen by default.

[Ryan]

Think about it.

[Drew]

It's gotta happen eventually.

[Ryan]

Matt, Christy, Kathy, Nathan, Gus, they're all younger than me. You, you're all younger than me.

[Billy Rutledge]

I'm not your boss.

[Ryan]

You're my general manager. KSR General manager.

[Drew]

Billy, gm Billy, are you just now realizing that? Are you having like, I am an old head moment?

[Ryan]

I didn't even think about it till we started having this Conversation like I am I' old man in the club.

[Drew]

Well, if you're trying to think of what I was doing at 27, yeah, I was literally just doing exactly this at 27. So not much changed for me over the years.

[Billy Rutledge]

It was the second year of the KSR pre show.

[Drew]

Was it?

[Billy Rutledge]

When I was 27, achieved my dreams at 26, Ryan. I had to figure out what I wanted to do next.

[Ryan]

Those were good days. When I was 27 working for Channel 7 Evansville covering the Madisonville Maroons second region basketball tournament.

[Drew]

I think when I was 27 that would have been the year we won the national championship. That was a fun year in KSR history.

[Billy Rutledge]

So, so long ago.

[Drew]

Yeah, those days are getting farther and farther away.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, Ryan, if you're the old head of the group, you'll remember when we went to space and we went to the moon. Do you remember those days?

[Ryan]

Well, I was too young. I was only like three I think when they landed on the moon. But yet as I got a little older, you know, in kindergarten, first grade, the space program was like a, that was a big deal. You know, I still very much recall that being a topic of, you know, new interest, the space, going to moon, going to the moon a couple of times, things like that.

[Drew]

Well, I remember my elementary school had pictures of astronauts in the lobby. I don't even know who they were, but it was like a big deal. I don't know why. Hindsight, it was like, here's our American flag, here are six astronauts, huge pictures of them.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, you know, you might grow up to be an astronaut one day, Drew. That was kind of what I was told as a kid. Didn't have the math ability skills or the ability to get in that little thing that spins you around so fast. But this is not an April Fool's joke. We're going back to the moon, is it?

[Ryan]

They take off today.

[Billy Rutledge]

Today Artemis 24 astronauts will begin a 10 day TR trip around the moon. Should be live streamed. The launch will should begin around 6:24pm Eastern Time later today if the trip is successful and they do go around the moon. They plan on sending people to the moon in 2028 and then by 2032 they want to build a base on the moon.

[Mario Maitland]

Ryan,

[Ryan]

why?

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't understand. If we've already been to the moon, why are we now going around the moon? Why don't we just skip that step and go right to the moon again?

[Ryan]

They had, they have not found anything I think on the moon that is beneficial to Us in the. United. In them, in America.

[Billy Rutledge]

Nothing.

[Ryan]

Nothing. I mean, well, they got rocks and dust. What are they going to do? Build a base on the moon? For what reason? Just to go and visit and come

[Drew]

back to leave us here?

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, yeah, if you want to go to Mars one day, you got to probably colonize the moon.

[Ryan]

On the moon, there's nothing on Mars. Why? I mean, we're just wasting money, aren't we, by going around the moon today.

[Ad/Announcer]

Why?

[Billy Rutledge]

We're destroying our planet. So we gotta leave eventually, Ryan. And you know, curiosity is a human thing, right? So maybe there's more curiosity to go back to the moon. It's the first time since the 70s we've been there.

[Ryan]

There's nothing there. It's dust and rocks.

[Drew]

You know, at one point there was nothing here. This used to be just dirt and rock. And look what we did. Look around. Look at this.

[Billy Rutledge]

Do you don't want to expand your horizons past this planet?

[Ryan]

The only way you're going to be able to live on the moon and you wear a spacesuit 24 hours a day.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yes.

[Ryan]

So why I'm happy breathing and walking here without a spacesuit in Lexington?

[Drew]

Maybe. Maybe we're the people they want to leave behind and go start anew and leave us back here to deal with these problems. Maybe they're like, we'll go start fresh and leave, but they're not going to be able to.

[Ryan]

You can't breathe on the moon. You have to wear a mask.

[Billy Rutledge]

You're right. You can't breathe on the moon. But like, maybe you create something like the space station that is the rhinism of the day. You can't breathe on the moon, but like, maybe you create a. Like, I don't know. But you can't. Where you can live on.

[Ryan]

Well, you couldn't leave the base. You would have to stay inside in the base. I can't go to a Cincinnati Reds game where I can't go walk my dog down the street because you can't live on the moon.

[Drew]

But they're trying to build things where you can. You know that Sonic wasn't always here, right?

[Ryan]

Very true.

[Drew]

Just be dirt right there.

[Ryan]

But I can walk from here to there and not have to wear a space mask or a spacesuit.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, it's coming. I mean, we're going. Starting the trip.

[Ryan]

It seems like an colossal waste of money to me. That's just me.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Drew]

That's a long list of things. Colossal waste of money. I would. Would you go to the moon if you give them the opportunity.

[Billy Rutledge]

See, no, I don't think I'm there yet. Like, these rich people are paying for flights that leave the atmosphere, right? I don't. Was it Gwyneth Paltrow or somebody that just recently did this? These mega billionaires that have the money to do it, I think that'll actually be very common 10, 20 years from now, people doing that.

[Ryan]

But yeah, taking a thrill ride. Zip up, zip back. I'm not going to stay so anti

[Shannon]

space, you know, this is a waste of money. Is that Frappuccino you buy at McDonald's every morning?

[Billy Rutledge]

That's a huge. Right in front of us.

[Ryan]

I got a Wendy's today. I mixed it up a little bit today. We got one at Wendy's today.

[Drew]

When I was the luckiest guy in the world and got to do the Blue Angels flight.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew]

Beforehand they were like, what kind of experience you want? You want to go up and do a little lap or you want to get wild? I was like, I want all gas, no brakes. I want the whole experience. And I got to experience weightlessness. I don't know how they did it. I guess we just went really fast and shut her down. But it was the weirdest feeling. And there's like little particles of dust all around in front of me. It felt like time had stopped. It was like the coolest thing I'll ever experience. So if I were given the opportunity to go to the moon, I'm absolutely jumping in because I've even got a little bitty tiny taste of what it could be like.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did you almost pass out or anything like that?

[Caller/Guest]

No.

[Drew]

At the end, he's like, I'm gonna make you pass out as Bring it. And I got very close. I mean, my curtains were closing right as we got done, but I didn't go all the way down.

[Ryan]

You have to pee in your clothes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, I think the suit takes care of that. I don't think it's like, I didn't

[Drew]

pee in any clothes.

[Billy Rutledge]

I don't think, like, you're sitting in your urine.

[Ryan]

You have to eat little cubes of Tang drink mix. It's not. Does not sound fun to me.

[Drew]

I don't think Ron's going to the moon.

[Ryan]

I'm not.

[Drew]

Or understands the concept.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, why don't we spend our money

[Ryan]

in a little more things that can help us?

[Drew]

I agree with that.

[Ryan]

Like getting rid of the trash problem in New York City. Yeah, there we go. You go take the trash to the moon. Is that what they're trying to do?

[Drew]

Maybe. Who knows? We gotta get up there and figure it out.

[Billy Rutledge]

Mayor Ryan coming out a little bit there. Let's fill the potholes before we go to the moon.

[Ryan]

There we go.

[Billy Rutledge]

It's very practical.

[Ryan]

Take care of us down here. Maybe that's a good idea.

[Billy Rutledge]

282,287. We need to take a break. We'll take some calls when we come back. And some other fun stuff here on Wednesday edition of the not the KSR pre show. It's three hours of the pre show today where you're listening to a little Kentucky sports radio.

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Billy Rutledge]

Really?

[Mario Maitland]

How's this?

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[Caller/Guest]

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[Billy Rutledge]

How can I go any faster?

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[Ryan]

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Drew]

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[Lily Herman]

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[Billy Rutledge]

Lewis Hamilton, Capricorn Sun, Cancer Moon. Wouldn't you know it? Michael Schumacher is also a Capricorn Sun Cancer Moon.

[Lily Herman]

The story of the sport's most consequential driver. Strike. We have one man who, upon hearing that he was going to be fired, freaked out and apparently climbed out the

[Billy Rutledge]

window of the bathroom.

[Lily Herman]

And was Daniel Ricardo's illustrious F1 career a success story, a cautionary tale, or some combination of both? He started getting all this attention and he maybe started to think, I'm bigger than this, I'm better. And plenty of other mishaps, scandals and sagas that have made Formula One a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to no Grip on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Stephanie Young]

In 2023, former Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd found himself at the center of a paternity scandal. The family court hearings that followed revealed glaring inconsistencies in her story. This began a years long court battle to prove the truth.

[Lily Herman]

You doctored this particular test twice, Ms. Owens?

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Billy Rutledge]

I doctored the test once.

[Stephanie Young]

It took an army of Internet detectives to crack the case.

[Lily Herman]

I wanted people to be able to

[Billy Rutledge]

see what their tax dollars were being used for.

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[Stephanie Young]

They would uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing.

[Billy Rutledge]

Greg Gillespie and Michael Maranchini.

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[Billy Rutledge]

Laura Scottsdale Police.

[Stephanie Young]

As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences.

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[Lily Herman]

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[Stephanie Young]

Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Billy Rutledge]

Welcome back, Billy, Ryan, Shannon and Drew talking about the Moon Chia Pets, whatever we've gotten into today, wedding advice, sports, parents.

[Ryan]

That's what a Wednesday show during the summer is all about.

[Drew]

What was the line? You have to pee in your clothes. Is that what Ryan said?

[Ryan]

Yeah. If you're an astronaut in space, you pee in your clothes.

[Billy Rutledge]

We always love the rhinisms we get on this show.

[Ryan]

Well, also, like, you're a NASCAR driver, you pee in your race suit.

[Drew]

I don't think it's just directly on.

[Billy Rutledge]

Do they pee in their race suit on NASCAR drivers?

[Ryan]

Yeah. Yeah. You can't hold it for five hours driving a car.

[Billy Rutledge]

I know. They're sweating a lot in those cars.

[Ryan]

True.

[Billy Rutledge]

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[Shannon]

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[Billy Rutledge]

Today, the A vision text line is the pre show text line, which is 502-265-6656. And one person asks how long until the moon hosts a Super Bowl? Probably what we should have talked about on Cover Zero that was released probably this morning drew our new episode where we got into horses and other great topics about the NFL and broke down the. The coaches photo over there in Arizona. So please listen to that.

[Drew]

That was a lot of fun. We had another interview from the super bowl with our guy Eric Kendricks, who made big plays for the 49ers late in the year. I enjoyed doing that with, you know, Matt was gone. We just kind of riffed on the news a little bit. But another good episode. Everyone should go check out.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yes. And I promise you, I'm not trying to take Matt's spot on that podcast. It's just that's how it's worked out where he's gone and, and I've taken his spot. Ryan, we talked about Eric Hendricks. He's a big car guy. Could you change your oil if I asked you to right now? I could do it, yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I, I used to help my grandfather and my dad do it. When back in the day. So I haven't done it in 40 years. But I could.

[Billy Rutledge]

You can figure it.

[Ryan]

I can figure it out. Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Ryan]

Now, some of the foreign cars I could probably have a little more difficult. I think it's a little trickier to find the, the oil pan underneath there. But I think, you know, I got, I got a Ford so I could do it.

[Billy Rutledge]

I jumped a battery the other day.

[Ryan]

Yeah, there you go.

[Billy Rutledge]

Battery died. So I had to go and, you know, do the jumper cable. Yeah, things like that. Surprised myself that I was able to do it without having to sit there and watch a YouTube video. You know, I think most people can get anything done with a YouTube video, right, Drew?

[Drew]

That's me. I'm pretty confident that if it's on YouTube, I. I can. I got some. I can follow along. I'm a big demonstration guy, so if someone's doing it on YouTube, I can achieve anything. You want me to build a spaceship? Put a guy on YouTube building a spaceship. As long as I can follow step by step what he's doing, I can figure it out.

[Billy Rutledge]

But you're like, on the side of the road looking up the YouTube video, try to change the tire, Right?

[Drew]

Well, change of the tire. I can do without YouTube. I've unfortunately had to do that more than I wanted to. Including on the side of the highway. That's not fun.

[Ryan]

Oh, it's not.

[Drew]

One of the cars on the. One of the inside tires, unfortunately, had to do that on the oil. I've never, never given it a shot. But like I said, if I. If there's a YouTube version, I think I would be able to pull it off. But tire, Yeah, I can do that on my own.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. That seems like the litmus test for are you a man, Right.

[Mario Maitland]

Can you change?

[Drew]

The first time I had to do it, it wasn't my decision. Got a flat tire. I'm on the side of the highway. I was over by bowling Green. You know, I didn't know that I could do it, but it was.

[Ryan]

You have to do it.

[Drew]

Fight or flight at that moment.

[Mario Maitland]

That's right.

[Drew]

He's got to change the tire, and I'm the only one there. So I did it. But, yeah, I can handle that now.

[Billy Rutledge]

859-280-2287. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

Dude, let's go to Glenn.

[Billy Rutledge]

Hey, Glenn, what's up?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, guys, what's going on? I'm gonna have to agree with Ryan here. There is absolutely no reason I would want to be on the moon for any amount of time at all. But secondly, Drew, earlier in the week, you kind of made a slight comment about an all star point guard in Nashville that maybe would have some interest. Was that just wishful thinking?

[Drew]

That was. Yeah, that was wishful thing. We're talking about the vanity guard, Tanner. Yeah. Someone asked our. Our dream they're trying to get us to build the team for. No, I didn't have any scoop on that. I was just trying to think of guards all in college basketball where if we had a. Anything we wanted. No, I was. That was. That was wishful thinking.

[Caller/Guest]

Good enough. I'm right there with you. I was at the Vandy game this year, and even though we trounced them. He still plays a good game and I think he'd fit in well, but I think he would be a really high dollar get. Don't know that that's possible, but you know, like you say, wishful thinking. All right, guys. Good variety on the show today. You guys are doing a good job. Keep it up.

[Drew]

Talk to you later.

[Billy Rutledge]

All right, thank you very much.

[Drew]

I hope I didn't give anybody false hope in that I was just naming a point guard. I'd like to go out and get if that were possible, but taking him from Vandy would be difficult.

[Ryan]

So what did.

[Drew]

I like to admit how much Vandy's got it rolling right now.

[Ryan]

They do in all.

[Drew]

In all sports and it's not slowing down.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Having been down there at the SEC tournament and hanging out with some. Some local people and them just talking about the money piling into Vandy and it's not like a lump. It's like just Vandy businessmen and women. Like the city's getting into Vandy a little bit and that's. That's scary because that's a rich town.

[Billy Rutledge]

You see their new assistant coach, Joel Justice.

[Drew]

That's right.

[Ryan]

Oh, really?

[Billy Rutledge]

Mark Staff and is going to be in Nashville.

[Drew]

Ryan.

[Ryan]

I didn't know that. So what was on the social media yesterday trying to make the connection between Mo Williams and Josh Hubbard? Is there some kind of.

[Drew]

Yeah, there been pipeline for him? Yeah, Josh might have even gone through Mo Williams Academy. That'd be close on the timeline there. He might have already been coaching. But those Mississippi guys, they stick together. Even Hubbard shared when Mason Williams committed. I think Mason Williams went to Josh Hubbard's camp. And then I'm sure Mo has the Hubbard connection, but they're all from that the same area.

[Billy Rutledge]

I mean, Hubbard lights it up, man. Like, do you think he'd be a good fit here or is that more of like a I need the ball? Maybe not the best fit for Pope

[Drew]

wouldn't be my first pick because I just don't know how he translates into where you have to settle him down a little bit and be more of a point guard. Because at Mississippi State there were games where it's like, all right, I'm the only one that's on the team tonight and that he had to do that. I mean, he had some crazy games, but I don't know how that would work here. But if, you know, if Mo were to bring him. I like Hubbard a lot.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, Ryan, the new gm, I'm using air quotes here because it's a different name, not actual general manager, but Keegan Brown. Brown, right.

[Drew]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

You know, he talked about. Yeah, the dorm talked about roster fit over just pure talent. And maybe that would be the difference in not signing a Hubbard for somebody that maybe is more Pope system.

[Ryan]

And that's why the first roster that Pope put together was so perfect. He went out and got guys to kind of fit his system, you know, like you talked about. Kind of got an Ainsley Almanor just to make a stand in the corner and shoot threes. That's what he needed from his four guy he got there. He got a dominant point guard. He got a five guy that can handle the ball a little bit and make good passes. Last year, I think he adjusted a little bit and tried to think what he needed to play in the sec, not necessarily for his system, but what he made him more competitive in the sec. So it's going to be interesting to see what he goes back to now. You know, this, this. This is make or break year for him. So interesting to see how he constructs that roster this year.

[Drew]

Yeah, we got to have some urgency around here. Big year for Pope. We are just getting. We were joking early about the championship, but, like, we're just getting farther and farther from being in the conversation. There's a graphic that went up and had the logos of the final four teams of the last 10, whatever years. And just not seeing the Kentucky logo on that was like, what is going on?

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, then you see UConn going for their seventh title since 99. I mean, that's. That's crazy. That should be Kentucky. Right? So, I mean, there is a sense of let's get this thing going again. Mario, you ready to post this thing? Okay, so it is Wild Eggs Wednesday.

[Ryan]

Wild Eggs Wednesday.

[Billy Rutledge]

And it's time for our Wild Eggs word scramble. Where are you going to be posting this, Mario? Ksr. The show.

[Ryan]

Twitter, Twitter, Instagram.

[Billy Rutledge]

Instagram. Okay, so Instagram. Go to the KSR show. Instagram. Mario is doing our Wild Eggs Wednesday. Ryan, do you know what the word is?

[Ryan]

I do know what the word is. And if the first person to get it gets a 50 gift card from Wild Eggs. Good at. Not just Lexington or Louisville, Bowling Green, Indianapolis. Since then, all the area Wild Eggs are good for this gift card, so you're eligible to play anywhere.

[Billy Rutledge]

I'm going to try to figure it out during the break. I am notoriously bad at Wheel of Fortune, so I'm. That means I'm bad at games like this.

[Drew]

Oh, these are my game. Like the jumble I'm good at these.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Remember, I said it out loud a couple weeks ago? I gotta make sure you did.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

As soon as you saw it, you guessed it out loud.

[Drew]

Yeah. I'm refreshing so I can play, but I won't shout it into the Mario's.

[Ryan]

Posting it on the KSR Instagram account right now.

[Billy Rutledge]

Breaking. Billy Rutledge signs deal to become new lead host of Kentucky Sports Radio. Will lead the show solo.

[Ryan]

Wow, big news. Congratulations.

[Billy Rutledge]

Wow, big news.

[Ryan]

Congratulations.

[Billy Rutledge]

All right, we'll take a break. Be right back.

[Stephanie Young]

TJ Smith, personal injury attorney.

[Billy Rutledge]

Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

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

[Billy Rutledge]

Welcome back, Billy. Our sports filling in for Matt today along with Ryan Drew and Shannon Mario alongside as well. Having a good time. Random topics today, but I wouldn't have it any other way, guys.

[Ryan]

That's what summer shows are all about.

[Billy Rutledge]

Listen to sports radio anymore, you won't find me doing Colin Cowherd impressions anymore. I think that's what I wanted to do at first, drew, but after 10 years of KSR, I've morphed into this.

[Drew]

I don't listen to any sports radio. I find it incredibly boring, which is pretty crazy because I work for a company called Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah.

[Drew]

But we do a different style here, and I can't imagine having to sit here and talk just nerding out over actual sports every minute of the show.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, we're talking about peeing in your suit, going to space, and I want to talk more about that in just a second. But, Drew, tell us about one of our sponsors here on ksr.

[Drew]

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[Billy Rutledge]

859-280-2287. Before we get back to the phones, guys, Today is the 50th anniversary of Apple, the company. Do you remember your first Apple product? Your first ipod, Ryan Lemon.

[Ryan]

I've never had an ipod.

[Billy Rutledge]

What?

[Ryan]

I've never had An Apple phone.

[Drew]

Have you had an Apple anything?

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, that's right. I'm talking to the Android.

[Ryan]

I'm Android. I'm team Android.

[Drew]

Have you not had Apple? You don't have an iPad, Not a computer.

[Ryan]

So you.

[Billy Rutledge]

You've never got in on the app? The ipod touch? The original ipod?

[Ryan]

No. No, I can't. I don't know if I've ever had an Apple Now, Josiah. My boys have, but I've not.

[Billy Rutledge]

I had a brick that, you know, revolutionized how I listen to music, Drew. I think we all did, or at least most of us. I mean, I used to carry around a CD player, and I would have, you know, the songs I could play. And it just changed when you could get. Get that ipod.

[Drew]

A friend of mine recently found his first ipod and the screen was busted. And he was sending me a video as he found it, and he plugged it in and it started playing. It was just all the hits from, like, high school. I'm sure I have one in a drawer or a closet somewhere that I need to dig out, but I've had them all, I guess, from the Nano.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did you have to shuffle? Because that was a pain in the ass.

[Drew]

Sure I did. And then, you know, I haven't had every iPhone, but I've had one of the first ones and stick with it. I'm not Ryan. I'm pretty pro Apple.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, the shuffle didn't even have a screen, Ryan. So, like, you couldn't even find, like, you had to just skip through. I don't even remember how you got to the song you wanted to. You just had to skip through it,

[Ryan]

skip through the song list to get the one you wanted.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. So. Doesn't sound like you. Did you partake, Eddie?

[Drew]

No, I'm all in Apple. I do Apple music.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Drew]

That's my. I got the Apple news.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did you have limewire?

[Drew]

Oh, I'm part of the company. I don't know if you've heard that, Billy. I have a few shares of Apple.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, you do?

[Drew]

Yeah. So if I just need to walk in, I feel like, hello, I'm a co owner here. Say hi to everyone. Yeah, I probably am more into Apple than I need to be because I don't necessarily love them as a company, but I. As I look around, I have several things right in front of me that are happening.

[Billy Rutledge]

All the mixes I downloaded onto my ipods back in the day had these, like, disclaimers on them. The lime wire stuff, Ryan.

[Ryan]

So I don't know what that is.

[Shannon]

Talking to a guy From a different generation, I guess.

[Billy Rutledge]

But, like, I figured that everybody went through that phase in the.

[Ryan]

Like I said, I think the boys did, but I did not.

[Billy Rutledge]

Shannon, you're a rock dj. I mean, you remember you've got these products. Of course.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I remember first when I had the MP3 would only hold 30 songs, so you had to pick your favorite 30 songs to go work out to or go mow the lawn to. Then Apple came along with the I not pot. Yeah, iPod. IPod. And you could put like 2,000 songs on there. I was like, this is revolutionary. This is crazy. I don't pick 30 songs to keep on there. So, yeah, I think I've still got mine somewhere. I don't think it works, but I've still got it. It's a brick now.

[Billy Rutledge]

Paperweight collector's item, no doubt. 50th anniversary of Apple and all the products.

[Drew]

Did you recently see? I want to make sure I'm not making this up, especially on a fool's day. But I think I saw Apple said we need to stay off our phones.

[Billy Rutledge]

Wow, that would be quite the heel turn. I was like, if all people that

[Drew]

tell me to put my phone down,

[Billy Rutledge]

yeah, that'd be like Facebook telling me to not log on.

[Drew]

Tim. Tim Cook urged Apple users to get off their smartphones and spend some time in nature. So even Apple was like, hey, guys, put your phone down a little bit from time to time.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, Shannon shared on the pre show just yesterday that he spends eight hours a day on his phone as the screen time reminds us about how much time we like to spend on these screens. Drew, you're a blogger. I mean, how many hours are you pushing on your. On that?

[Drew]

See, my. I use my computer more than my phone. I even text for my.

[Ad/Announcer]

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[Drew]

I'll go hours. And I know where my phone is because I'm sitting at my computer. It won't even be any near me. I miss a lot of calls because calls don't come through. So my actual phone screen time wouldn't be that high. But if the computer measures it, it would probably be all.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, it's Mario that probably has the. Has the number that would scare us at all. Oh, yeah.

[Drew]

I mean, look at him right now. Got his nose, by the way.

[Billy Rutledge]

Mario, can you come here for a second? I want to talk to you for Ryan. Will you give him that?

[Drew]

Oh, no. See, so our listeners know real quick. I don't know what they're about to do. Sometimes we have to separate these two. Are you going to be friendly? Are you Going to be.

[Billy Rutledge]

I'm going to be friendly, I promise.

[Drew]

Do I need a referee?

[Billy Rutledge]

No, I promise I'll be friendly. What's up, dude?

[Mario Maitland]

What's up, man? How you doing?

[Billy Rutledge]

I'm good.

[Mario Maitland]

Doing a hell of a job.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, thank you, man. I appreciate that.

[Mario Maitland]

No problem.

[Billy Rutledge]

I appreciate you posting that photo of me yesterday promoting breaking news. No, you're doing a great job. I, you know, I didn't. I didn't want to make fun of you or anything. I just wanted to bring you on to highlight, like, the work you've done, man.

[Mario Maitland]

Oh, thank you.

[Billy Rutledge]

Over the last year, year and a half, you posted a post just a couple days ago. What was it like? The. It's not just a radio show.

[Mario Maitland]

Yeah, Yeah, I like that one.

[Billy Rutledge]

Posting the photos of the big crowds that come to KSR and really the difference that, you know, these guys make on an everyday basis, man. I just wanted to give you some flowers, man. You've done a great job connecting the younger audience to ksr. We've seen that in the tick tock numbers, but not only that, but your content's been improving ever since you joined me. This is not like a me trying to get under your skin or anything like that.

[Mario Maitland]

Nah, nah.

[Billy Rutledge]

You have brought a different element to this show, and I think everybody recognizes that.

[Mario Maitland]

I appreciate that, man. That means a lot to me. I work hard at it and I have fun with it. Doesn't really feel like a job. I get to hang out with you guys like. Like, I say it all the time. I don't really have family up here, so I treat you guys as basically as like my family. So I have a lot of fun with it. And then I work hard at it and good things happen.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, that's what made me think about it. Just seeing these photos on the wall and how far I've gone since, man, these guys are my family. They're coming to my wedding, and you're coming too. So it's just been. It's fun seeing you grow over this.

[Mario Maitland]

I appreciate it, man. I'm excited for the future. Should be a lot of fun.

[Billy Rutledge]

Now I need you to defend me a little bit.

[Mario Maitland]

Okay.

[Billy Rutledge]

The chef special in San Francisco.

[Mario Maitland]

Oh, yeah. You. You didn't like it?

[Billy Rutledge]

I didn't like it.

[Mario Maitland]

You. You stormed out. You walked out the restaurant.

[Billy Rutledge]

I stormed out of the restaurant at one point. Drew was there. Maybe I don't have the strongest stomach, but we came to a restaurant and Matt ordered for all of us, and that just wasn't what I was doing.

[Mario Maitland]

I like Trying new stuff, but you wanted, like, you were more into chicken and rice and, you know, the basic American.

[Billy Rutledge]

But I need you to say, you know how crazy that food was.

[Mario Maitland]

Some of it was.

[Billy Rutledge]

That was not just, like, your normal chef special.

[Mario Maitland]

It was gross.

[Billy Rutledge]

Crazy amount of food, which you don't

[Mario Maitland]

know until you try it, so.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, I didn't. Because I didn't. I didn't. I didn't try.

[Mario Maitland]

Full tantrum.

[Drew]

He just needed some fresh air.

[Billy Rutledge]

Now, how was I as a travel buddy? Because we, you know, traveling to travel. Ryan's kind of the snorer here. Drew's the guy that kind of stays out until the next.

[Mario Maitland]

Yeah, a lot of fun with Drew. You can't be in a room with Ryan, though. You're not gonna get. You're gonna get three hours of sleep total with Ryan. But, yeah, man, it's a lot of fun traveling with you guys. I wish you could go on more road trips. I missed Drew a lot during our last road trip. Drew and Shannon.

[Drew]

So just say it wasn't fun without me there. It's okay.

[Mario Maitland]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Hopefully we can. We can get, you know, one more

[Mario Maitland]

road trip with the whole six of us. That'd be.

[Billy Rutledge]

That's. Well, we need to do a little bachelor party for me before, you know, I put this ring on.

[Drew]

That's happening.

[Caller/Guest]

Happening.

[Mario Maitland]

Like, yeah, we doing that.

[Billy Rutledge]

Where are we gonna go, though? Like, what's the.

[Mario Maitland]

Y'.

[Billy Rutledge]

All.

[Mario Maitland]

You guys got to choose that, but.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, but you'll be a part of it, though.

[Mario Maitland]

Absolutely.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay, well, I'm looking forward to not only that, but the next couple years working with you.

[Mario Maitland]

I know, man. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Appreciate it. Thank you for the kind words as well.

[Billy Rutledge]

Mario Maitland.

[Drew]

That was really sweet. I was. I was recording that like a proud uncle over here. I was doing Mario's job with my phone out. I thought that could be contentious because I've been up late with you two playing pool, and I see you all. You get, like, barking dogs around each other. But today, that was very sweet.

[Billy Rutledge]

The pool game. Mario came out and said, like, I was a pro. He started Snapchatting all the. The women he's talking to. He had a toothpick in his mouth.

[Drew]

You mean the ladies of ksr, he was commenting on their page.

[Billy Rutledge]

He was getting a little testy. And in that. That pool game did get a little contentious. My guy, he's the only one, you know, that's kind of in the same age range as me. So, you know, we. We've connected.

[Ryan]

That Was a nice moment you two shared right there. It was kind of nice to witness it. So. Makes me a proud papa.

[Drew]

I mean, I took. I took more pictures of YouTube in San Francisco than I did myself. Y' all were doing photo shoots on the sidewalk. I was taking little proud dad pictures at the parties. Like, look at these two all dressed up, meeting Kane Brown over here.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, I tried to do the most. I was doing like a power squat, trying to get the different angles of Mario. And then he left his credential in that alley that smelled like urine. And then you couldn't get back in until you filed a police report. It was quite the adventure.

[Drew]

But back on your bachelor party, though, you need to have one with your boys. People you grew up with. I don't. I don't know what circles you run in, but Matt and I have already discussed there is going to be a KSR bachelor party for Billy. We don't have to go far, but just this crew. Shannon over there, and then of course, Matt. We're. We're doing something for you.

[Shannon]

Well, good.

[Billy Rutledge]

I wouldn't have it any other way. It feels like there needs to be a send off of some point.

[Ryan]

Absolutely.

[Drew]

It's just a night out in Lexington. We're going to. We're going to have a KSR bachelor party.

[Billy Rutledge]

Good.

[Drew]

Summer. Have to.

[Billy Rutledge]

Good. Well, beer and a half. Mario will come around.

[Drew]

Maybe they're starting to do it.

[Billy Rutledge]

I'll have a mimosa. Yeah, maybe he'll have the menu upside down. We'll have to. To turn it around for him.

[Drew]

See, he waited till Mario doesn't have a microphone and now he's getting his jabs in. I. I knew you were up to something.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, you know, I said my nice things and now I can get into the other stuff.

[Drew]

I love you, but.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, exactly. But we do appreciate you, Mario.

[Caller/Guest]

You.

[Billy Rutledge]

You keep on killing it, man. We'll take some own phone calls on the other side of this break. We'll be right back here on Kentucky Sports Radio. Shannon knows me well. Little incubus to close out the show. My number one band of all time. And got to see them a couple times at Louder than Life in Bourbon over the years. And Shannon will now tell us about our friends at Cornbread Hemp.

[Shannon]

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[Billy Rutledge]

yeah. Please support our friends at Cornbread Hemp as they look to get those seltzers legal here in the state of Kentucky. Maybe in time for my wedding, guys, but a couple sports notes and then we'll end the show from the phone lines. Kentucky baseball beat Miami of Ohio last night 14 to 11. Ryan, get this. Seven batters were hit by pitch in the game. There were 11 walks in the game. Several times a batter was hit and then it brought a run in. Probably the worst thing that can happen when it comes to baseball. But it was a long marathon as the baseball team got the win last night.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's, that's little league baseball right there. When you got hit by pitch and ball fours. What, What? Didn't one guy from Kentucky have five at bats, got on base all five times and did not even touch the baseball?

[Billy Rutledge]

Ethan Hindle had three walks and two hit by pitches. Five plate appearances, but it goes down in the book, says a zero for zero.

[Ryan]

That's, that's got to be some sort of record. You're up five times and you don't even touch the ball yet. You're on base five times.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, second time or third time in five games, Kentucky scored more than 10 runs, double digits. So the, the offense is starting to come around a little bit. And Drew, tonight we get, I guess part five of Lou City versus Lexington Sporting Club tonight.

[Drew]

Yeah, big things happening over at Lexington SC Stadium. We gotta, gotta get one of that rivalry. Well, even gone up on them a few times but need to, to bake breakthrough and get a win. You know, Louisville City's been around much longer. They've had that rolling for a while. They're, they're a good program and Lexington is trying to get to that point and winning a couple in the rivalry game will be a good start starting with tonight. Yeah, lucidity even if you can't go tonight. I said this last year. I went to several games last year. I haven't been yet. This year I plan to. It is just a lot of Fun over there. It really is. They've got a great thing going. Tonight's not $50 beer night, but occasionally they have those. If you like to. Like to have a couple cold beers while you watch sports, I recommend that, too.

[Billy Rutledge]

I think both teams have cool stadiums. Lex Sporting Club is a very cool vibe. And, you know, 14,000 people coming out for that. That Louisville Kings game just recently. Ryan, that is actually a pretty good crowd number. When you look at the. The ufl when it comes to opening day, they were near the top 14,000.

[Ryan]

Yeah, the kings. Their opening first touchdown was Lucky Jackson, who's from here in Western Kentucky. Lafayette High School, Western Kentucky. He scored the first touchdown. Only lost by one point, I believe, right? Maybe two points.

[Drew]

15, 13. Louisville drove the field at the very end and scored a touchdown to win.

[Ryan]

But then I saw the box. The other team, Benny Oinski, Benny Snell, only touched the ball like five or six times.

[Drew]

Benny was not getting much help from his offensive line. You know, it's game one. We got a lot of work to do. And, you know, Benny could have been better, too, but there just weren't many holes. There's. They're in a weird spot where the offenses didn't look great. Then you just have, like, some random athletes out there that can dominate and

[Billy Rutledge]

you got a blooper the very first drive. I mean, it was. Glad that's behind us now, though, Drew. Like, let's just move forward and hopefully opening day jitters.

[Drew]

That was like the second throw of the game to a rough look early on, but it ended up being a fun game overall. And I really think they've got something brewing over there in Louisville.

[Ryan]

So they play at Orlando this weekend, but then I think Orlando returns back here for like the 10th, April 10th. They're back to home for home game.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, this is a city that will support something like that. I think where Louisville is.

[Ryan]

I think I saw where we go back to the Louisville FC. They're undefeated. I think they're at four. No, I didn't realize they were also 40 against Kentucky. I didn't realize that we had not beat them.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, Lexington has not beat them. Yeah, and this is, I guess, the second round of their U.S. open Cup. You know, sometimes they do league play, they do cup play. So this will be cup play tonight, which I guess means penalty kicks if they're tied.

[Drew]

We had a couple wins recently. Got Brooklyn won another one before that. So it's not like they're not getting wins over there. Just got to get one against Louisville.

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Drew]

Turn that. Turn that rivalry around.

[Billy Rutledge]

All right, let's take some calls, dude. 859-280-2287. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

Go to Mark Anthony.

[Billy Rutledge]

Hey, Mark Anthony.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey. Hey, good morning, Billy. Hey, I hadn't talked to you in a long time. I'm glad to hear you running the bus this morning.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, you too, buddy.

[Caller/Guest]

Let me get. Let me get. Let me get right at it. I got a comment on the future of our basketball. I'm gonna quote Cal or Cal Perry from a few years back. We're gonna beat you in the paint. If we hit threes, we'll beat you by 30. You know, fellas, that's still valid. It's still valid. You look at the final four. Yeah. Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, Yukon. You got a bunch of dudes who, like Bob Ross, work in paint, and that's how they get the biggest part of their point. They have good three point shooters in case they can throw it out to them open. But that's what we need. We need big dudes. We need Jaden Queens or an equivalent. We need Modibate back. I think Malachi Moreno has got to work against Pima Mules because he can't let anybody take cat basketball out of his hands. He needs body, upper body, strength. If Jasper Johnson comes back, he also just needs strength. He has talent. And you can't drill talent as hard as you may want to. You can't drill talent into a guy. He just needs strength. And Cam Williams, I know Drew had said that he would recruit over the whole bunch of them, but, Drew, I don't believe you can recruit a better dude than Cam Williams for his spot on our team. And that's the hand. A little comment on your neighbor show, fellas. I got hbo. And when they said. When Matt said, we're going to watch Neighbors and talk. Okay, I'll get in. I want to play along. And so I watched one episode and I decided at the end of that episode, I don't care about none of these damn people. And I quit watching. They're a bunch of buttholes. They're all buttholes. I'm glad you live in Montana, far away from me. So that's all I got. Fellas. We'll talk to you later on, all right?

[Billy Rutledge]

Watch the language, Mark. But thank you for the. For the call. I've heard Neighbors is good dude.

[Drew]

It is, but he actually has the right attitude. We should not be shining a light on these people. But I couldn't help but get hooked. You can't look Away.

[Ryan]

You told me, like, it gets worse every episode. It's like the first episode's, like, the tamest one.

[Drew]

Oh, yeah. And it's just right when you're like, well, this can't get any crazier. Crazier the next scene.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, dinosaurs only has, like, four parts, so I'll be looking for something new soon. Maybe I'll go into neighbors next.

[Drew]

A lot out there right now.

[Billy Rutledge]

Let's. Let's. We've had some people patiently waiting. So who's up next to you?

[Shannon]

We'll try to get some more in Bob and Jamestown.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, welcome, Bob, you say?

[Caller/Guest]

Guys, April fool's day. Speaking of Bob Richie, alias Kid Rock, A little excitement down there last Saturday. And when he got some 101st Airborne Apache helicopter pilots in hot water when they did a flyby in his crib down there. Down. The army's gonna do a little investigation on what are these guys doing giving him that little personal salute in front of his outdoor pool? Anyway, that's all I got. April fool's day. You guys have a good time.

[Billy Rutledge]

All right. Thank you.

[Drew]

Bob Ryan talked about us wasting money. The flyby over Kid Rock's pool. That's probably a little bit of waste.

[Ryan]

I think it's a big waste of money.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. So is that so he can get a Twitter video and.

[Ryan]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Salute the Apache helicopter, get some photos

[Drew]

of liberty on his pool.

[Billy Rutledge]

I would still like to recreate the video that he did with the Kennedy. Shannon, if you'd like to do that with me. If we could put some jeans on, maybe go to the sauna.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

That I purchased for my house here.

[Shannon]

Soon you're gonna be Kid Rock. I'll be Kennedy.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, I think you should.

[Caller/Guest]

All right.

[Billy Rutledge]

I think we could do it scene for scene. I don't know if Mario wants to see all that, but he's not going to have a choice. He's our camera guy.

[Shannon]

Don't forget your jeans.

[Billy Rutledge]

That's right. Well, I got them on. Not now, so. And then didn't they drink milk afterwards or something like that? That's the pinnacle of health, guys. Thanks for joining me.

[Ryan]

Did a good job today, little Billy.

[Billy Rutledge]

Thank you, Billy.

[Ryan]

Our sports.

[Billy Rutledge]

Let me jump in. It's been a lot of fun. KSR has meant a lot to me over these years. Since 2017, since I joined. I said I could get Jennifer Lawrence's phone number. It's been a long time since then, so.

[Ryan]

Still waiting on you getting that phone number, by the way.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, well, we're still working on it.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Drew]

Nick Roush tomorrow.

[Billy Rutledge]

Nick Roush back tomorrow, more football. And then you guys are doing a little fun thing on Friday.

[Ryan]

Pop up show on Friday yet to be announced.

[Billy Rutledge]

So appreciate everybody listening. That does it for Kentucky Sports Radio today. We will be back tomorrow starting at 9am until then, I'm Billy Rutledge. Thank you for listening.