2026-04-02- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2 Summary

Date: April 2, 2026
Host: Drew Franklin (filling in for Matt Jones), with Ryan Lemon, Nick Roush, Shannon the Dude
Podcast: KSR, Presented by iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the KSR crew covers a blend of lighthearted personal stories, Kentucky sports talk, listener calls, and in-depth discussion of upcoming SEC football road trips. With Matt Jones on vacation, Drew Franklin leads a lively, unscripted hour marked by humor, local color, and the always-present mix of Kentucky fandom and nostalgia.

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Highlights and Main Themes

1. Personal Stories: Parenting, Real Estate, and April Fool’s Memories

• The hosts kick off sharing humorous and heartfelt stories about buying houses, parenting, and even April Fool’s Day memories.
  • Nick Roush reflects on parenting, especially guiding his son (named Duke) through the heartbreak of sports losses.
  • Drew and Nick commiserate over the challenges of getting kids into daycare, likening it to a "Game of Thrones" scenario.

  "Getting into a daycare is like Game of Thrones in this town. Like, there’s all these different houses and you’ve got to be on a nine year wait list..." — Drew Franklin (05:00)

2. Home Buying Anecdotes

• Ryan Lemon recounts stories assisting Matt with real estate, highlighting how home buying is often an unpredictable process.

  "If you’re home buying, usually it happens when you’re not expecting it..." — Nick Roush (01:39)

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3. NIT and March Madness Betting Talk (06:00–10:00)

• The crew riffs on the NIT Final Four, poking fun at the teams and giving tongue-in-cheek picks.

  • Discussion about players and teams, including New Mexico, Tulsa, Auburn, and Illinois State.
  • Betting strategies are shared—Nick suggests betting first half unders in the Final Four due to nerves and sight lines.

  "I want to see, I want to test if the Final Four stadium sight lines are a real thing and bet first half unders in both games." — Nick Roush (09:48)

• Mockery of the NIT’s place in the basketball hierarchy and Auburn’s potential awkward “runner-up” celebration.

  "I want Auburn to win the thing. So they have to celebrate an NIT banner after not even making the NCAA tournament." — Ryan Lemon (08:55)

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4. Listener Call-In Segment

a. Apollo 11 “Moon Landing TV” Story (10:25–14:00)

• Bob from Jamestown calls in with a nostalgic (if questionable) story about watching the moon landing on a portable TV—a tale that is later dissected and lightly doubted by the crew.

  "Appreciate the call, Bob. I guess I’m the only one that thinks it’s weird he just showed up to summer school with his own TV." — Drew Franklin (12:07)
  "Part of me wants to throw the flag on Bob's story." — Ryan Lemon (12:27)

• The crew later investigates the tale, ultimately clarifying some confusion over the timeline (27:10–28:00).

b. Best Dressed Kentucky Football Coach (13:10–15:30)

• Caller asks for the best-dressed UK football coach.
  • Consensus highlights Fran Curci (aka Frank Hersey) and Rich Brooks.
  • Bill Curry is remembered fondly for his sweaters and character.

c. Bob Ross Paintings Trivia (18:45–19:56)

• Caller brings up Bob Ross, sharing trivia about his painting process and a rare auction of his originals.

  "For each show, there was one finished product. The in work product. And I’m not sure what the third one was..." — Listener (19:14)

  • The crew spins off into Bob Ross legends and Drew’s light marital dispute over watching "Happy Trees" without him.

d. S-bomb on Air (21:28–22:57)

• Call from Riley (or possibly Roy or Sam) accidentally drops a curse word on air; the team jokes about the recurring issue and shares stories of classroom antics.
  • Shannon reveals he’s never been “dumped” in 22 years of radio.

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5. Football Talk: SEC Road Trip Planning (24:50–40:20)

• The bulk of the second half is a deep dive into upcoming SEC football road games for Kentucky—laced with anecdotes, travel tips, and grievances about various stadiums.

  a. Road Trip Itinerary and Stadium Reviews

  • Texas A&M (Kyle Field): The ultimate pick; praised for its unique “cult” atmosphere and hospitality despite the press box being terrifyingly high and swaying.

    "If I were to pick one road trip, it would be that one... I love Texas A&M, I love College Station..." — Nick Roush (34:30)

  • South Carolina (Williams-Brice Stadium): Both host and guest recount disastrous but memorable personal experiences, including tales of getting punched and car accidents.

    "Before I got punched, it was incredible...the environment is one of the best in the SEC." — Ryan Lemon (31:11)

  • Missouri (Columbia/Como): Underrated city and close for fans; described as “culturally different” but fun, with strong college bars.
  • Tennessee (Neyland Stadium): Universally despised for fan experience, “garbage dump” building, and notably hostile/stuffy environment.

    "It is objectively the worst fan experience in the Southeastern Conference." — Nick Roush (35:33)

  • Oklahoma (Norman): First-ever trip upcoming; anticipation about town and traditions.

  b. The High/Low of Road Wins

  "There is no greater feeling in the world… than winning a road SEC football game." — Nick Roush (37:36)

  • The sense of Kentucky pride, camaraderie, and postgame euphoria after a road victory is celebrated.
  • Nostalgic references to past games, like Josh Allen’s performance at Texas A&M and the unique closeness among Kentucky fans on the road.

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6. Quick Hits and Fun Moments

• Celebrating Listeners: Birthday shouts for “Jack from Flemingsburg” (18:05) and other visitors at KS Bar & Grill.
• UK Alum Engagement: Praising Football OC Will Stein’s efforts to foster relationships with past UK greats.

  "I love that he's doing this. And Stoops did this too. But I like that he's, you know, putting it out for fans." — Drew Franklin (28:39)

• Jokes about College Life: The team reminisces about bringing electronics to class, eating on campus, and college pranks.
• Bob from Jamestown Saga: Doubts and clarifications about his moon landing story continue throughout the episode (see also 42:45–43:26).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• "Getting into a daycare is like Game of Thrones in this town.” — Drew Franklin (05:00)
• "I want Auburn to win the thing. So they have to celebrate an NIT banner after not even making the NCAA tournament." — Ryan Lemon (08:55)
• "There is no greater drug in the world than winning a road SEC football game." — Nick Roush (37:36)
• "Before I got punched, it was incredible...the environment is one of the best in the SEC." — Ryan Lemon (31:11)
• "If I were to pick one road trip, it would be that one... I love Texas A&M, I love College Station..." — Nick Roush (34:30)
• "It is objectively the worst fan experience in the Southeastern Conference." — Nick Roush (35:33)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• 01:01–02:36: Parenting, home buying stories, and April Fools anecdotes
• 06:00–10:10: NIT Final Four betting discussion
• 10:27–15:30: Listener calls (moon landing story, best-dressed football coach)
• 18:45–19:56: Bob Ross trivia and related commentary
• 21:28–22:57: On-air “S-bomb” incident and teacher memories
• 24:50–40:20: Football: SEC road trip deep dive
• 42:07–44:11: Practice updates and wrapping up Bob from Jamestown’s story

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Tone and Style

The hour is classic KSR—irreverent, informal, and community-driven, with hosts riffing on tangents, playfully roasting each other and callers, and seamlessly mixing sports analysis with slice-of-life vignettes. The show serves as both a sports talk hub and a slice of Kentucky life, appealing equally to diehard Wildcats fans and fans of local color and camaraderie.

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For New Listeners

This episode encapsulates KSR’s signature mix: sports talk, Kentucky culture, and good-natured banter. It’s a welcoming entry point for listeners who crave both SEC football insights and a dose of local, lived-in humor.

Transcript

[Ryan Lemon]

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[Shannon the Dude]

Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Drew Franklin]

Here's not Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin filling in for Matt. He's on vacation this week. Ryan Lemon checked in with him yesterday. Everything good?

[Ryan Lemon]

Talk to him. You know, I'm also his, his real estate agent.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right. How's that going?

[Ryan Lemon]

Good. So we had some, we had some business take care of.

[Nick Roush]

How long has he been looking for a house? This, this has been happening since I

[Ryan Lemon]

think we started in 20.

[Nick Roush]

Pandemic, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

2007.

[Drew Franklin]

No, he's got a good realtor. It was just, I think Matt wasn't finding what he wanted. It's not that Ryan wasn't doing his job.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, we can't push a buyer to go buy. Just kind of, just kind of got to be ready when they're ready.

[Nick Roush]

Can I would just like to say too, if you're home buying, usually it happens when you're not expecting. That's true because I, I had a call with my financial guy. This money we've been saving for a down payment. We're just, we're not going to find a house anytime soon. So let's do something with it. And I think three days later we accepted the offer on our forever home. So like, you know, it's just when you least expect it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yesterday was the anniversary of ours. We offered on April Fool's Day.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's right. I forgot about that. You're right.

[Nick Roush]

I had a child.

[Drew Franklin]

We did that so we could say we're joking. We decided we want to go through with it. You had a child on April Fool's?

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, Six years ago.

[Drew Franklin]

Happy?

[Nick Roush]

Was that Duke? Yeah, happy.

[Drew Franklin]

Happy. Belated. To Duke. I didn't realize that. I would have went with that.

[Nick Roush]

He had. He's had a big, big week. Some learning lessons, which. You're about to get into parenthood, Drew. And the best part about it is that you just watch them grow, and you can enjoy the moments. You can hate some of them because they scream at you and they cry, but, you know, you realize you just got to take it in stride. So we had. It was a fun moment. He's getting into coach pitch now.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I love that age.

[Nick Roush]

So I got to. I got to throw soft toss with him.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

And to see him go from, like, swinging and missing to, like, blasting the ball, that was. That was great. It is another moment. That was great, because I'm sure there are some people out there who are like, wait, Rausch has a kid named Duke?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, let's. Let's clear that up. I wasn't going to leave that out there.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah. So it's a family name. That was what my grandfather went by. If you go to Shively, there's a big tank there. It's named the SS Duke after him. So if he's good enough to have a tank named after him, he's good enough to have a great grandson named after him. But in doing so, you know, he likes the Wildcats. His mother was a carnal bird, so he'll cheer for them sometimes, too. But when Duke was playing in the tournament, he naturally wanted the team named after him to win. I just. When that shot went in, I didn't hold anything back.

[Drew Franklin]

I can only imagine.

[Nick Roush]

I was happy. I was laughing. And it took him a minute to realize that they lost. And when it did, no tears. Just so many tears. They cheated. He ran upstairs to his room, you know, so, you know that that's a part of growing up, learning how to survive heartbreak through sports. We'll get there. We'll get there a lot in coach pitch, too. There's going to be. They didn't have outs in T ball. They didn't have, you know, scorekeeping. We're gonna get some tears in coach Pitch as well. So it's just. It's all part of the learning process. I had a similar experience when Tim Couch didn't win the Heisman Trophy. They clearly cheated by giving Williams.

[Drew Franklin]

People still talk about it.

[Bob]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

Definite cheating.

[Drew Franklin]

Kind of a teaching moment for you, too, to Maybe be like Duke. Let's take a walk. I need to tell you about the Blue Devils and how we're not going to do that in this family.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, yeah. They're bad guys. You're the bad guy, you're the good guy, they're the bad guys. But at the same time, though, like, if, you know, he, he told me, dad, when I get older, I'm going to play for Duke and I'm going to beat those wolf dogs. That's what we're calling the wolf dogs. In the back of my mind, I'm like, man, I really don't want this to become a thing. But if he was to be good enough at basketball to join the brotherhood, who am I to turn down multimillion dollar nil offers?

[Drew Franklin]

Go play for John Shire for four years.

[Ryan Lemon]

You can support Duke while he's about playing basketball for him. Absolutely.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah. I'll wear a blue shirt. It doesn't have to have that logo on it. Yeah, we can make it work.

[Drew Franklin]

You could still push him towards Kentucky a little bit. And if it ends up there, then you deal with it.

[Nick Roush]

Because if you're getting offers from Duke, you're also getting offers from Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So I'm still running through my checklist of how to parent. There's a, there's a lot to do and be prepared for. Nick. No, really told me all this goes into it. I'm learning. You mentioned Game of Thrones earlier. Getting into a daycare is like Game of Thrones in this town. Like, there's all these different houses and you've got to be on a nine year wait list and you gotta like cut off somebody's head to just skip ahead in line. It's, it's a war zone out there. Nobody warned me about that one.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, and it's, it's also very cheap, too. Oh, so, so cheap.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, not at all.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, that, that's tricky. Here, here's one other thing they don't warn you about. Drew, you don't have to worry about this for like a year or so, maybe even a little bit longer. Just prepare to change your diet habits because children, they just, they, they will not try new foods. You may want to try something new. They. Good luck with that. So, you know, a lot of chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese are in your future.

[Drew Franklin]

That does not change our lifestyle at all. Abby and I eat a blue box of crafts Mac and cheese weekly and we'll continue to do that. You mentioned money. Let's make a little money tonight. Oh, did you all know there we have sports to bet on tonight. Obviously we're going to use DraftKings sportsbook. The crown is yours tonight. The Nit Final Four.

[Ryan Lemon]

Nit Final Four.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I know everybody's been excited about this.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't even know who's playing in it.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, let's play that game, Ryan. Name one team in the NIT Final Four.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm going to say it's Poop State.

[Nick Roush]

No, the bathroom jokes today. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

How about I tell you after he's taken so much heat this year he has been a joke of college basketball. Stephen Pearl has Auburn in the Final Four again, back to back years. Auburn in the Final Four. Last year was the other Final Four. This year he has the Tigers in contention.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who they, who do they play?

[Drew Franklin]

They're the second game they play Illinois State.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Nick Roush]

Before that. Wow. Two Illinois teams in each Final Four

[Drew Franklin]

and but before that we got a little New Mexico and Tulsa who we just talked about.

[Nick Roush]

So Richard Patino no longer at New Mexico. Jamal Mashburn Jr.

[Ryan Lemon]

Still he also think he's in the G League. Maybe now.

[Nick Roush]

Jamal Jr. Antonio Reeves no longer back at Illinois State. Remember when people started up that rumor that he was going to go back to Illinois State?

[Drew Franklin]

That was a fun connection. Jake hall is the leading scorer for for New Mexico. He looks like a tick tocker but he gets buckets. So he will be leading the Lobos tonight we're gonna do our picks. Since you all didn't know the teams, I'm gonna assume you're locked in on covering the spread. First game, 7 o' clock live from Hinkle Field house in Indianapolis. They do it where by the way they realized no one cares about this. Let's just latch on to the other Final Four. It's like when WCW would just go to the city where WWF was and just try their best to get some crowd. That's what the NIT does now. But on espn, New Mexico versus Tulsa. A battle. New Mexico is a two and a half point favorite.

[Nick Roush]

Give me the dogs. We talk Golden Hurricane earlier. Shout out to Aaron wife. Shout out the portal House. Let's go. Golden Hair Hurricane.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we've shouted her out. Tubby Smith was at Tulsa.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bill Self was at Tulsa.

[Nick Roush]

One of the few basketball Tulsa that doesn't end with an S. That's right.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's one of like. But like 15 Division 1 schools and nicknames doesn't end then I should know

[Nick Roush]

more than that one.

[Drew Franklin]

Their leading score is David Green. He looks exactly like the guy from Severance. If anyone watches that show.

[Nick Roush]

He does. Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, that might even be him.

[Nick Roush]

Do you think he can dance like that guy?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably not. But he's going to dance tonight because I also like Tulsa.

[Ryan Lemon]

What's Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

All right. I guess I'll be the one guy. I'll take New Mexico and the two and a half. I was going to take them anyway before you guys took Tulsa. So I'll go New Mexico and in

[Drew Franklin]

the nightcap, which I'm sure everyone will stay up for 9:30 ESPN. Stephen Pearl versus Illinois State. Auburn is a 7 1/2 point favorite.

[Nick Roush]

I want Auburn to win and not cover. I would really want them to have an NIT runner up banner at Auburn Arena. That would be a lot of fun

[Drew Franklin]

what all this Haiti gets. He goes and wins the NIT and they're just conflicted like well we didn't even want that. But now I guess we have to celebrate it.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why I'm pulling for him. I want them to win. I want Auburn to win the thing. So they have to celebrate an NIT banner after not even making the NCAA tournament.

[Drew Franklin]

Seven and a half is too many points.

[Nick Roush]

Way too many points.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm taking Illinois State to cover but Auburn will win the game. What about you, Shannon?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, I like where you guys are at there. I think Auburn wins the game. I think seven and a half is too much. So I take Illinois plus the seven and a half.

[Drew Franklin]

You can.

[Nick Roush]

Can I give you a future on the draft Kings?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I was about to shout out a few more draftkings things but if you have one, go ahead.

[Ryan Lemon]

I.

[Nick Roush]

They say that the NCAA tournament is three two game tournaments so I like to bet who survives the two game tournament.

[Drew Franklin]

I like that.

[Nick Roush]

Illinois at four to one. They're, they're playing really good ball right now and everybody's talking about how Arizona Michigan is the real national championship game. If Illinois keeps this up, if they can make their threes. I like that one. And you know another thing I want to try on the Final Four this weekend too. Drew. I want to see, I want to test if the Final Four stadium sight lines is a real thing and bet first half unders in both games. Yeah, I like that first half because they might eventually figure it out. But let's, let's bet on the nerves to be a little, little tight first half unders in both games.

[Drew Franklin]

I've been to a Final Four in Indianapolis. I did not enjoy it. I did not enjoy it. But I'll be locked.

[Nick Roush]

Sorry for bringing that Up.

[Drew Franklin]

That's okay, that's okay. But check all that out on DraftKings. Baseball season's going on. Ye get Kentucky baseball in there all

[Nick Roush]

the time back at home. 6:30 tomorrow night against Mizzou.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, check them out. The crown is yours. Shannon, let's knock out a few calls real quick.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, let's go to Bob and Jamestown.

[Drew Franklin]

Bob, I've been waiting for this phone call. How you doing, buddy?

[Bob]

What do you say, guys? Just a little moon. Little moon story back in 1969. Apollo 11. The first man on the moon walk, Neil Armstrong. Okay. Kevin Greeby and I were in the summer school class, and Kevin brought this black and white TV to watch the Blast Off. And we were sitting there and they were doing the countdown. T minus 10, 9, 8, 7. All of a sudden, the TV just went to snow. Right before the blast off, Kevin got mad and just reached over and smacked the top of that TV really hard. And the picture came on, right?

[Nick Roush]

Yeah.

[Bob]

Lift off was happening. So that was. That was really something. I mean, back there, you know, I was really, I mean, all over the world, that first man on the moon walking, you know, one step for man, one step for mankind. But it was a little story there with Kevin Greeby back when we watched that, that Lift Off.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm much more interested in why Kevin Greeby's just walking around with his own tv. Where were you? Did he just show up? He had a TV in his hands and plugged it in?

[Bob]

No, he brought it from home. We brought it. We knew that, you know, that's not Liftoff was going to be that more. We were in a summer school class taking a math class, and he brought this, you know, small, portable black and white tv. And like I say, we were watching it and all of a sudden, right before the liftoff, it just went to snow. Well, he reached over then and, I mean, really just smacked the heck out of it. And then right before the liftoff, the picture came back on.

[Nick Roush]

I would have just skipped class.

[Drew Franklin]

I wouldn't have been in class either. Appreciate the call, Bob. I guess I'm the only one that thinks it's weird that he just showed up to summer school with his own

[Nick Roush]

tv or they didn't. I know Whitehall probably wasn't the most technologically advanced back then, but you would have thought you have the little box TV on the cart. You roll it in, you watch the Apollo 11 mission, which. That's a very fun documentary, the one that they did in 2019.

[Ryan Lemon]

Part of me wants to throw the flag on Bob's story.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, throw it. Please throw the flag.

[Ryan Lemon]

Kevin Griffey's Senior year was 75.

[Nick Roush]

This was 69.

[Ryan Lemon]

This was 69.

[Nick Roush]

So I don't think he would been in school for six years.

[Drew Franklin]

Uh oh, Bob.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm just throwing the flag on. That's unless Kevin Gravy was a six year student.

[Nick Roush]

So maybe it was another guy named Kevin Gravy.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe Bob isn't being truthful.

[Ryan Lemon]

I love Bob.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna choose to believe it.

[Ryan Lemon]

His memory may be a little off on this one.

[Drew Franklin]

I just have this image of Kevin Gravy walking around with a big TV under his arms. Just everywhere he goes, he plugs in and watches whatever's on. That's what I'm gonna choose to believe.

[Nick Roush]

It's the equ of the boombox in the 90s.

[Drew Franklin]

I guess when you're the star basketball player, you can just show up with your own team, do whatever you want. Who's up next? Shannon.

[Shannon the Dude]

Let's go to Roy.

[Drew Franklin]

Hello, Roy.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

Hey fellas. How's it going?

[Drew Franklin]

Excellent.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

So I got two things for you. My first question is, in your opinion, who is the best dressed Kentucky football coach we've ever had? My wild card would be Rich Brooks. He was always a gentleman, always had lots of class.

[Nick Roush]

I think Frank Hersey wore the tie on the sideline.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, Frank.

[Nick Roush]

Frank Hersey was that whole 70s era art. Still had the mink coat. Like they. They had some swagger back then, probably because they were paying everybody and it was against the rules. But they had some swagger back in the Frank Kersey era.

[Ryan Lemon]

You talked to some of the ladies back in the 70s. Fran Kersey had some major swagger like he was a heartthrob.

[Nick Roush]

Look at that.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you like our pick of Fran Kersey? There's. Are you sticking with Rich Brooks?

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

Man? Rich Brooks had this two tone sweatshirt. It was blue on top and gray on the bottom. And of course I grew up on Brooks as a kid. I cannot find that sweatshirt anywhere. I would love to have it. Super vintage.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep, I agree. Appreciate the call. That music City bowl era Woodson, all those guys. That's still my favorite UK uniform. Some. Some good swag there. It's kind of coming back as throwbacks now. Mario probably goes down to vintage therapy and buys it all up. All that look from that era. But I like the Brooks pick. Wasn't Claiborne? Didn't he rock some swe.

[Nick Roush]

Bill Curry is the one who I think of.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bill Curry is a good one.

[Nick Roush]

Loved some sweaters. Bill Curry great human. Better human than football coach. Yes we can say that. What a nice, real nice guy. You know when people die they say you know he was an even better person than player usually. Like it's like. No they were great players. That's why we're talking about them. Bill Curry better person than what about

[Drew Franklin]

the Mark Stoops slimming black look. You know he'd wear a lot of black and when he was in his best shape he'd bring out the, the blue tucked in when he was you know, working in a few too many. What's that coffee he would drink?

[Nick Roush]

Oh he would drink the whole milk.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah when, when he had too many of those we'd go a little baggier. Black does he fit into the equation?

[Nick Roush]

I love the jacket selection for the catwalks because they got think about catwalk. Remember the camo one?

[Drew Franklin]

He pulled out a great dresser on the catwalk. Yeah, he should be included.

[Nick Roush]

He was shopping at Logan's of Lexington up on those sports coats.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Much better dresser during the catwalk than he would be on a daily basis.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they need to lock in. And now we got Will Stein just rocking Power K all the time.

[Nick Roush]

I am. There's going to be a time about 15, 20 years from now when Stoopzz is back in town for something and he's going to take his hat off and all that hair is going to be gone and I'm going to see Mark. I'm glad you finally made it brother. You came home man.

[Drew Franklin]

One of your finest moments in case SEC media days a few years. Well we'll take more calls like that. And Nick and I and Ryan are gonna break down the the road games and the football.

[Nick Roush]

Oh yeah, we're going on a road trip. We gotta plan our SEC road trip this fall.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's do it. We'll be right back after this.

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Bob]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Drew Franklin]

7 with VRBoCare. We're here day or night ready whenever you need help. Because a great trip starts with the right support. Support. Welcome back to Kentucky Sports Radio. Drew Franklin with Ryan Lemon, Nick Roush and Shannon. The dude got a big birthday party going on guys. I feel feel unprepared. I didn't bring my party hat but Jack from Flemingsburg just walked in with crew of boys celebrating a 12th birthday party.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jack, happy birthday.

[Nick Roush]

Happy birthday, Jack.

[Drew Franklin]

Y' all stay out of trouble back there.

[Ryan Lemon]

There we go.

[Drew Franklin]

Looks like group of guys.

[Nick Roush]

Great Dairy Queen in Flemingsburg.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, they do have maybe one of the best in the state. You're exactly right about that.

[Drew Franklin]

Just think he had to drive past that to come here for his birthday. We're special but happy birthday to Jack and the boys back there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Are they skipping school today?

[Drew Franklin]

I wasn't gonna say anything but it would seem that way.

[Nick Roush]

It could be spring break.

[Drew Franklin]

It could be there. Yeah, we're getting the spring break territory. Yeah, I mentioned that. We're gonna go over the football schedule this shorter segment with a hard break so I'm gonna knock out some calls and we'll do that next because I know Rouse is excited but for right now let's get some more phone call Shannon, who's up next?

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, let's go to Sam.

[Drew Franklin]

Hello, Sam.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

Hey guys. How's it going?

[Drew Franklin]

Going well.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

I just wanted to ask real quick get get off topic go back to Bob Ross. But yes, you know for every show Bob Ross painted three identical paintings and that they haven't sold any of them. And the first time coming up for sale is this summer original.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you're telling me I can get a Bob Ross original. Why did he do three paintings? Educate me on that.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

For each show, there was one.

[Bob]

A finished. Finished product.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

The in work product. And I'm not sure what the third one was, but yeah, for us closet Bob Ross fans, it's. It's a really interesting thing, but the conservatory is having the first auction ever for Bob Ross stuff this summer. So you. You're talking me and probably going to be coming out of that.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, man. This is. This is the best thing you could have said to me. I can't afford that. But I would like to dream that I could one day own a Bob.

[Nick Roush]

Well, the way I understand it, too, is he practiced so much to get it just right. So he would have many different iterations. But yeah, I'm seeing online that a few of them have sold in other auctions for a couple hundred grand here or there. So I don't have that. Yeah, yeah. You got daycare to pay for.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. That's true. Appreciate the call.

[Nick Roush]

I love that.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's a legend about Bob Ross I was going to ask you about.

[Nick Roush]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Somebody sent us a note that said every painting, if you put them together back to back to back is one continuous scene. Like, that's why you. It looked like he was painting the same scene over and over. But if you put them together, it's like the river running through the mountains. It's like it's all one.

[Nick Roush]

It's a journey.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's a journey.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know if I believe that, because there's got to be just hundreds and hundreds of paintings.

[Nick Roush]

I think somebody could just make a foot book out of all the paintings, make it look like that. But you know what? I would like to think that Bob Ross was playing 10 steps ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right. Of all things to stick from doing the show this week, the Bob Ross thing, it's all. It's really been overwhelming.

[Ryan Lemon]

You never know what's going to hit. But definitely there's an audience for Bob Ross. People like you, they just.

[Nick Roush]

There's so much joy in painting.

[Bob]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

Abby and I had our first ever fight last night and involved Bob Ross. You know, we've never fought as a married couple. We get along great. But last night I had to go do an airport pickup late. Airport pickup. I was there at like 12:30, and when I came home, she was watching Bob Ross and dead without me. And I was like, you think I didn't want to watch this episode? You know, when you got your loved one, you can't be going ahead on TV shows. So I walk in and she's just watching. Watching Happy Trees without me.

[Nick Roush]

Especially one of those shows where you have no idea what's going on if you. If you missed any of them.

[Drew Franklin]

I know. I'm like, I'm out here being a good citizen, doing a little airport pickup after midnight, and I come home and I'm behind one episode of Bob.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. How could you ever catch up if you missed the first 5, 10 minutes of a Bob Ross?

[Nick Roush]

No way. No chance.

[Drew Franklin]

We have time for one more, Shannon.

[Shannon the Dude]

Let's do one more. Let's go to.

[Nick Roush]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't hear what Shannon said. Go ahead, sir.

[Shannon the Dude]

Riley.

[Drew Franklin]

Riley.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

Oh, hello. Sorry, guys. So my bad. I'm like, I'm in school, so I'm like printing my.

[Drew Franklin]

We can't say the S word.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, he's done.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, well, you know what? I've hosted the show twice this week and both times we've had an S bomb.

[Nick Roush]

It's been both times that I've been here. That's true. I'm bringing the curse words.

[Drew Franklin]

And that's how it was. That was a school teacher.

[Ryan Lemon]

The school teacher.

[Nick Roush]

School teacher in front of his students.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's in class or school.

[Nick Roush]

Was that a student?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know. Shannon, appreciate you being quick to the dump button there. Wondering what was going on. Sounded like some activity in the background, some education going on. And then we got a potty mouth.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know what was going on there.

[Nick Roush]

I still remember it was fourth grade, the first time I heard a teacher cuss at us. And it's because during the 911 memorial service we had. I may or may not have ripped a very, very loud fart.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Nick Roush]

After the I. He asked why I was acting like such a damn clown. And I couldn't be like, you said a curse word because I was.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, you were that guy.

[Nick Roush]

Inappropriate flatulence.

[Drew Franklin]

My favorite teacher. Michael D. Lowry, seventh grade. Love him.

[Caller (Roy or Sam or Riley)]

He.

[Drew Franklin]

I've misbehaved from time to time, guys. Not gonna lie.

[Nick Roush]

Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I was never, never too far. But I'd get a little chatty in the back pool prank or two. Didn't pay a lot of attention. He had. He had to give me the damn word one time too. So I get it. Sometimes you need to be told. But what that guy just said on radio, we can't.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it is in trouble.

[Drew Franklin]

This is year like 15 for me. I've yet to. I'm going to knock. I've not. I've not been dumped yet. I know. Matt's even let one slip. We've had you. You were dumped just a month ago at the sec.

[Nick Roush]

I have not seen you since. Ride. But what the hell, man.

[Drew Franklin]

He was feeling the crowd. We're in Nashville Excitement.

[Ryan Lemon]

During that commercial break, I looked at Drew and like, I can't believe I just said that. It just kind of just slipped out. I've been dubbed twice. That was my second time.

[Nick Roush]

It's the Michael Scott. Yes. Or sometimes you start a sentence and you don't know what you're going to say.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon, you're an old pro. Have you had to hit the button on yourself before?

[Shannon the Dude]

22 years in radio. I never have.

[Drew Franklin]

Me and you, a couple of pros, Matt Ryan, are just always out of control. And we're keeping everybody in line. Who is this segment brought to us by Shannon.

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

First of the month. Here they come. We got to go to Drew's house, see what he's got in the mail today.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep. I had them in my possession for about 12 hours yesterday. Then I had to spread the. Well, coming up, we're going to do the football schedule. Nick Roush, you're going to walk us through it. You want to do plan?

[Nick Roush]

We're going to plan a road trip because I know you all love KSR road trips. Well, we got some great ones.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's some good ones this year. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And you get to do all these. You and Adam Luckett.

[Nick Roush]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

To make these trips. So I'm excited to hear what you're excited about. We'll be right back with Football Schedule Talk after this.

[Nick Roush]

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[Drew Franklin]

Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon the Dude]

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[Drew Franklin]

Here's not Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin filling in for Matt with Ryan and Nick Roush. Shannon, the dude. We're having fun here at KS Bar and Grill. I just met Clara over there. She's got a birthday coming up and she just finished her visit around uk. Another shout out from here at KS Bar and Grill.

[Bob]

Shout out?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, she did the whole tour.

[Ryan Lemon]

Her dad, Gator, is a friend of mine and they're up from Cincinnati area. Came down here to tour the campus and now they're going to Bellarmine this afternoon. Nick gave some great advice when touring

[Nick Roush]

Bellarmin, just park at the top of the hill. You don't need to walk down to see the fields. It's a steep climb up. I think I need to go on a tour of UK's campus. It's not the same campus that I went to.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm leaving here and going to the student center at noon. If you would like to go. You can go be the old guy walking around the student center with me. If you would like to join.

[Nick Roush]

I'm sure that's a comfortable situation.

[Ryan Lemon]

Is Abby still working?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, she's over there. We're gonna have a little lunch. Say hi to everyone.

[Nick Roush]

Chick fil a still there.

[Drew Franklin]

It better be, because that's where we're going.

[Nick Roush]

Okay, it's not.

[Shannon the Dude]

I got.

[Drew Franklin]

I gotta readjust on the fly here.

[Nick Roush]

It was a race to get the. When they would roll out the spicy biscuits that the old.

[Drew Franklin]

See, sometimes I go over there and meet her and I do the. The champions. The. The whole. The big cafeteria where the kids are. You know, I get the. You can go get a little taco with some Chinese and a slice of pizza. They just have everything. You swipe in and.

[Nick Roush]

Oh, love swipes.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So I'll be roaming around as the old girl.

[Ryan Lemon]

I gotta tell Nick my Bellarmine story, if you don't mind.

[Drew Franklin]

Tell it. I don't mind.

[Ryan Lemon]

They were big rivals. For Kentucky. Wesley, when I played baseball at west glvc. Oh, glvc.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So we have to come to Bellarmine every spring. And Shannon knows this because he played there. And you know this. The baseball field kind of sits down from a hill, the bottom of the hill. I played left field. The Catholic students at Bellarmine would bring their beer and sit on the hill right there, right by left field and yell at me the whole game.

[Nick Roush]

Sounds like a great time.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hey, who left the hat out in left field?

[Drew Franklin]

Da plane.

[Ryan Lemon]

Da plane, boss.

[Drew Franklin]

Da plane.

[Ryan Lemon]

I mean, it was non stop for the double header. They picked on me the whole day, so I hated playing there at Bellarmine.

[Drew Franklin]

I love that.

[Nick Roush]

Between that and Derby, you get picked on a lot in the city of Illinois.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, you're right about that.

[Drew Franklin]

We had two more things quickly because we have to get to this football talk. Crutch told us. I love when this happens. Someone called the bar.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Which isn't. I mean, it's affiliated with the radio show, but the sweet young college kids at the door, they. They can't handle radio show topics. But someone called in to correct us on Kevin Greeby, but they were not right.

[Ryan Lemon]

The collar toe. Crutch Greevey graduated college in 71.

[Nick Roush]

No, he was on the 75 team.

[Ryan Lemon]

Graduated college in 75.

[Nick Roush]

American.

[Ryan Lemon]

Graduated high school in 71. So we figured out Bob's talking about it was a high school summer class because Bob's from Ohio, Gravy's from Ohio. So Bob and Kevin Greeby were probably in a summer high school math class.

[Drew Franklin]

Even better that he's carrying his own TV in high school.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. And carried his own TV in to watch the moon. The moon landing.

[Drew Franklin]

I had to make up hours at Madisonville North Hopkins. We'd have to get into that. But I packed a PlayStation with me one time, so I get it. Sometimes you just gotta bring your own electronics to school. It happens.

[Nick Roush]

A lot of learning getting done in summer school.

[Drew Franklin]

One more thing I have to bring up. It's not breaking news by any means, but I always talk about how I like how Will Stein and the staff are active on social media.

[Nick Roush]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, the last regime, they did a lot of good things, but they weren't really that interested. Mark stuff.

[Nick Roush]

Shadow Band on Twitter.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. You know, but Will Stein's been good about shouting out former players, alums and all of that today. He's tweeted a picture just now with Craig Yeast at practice today, which just really opens the door for you to do your Craig Yeast impersonation.

[Ryan Lemon]

Craig East. You know why Tim Catch. His name is up there at Commonwealth Stadium? Because of me. Craig east, perfect.

[Drew Franklin]

But I love Will captured it legend. You know, he had Andre Woodson there a few days ago. I love that he's doing this. And Stoops did this too. But I like that he's, you know, putting it out for fans. Excited about.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, well, Stein, you looked up to these guys. He was a fan. He was coming to watch games when Craig Yeast and Tim Couch were playing in some of these guys. He gets it. He understands how excited we get when we see Benny Snell walk in the restaurant or somebody.

[Nick Roush]

I don't think he'll go on the record and say it, but the way he talks about Raphael Little makes me think that that was his favorite player. Maybe it was because Little is also one of those that gets overlooked because he dealt with injuries. He was skinny. He was a little undersized.

[Drew Franklin]

That team had a lot of stars, too, a lot of names.

[Nick Roush]

But he. I mean, the reason why he was so awesome is because he did everything. I mean, it was like a thousand rushing yards, 600 receiving yards. Maybe not to the same statistical output as a Dot white.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Nick Roush]

But Little, absolute stud from the same high school in South Carolina where Radio. Radio, yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Remember Radio came to a home game and Rafael Little was here and led Kentucky onto the field when Rafael Little was right behind, holding his hand, right behind him.

[Nick Roush]

Look at us taking a stroll down memory lane. Well, I am going to take a brief one because I want to tell you all, if you were thinking about doing these SEC road trips, I've been to many of the locations. I can come with recommendations because let's be. Let's be honest. It's going to be. It's gonna be tough, but we're not scared. We're not going to church. We're hitting the road to watch the Wildcats. And the one that I think is most ripe for an upset this year that would be the most satisfying road win is one where we've seen plenty of road wins before. South Carolina.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Brian's favorite place.

[Ryan Lemon]

I hate South Carolina.

[Nick Roush]

So between the two of us, it has been a house of horrors ride.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

The year I don't know if it was the same road trip that you got punched in the face. I think that might have been the same year that I got in a fender bender, was pulling, was in the mountains, pulling off, and somebody sideswiped me, hit me in the back, banged up the quarter panel. We duct taped the bumper back up we go to the gang. We drive with the duct tape bumper the rest of the way. It was one of those things. They wrote me a ticket for getting hit. The cops said I didn't have to pay it. And then when I went to go get my real id, they told me that my license has been suspended for the last two years for not paying a ticket for getting hit.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Nick Roush]

Also got pulled over on that trip. This is South Carolina. It's not. But it is a fun place to go to from a game perspective because a. The atmosphere underrated. One of the best in the sec. Like you talk about all the other big stadiums. South Carolina, Williamsburg Stadium at night. It's awesome. It's a lot of fun to be in there for that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Those games before I got punched, it was incredible. It is. The environment is. It is one of the best in the sec.

[Drew Franklin]

What a great story. Anything that starts with before I got punched. What a great way to lead into your.

[Nick Roush]

The other thing too. Drew. You know how it is for us older guys. Like all these college towns have something but South Carolina is similar to Lexington is that it's the state capital. So they have. They have stuff for old guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right.

[Nick Roush]

Like we can go out and about and not feel weird that we're at college bars.

[Drew Franklin]

I've celebrated to Valentine's Day's there. I used to. I haven't done the football game, but for many years I would go for the basketball game. I like Columbia as a city. It was. Basketball team was rolling. The cow got kicked out there one time. The lobs. But I made that trip many times and Abby went with me. We've had fun there. I had fun there as a idiot bouncing around tin roof and on going on nice dates. There's like an oyster place.

[Nick Roush]

The Oyster bar Pearls. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, that's a great spot.

[Nick Roush]

Second floor. Great people watching play. Wife or daughter? That's a. That's a. That's a very fun place to play that game.

[Drew Franklin]

We were on a date. It was kind of early in our relationship and someone told me the oyster shooter record. And I said, okay, well, let's see if we can. Hopefully I still have the record. Let's go over the actual road games though. So our listeners so know the schedule we got. First up is at Texas A and M. Correct at. These aren't in order of this guy. I'm just skipping over the home games you got at South Carolina. Then the first ever trip to Oklahoma.

[Nick Roush]

Correct. Is this year.

[Drew Franklin]

Then Tennessee in Missouri. Roush, what do you know about Oklahoma have you done your research?

[Nick Roush]

I have not done my research. Although our good friend at Sooner Scoop with on three, Eddie Radous. He's quite the cartoon character. I'm sure he will enlighten us to everything that Norman has to offer. They're building a very fancy schmancy basketball entertainment complex deal to go along with it.

[Drew Franklin]

All that basketball excitement down there.

[Nick Roush]

So much basketball. I believe they were in the crown last night. Playing in the crown. So I don't know anything about War Memorial Stadium. That will be my first trip down there. We're not going to get a stoops bowl. Will Bob be there and like really go out and boo Kentucky. So there's some weird dynamics with all that, but it'll probably be ignored at the time. So that's one I haven't been to. But the rest of these I have. Columbia, Missouri. It gets hated on a lot. Como is awesome. Like it really is. The stadium renovations I think should be finished by the time this game happens this year. And it is late November though, so you're gonna have Gray skies for an 11am Local kick on SEC network. I can already pencil that in. But going out on a Friday night there, they got like a greasy burger joint that's cash only, so you know it's good.

[Drew Franklin]

Shakespeare, that's all you need.

[Nick Roush]

Shakespeare's pizza is really good. I once watched the Cubs and when they were in their World Series run, I got asked to leave their two keys version, whatever their two keys is there. I forget Dolly's daughter, something like that. They politely asked me to leave around

[Drew Franklin]

the night before because you're just being too nice.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

We can't have all this kindness in here. You have to go.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, yeah. But Como is like it. It. It feels culturally different, but it's a short drive. I think it's one of the shortest you can get in the sec. So if you. If Kentucky's playing well and maybe, you know, a bowl game could potentially be on the line, that's a fun one to consider. Late November, but the one unless you're one of these. I want to try Oklahoma because I haven't checked it off my list. I have never been there before. Texas A and M Cow field, we make fun of them for being a culture, but when you're in the cold, it's pretty fun.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what most people in Colts say.

[Nick Roush]

It is how I imagine a European soccer game is. Where everybody sings, they do everything in unison and where the press box is located on top of the stadium. I had to Leave, because I was. I was terrified. They have signs that say, don't worry if the press box shake. That's normal. It's not going to fall down. But you're still so high up. There's so many people and it's swaying throughout the game that I ended up watching most of the game from the sidelines. But the people there are incredibly nice. A little weird, but incredibly nice. 110,000 people there. Rocking. That's an awesome atmosphere. Potential Jay Bateman revenge game. Maybe the defense gets a bunch of big turnovers. We took them to overtime the last time down there, Kentucky were to get a win, that'd be great. And the little strip of bars where Dixie Chicken and all that is. It's only a stone's throw away. So Texas A and M, I can't say enough nice things about it. It's easy. Flight to Austin or Houston for flight, but, you know, you fly. Some people just stay in Austin and then they'll drive over for the game. But College Station is. I can't. If I were to pick one road trip, it would be that one. We'll be back in Oklahoma in a few years. But I love Texas A and M. I love College Station and I hate Tennessee. I know it's. It's short. It's. It's right down the road. This is not Drew like, you know, we don't like Tennessee, but it is objectively the worst fan experience in the Southeastern Conference. From park, you park in a dungeon in their parking garage is there or a mile away up the hill. And then you go into the stadium that's been cobbled together over a hundred years. It's crowded, it's cramped.

[Drew Franklin]

Concourse is like tiny.

[Nick Roush]

It's so tight. The concourse is so tiny. And then they just try to pack you in. I don't think they got any chair backs or anything. Neon stadium, it's a complete garbage dump. I can't say enough bad things about it. Maybe it'll change when they finish their entertainment district, but don't waste your time going there. But I will say, though, all this talk at practice about going faster and playing faster, I think this coach is going to be ready for that Tennessee game.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't get us talked into that too much right now.

[Nick Roush]

If you were to pick one road game to win, wouldn't that be the.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, absolutely. I'm picking Tennessee every time. Doesn't matter the circumstances.

[Nick Roush]

I. Sadly, Kentucky's only win in my lifetime in that stadium is during the COVID year. And so I've never Been able to see a Kentucky victory at Nihon Stadium. I've been told sometimes Nick, just, just reel it back in. You don't have to be so over the top, you know, just dial it back. There will be no dialing it back if Kentucky wins a knee on this year. Josh Hyple. Oh, no. Gosh, I need it. I need it so bad.

[Drew Franklin]

I was there one year, I went with my dad, Tennessee fan. And there's a screenshot I have where Lona Siebers kicking an extra point and behind the uprights, it's all orange but one little dot of, of blue. And that was me. The only blue shirt that you can see in the entire background of the end zone. And Kentucky had a lead in that game and I was standing up on my bleachers yelling, play Rocky top now. Play Rocky top now. I wanted all of the smoke and then we lost and I had to eat all that crow on the way out. But being, being the one person in the sea of orange, that was, that was an adrenaline rush.

[Nick Roush]

If you are a faithful Kentucky football fan and you have never been on the road to watch the Wildcats chance, I'm telling you, there is no greater feeling in the world, there's no greater drug in the world than winning a road SEC football game. When Kentucky beat Ole Miss with Brock Vandegrift, I was walking around whatever they call the square or whatever, invincible. I'm like the spider man after he just. You, you can't be stopped.

[Drew Franklin]

You're on top of the world.

[Nick Roush]

It's just drunk, sad people everywhere it. And you just, you're high fiving everybody you see in blue. It's the best feeling. I know a lot of friends, they do an annual road trip. If you're not in one of these annual road trips, go ahead and do it because that's one of the fun parts about being in the sec. Drew, right.

[Drew Franklin]

If we're going to play all these

[Nick Roush]

big teams and have these big games at Kroger Field, going out and venturing out and experience some of the other ones, it makes the experience more fun. And one thing that Mark Stoops did too, he went out and he won a lot of those games and he made it to where when you showed up, you know, the guys like old Sturdy Dan, Danny, who would that their crew, they would go to all those road games and they would sit through losses. Stoop's got some wins to where you believe when you showed up, the Cats had a chance. And so I think Will Stein is going to bring that back after a couple tough L's and I just. I'm so fired up. I can't wait to be leaving a road stadium this fall after a big Kentucky victory.

[Drew Franklin]

I think backed on A and M. Well, they had a couple trips in the 50s, but the only one in modern history since they've been in the sec. That overtime game. The Josh Allen defensive play was. It's like in the back of the end zone. It was like a superhuman effort to deflect the play. We already knew how good Josh Allen was, but I think that even added more to his legacy. They just couldn't finish the job there in ot.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, that was a big Chris Oates game. He played well.

[Ryan Lemon]

The UK fans that went to that game came back. Talk about how awesome it was. The environment, the fans. Everybody was. Everything was awesome.

[Drew Franklin]

Nick and I were in Austin. Was that two years ago. Yeah, those. Texas just does a much bigger thing. That felt like an NFL game.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, that. That was more of NFL. Whereas, like Texas A and M is the college Colt environment.

[Drew Franklin]

Should we go to the. The night before where they did their yell practice?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I did.

[Nick Roush]

No, I mean, like, you're. I went because it's. I'm working. It's ksr. Take some pictures, video. But it's a waste of time. You're gonna see it the next day. It's easier to get drinks there. Weird rule in Texas. You can't get a pitcher of beer unless you have somebody with you or something. It's like two drinks. Only. That was a rule I learned down in College Station.

[Drew Franklin]

I'd be like a mannequin. Like when people are driving in the. In the lane where you gotta have two passengers.

[Nick Roush]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

This is my friend Terry. We'll take a picture.

[Nick Roush]

Man, 80 grand. That game he tried to win with Terry Wilson. It didn't work. We had one big WIM bum screen and that was about it.

[Drew Franklin]

Still a fun year, though. It's been a fun show. We got to take another break.

[Nick Roush]

Oh, my gosh.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Nick Roush]

It's fun. Talking ball. It is.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll be right back. Welcome back to ksr. One last segment here from KS Bar and Grill. Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemon, Nick Roush, Shannon the Dude, Shane. We're talking during the break. You're going on vacation next week. Got some exciting stuff lined up.

[Shannon the Dude]

You know, the Braves are out in Arizona. I'm going to be out there. So I thought maybe I'd catch the. The Diamondbacks and the Braves, you know.

[Nick Roush]

Cool.

[Shannon the Dude]

Is the Diamondback Stadium. Is that the one that has the swimming pool out in center field. I think it is.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

I don't know.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm just saying, you know, I've always thought who goes to a game and goes to the swimming pool. But I guess if you have season tickets, maybe you do.

[Drew Franklin]

That is the place. But I was wondering, would you get in the pool? Sounds like you wouldn't.

[Shannon the Dude]

Probably not. Like if, again, if I had season tickets and I was there like all the time, maybe so. But I'm not going like for a one off just to go swimming. I mean I could do that in my hotel room, but I've always wondered who got in there. Anyway, this segment sponsored by DraftKings Sportsbook. You can bet on the Braves and the Diamondbacks if you want to. You can also bet on the final four coming up this weekend. Use the promo code KSR. If you're a new customer, you bet $5, you're going to get 200 in bonus bets. You can do live bets, same gay parlays, player props, early exit protection. If you have a player that goes down with an injury in the first half, DraftKings will kick your money back. It's all there for you on the drafting sportsbook app. Promo code KSR. If you have a gambling problem, call 1-800- GAMBLER18/ Kentucky only eligibility and restrictions apply. Bonus expire 7 days after issuance for additional terms. Responsible Gaming Resources C DKNG CO Audio

[Nick Roush]

Limited Time Offer we did have some updates from spring practice this morning. Officially at the Point safeties coach Josh Christian Young, he said that Martell Carter, former Paduka Tillman, Blue Tornado, stand out. Four star talent at safety. He's also dabbling with a little offense, playing a little running back this spring.

[Drew Franklin]

Is that because he's good at it or because they need someone else?

[Nick Roush]

Well, he's a good athlete, but the two portal additions Kentucky had at running back, C.J. baxter and Javante Barnes, they've dealt with injuries throughout their career. Then you won't believe this, but the coaching staff, they're not giving us like an injury report for all this. So they could be just a little wide on the low. We've seen highlights of Jason Patterson at running back. It might just be like, hey, you know, we need extra bodies. Martell, you're a great running back. You go by C4. C.J. baxter, you go by C4. Let's get all the C4s in the running back room and then they can all drink C4 and then they can run even faster.

[Drew Franklin]

I like the same nickname. C4, C4 squared.

[Nick Roush]

We should have.

[Drew Franklin]

I found another hole in Bob and Jamestown story.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, I was on Bob's side. I'm probably Bob's biggest fan on the show for being honest, and I want to believe him. But we've now had someone call the restaurant and tell us he's a liar. And now a friend of the program, John Wong on Twitter notes that the Neil Armstrong moon landing was at 11pm at night.

[Nick Roush]

Well, talking about the liftoff, though, if the. The liftoff could have been during. Okay, true.

[Drew Franklin]

That would make sense. But just let you know, there's there. People are skeptical out there.

[Nick Roush]

People are skeptical of Bob from Jamestown.

[Drew Franklin]

It's hard to believe, but there are people out there that have doubts on that story.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bob did say it was liftoff. He said, okay, tv. And it came back just in time to see it lift off.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, Bob, I'm back on. I'm back on.

[Nick Roush]

Shout out. Neil Armstrong. Shout out. Wapak. You're. Our wives are from that area.

[Bob]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

We both crossed Ohio river to find love in Ohio.

[Nick Roush]

That's where. That's where I'm on my way after this.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

Easter weekend celebration Ohio trip. Yeah. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Going straight from here.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah. Should be. Should be a lot of fun. So, you know, we'll still got plenty of football coverage, though, coming up. Stein's gonna talk Saturday, first scrimmage of the spring.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Nick Roush]

So plenty of upset, exciting updates. If you want more football, talk to Adam Mulkin. And I had a new 11 personnel. We broke. I watched top 10 spring standouts so far, and we got, you know, we always get a little silly. It's ksr. It's April. We're not supposed to be serious. We're supposed to be talking about moon landings. Having fun. The weather's beautiful outside sports, it's kind of off season. We're gonna have some fun. Let's have some fun.

[Drew Franklin]

We're gonna have fun tomorrow. Ryan's got a secret location. I don't even know what it is, but we're gonna be somewhere.

[Ryan Lemon]

Pop up show tomorrow on an undisclosed location.

[Nick Roush]

That sounds like.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, this was a fun one today. Thank you, Nick Roush. We'll be back tomorrow on Friday. One more without Matt. See y' all later.