2026-04-09- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) Hour 2 – April 9, 2026

Overview of Episode In this lively hour, Matt Jones and the KSR crew (including Ryan Lemond and Mario) mix Kentucky basketball roster talk, homeowner adventures, classic KSR banter, and audience calls. The central theme is Matt’s new house and lessons of adulting, followed by an honest assessment of UK basketball’s NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) future under Mark Pope. The latter half tackles transfer market strategy, memorable listener interactions, and signature KSR riffs on neighborhood quirks, fast food, and local happenings.

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KSR Crew Tackles Homeownership (03:39–12:06)

Key Discussion Points

• Matt’s House Closing & Meeting the Neighbors
  • Matt is closing on his new house and shares early impressions of a neighbor, noting his neighbor’s UK fandom and friendly attitude (03:39).
  • The importance of neighbor relationships is debated, with Mario noting: “It’s good to just… If you have a good relationship, little things like a package on your porch.” (05:02)
• Learning the Ropes of Homeownership
  • Matt and Ryan discover he's unfamiliar with many house features: organizing electronic remotes, turning on lights, and using the central vacuum system (07:17).
  • Central Vac becomes a funny running bit:
    • “Did you know about Central Vac?… you can plug things into the wall and it just… when you plug it in, it sucks air.” – Matt (09:44)
• Logistics and Adulting Woes
  • Matt faces moving utilities, picking the right washer (front-loader needed due to space), encountering a wine cooler, and realizing the amount of shopping ahead.
  • Mario: “I’ve been at my house for six years and stuff that I thought I was gonna do the first month are still on the tune.” (07:06)
• Neighborhood Boundaries and HOA Humor
  • Matt learns about boundary pins and the realities of property lines.
  • The guys joke about possible HOA conflicts, package sniping, and landscaping.

Notable/Memorable Moments

• “I guess I’m an adult now.” – Matt (06:33)
• “I don’t know how to work my own house.” – Matt (05:17)
• “You don’t have to like your neighbors, but they need to like you long term.” – Caller (50:39)

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UK Basketball, NIL, and The Transfer Market (12:06–16:12; 25:19–29:27; 37:35–40:49)

How UK's NIL Money Philosophy is Changing

Main Points

• Matt explains the evolution of Kentucky’s spending on the basketball transfer portal under Mark Pope:
  • Year 1: High excitement, easy donor money.
  • Year 2: UK overspent, had to scramble for funds, and now donors demand more efficiency.
  • Going forward, UK will spend like the Yankees—big budget, not “endless” cash like the Dodgers.
• “Last year it came time to write the checks and they didn’t have [the money]. They just had to, like, PLEASE help us.” – Matt (13:46)
• Now, UK must balance being a competitive spender with donor expectations for prudent investment.

Listener Questions & Crew Insights

• On Chandler’s departure: “Somebody leaves, they got offered more money somewhere else.” – Matt (16:39)
• On NIL/roster building: “If we had killed it this year… we might have become the Dodgers. Didn’t happen.” – Matt (15:35)
• Donors stepped in last year to "save some butts.” Keegan Brown was hired for more NIL/roster management discipline (14:47).

Memorable Moments

• “We might spend like the Yankees, but not like the Dodgers.” – Matt (13:39)
• “People who’ve been successful in business don’t just want to throw money away, right?” – Matt (13:56)

Strategy for Next Season's Roster (25:19–29:27)

Discussion Highlights

• Callers ask about the value of holding out for big-name transfers versus filling with mid-level talent.
  • Mike says Stokes (top transfer prospect) fits Pope’s system and donors might pony up for a true star.
  • “On the court, [Stokes] is a very unselfish player who can pass really, really well.” – Matt (26:22)
  • Mario and Matt draw parallels to past UK athletes (DeMarcus Cousins, Lynn Bowden) who were complex off the court but great teammates.
• Another caller’s framework: get “the dude” each cycle plus value mid-tier portal guys (28:24); Matt endorses the “feed the studs” approach.

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KSR’s Signature Banter: Neighborhoods, Fast Food, and Community (22:25–37:11)

Neighborhood and Homeowner Highlights

• “Call before you dig!” – a long-running KSR joke returns, with Matt insisting he won’t be digging for anything (22:25).
• Tools and housewarming parties: “Most people just stock the bar. We’ll just stock the garage.” – Mario (22:56)
• Listeners riff on quirky neighbors and Matt’s potential as the exercise-bike-in-the-driveway guy (23:06).

Restaurant and Local Lexington Chatter

• Matt laments losing favorite local restaurants due to his move across town (29:30).
• Costco: “I do not need 48 toilet paper rolls at a time.” – Matt (30:30)
• Traffic updates and local infrastructure, including a tunnel under I-75: “You just do things that affect you.” – Matt to Ryan (31:43).

Fast Food & Area Rankings

• Extended chat about the best Taco Bell and McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, with listener shout-outs to Madisonville’s Taco Bell (35:13–36:12).
• “There’s nothing more clear than when you get a Diet Coke off Harrodsburg.” – Matt (34:43)

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Call-Ins: Fun, Practical, and UK-Focused (16:21–52:24)

Listener Calls and Crew Responses

• Paying Up Bets: “The worst sign of character for a person is if they don’t pay up on a bet.” – Matt (24:17)
• Calls about specific transfer prospects (e.g., Stokes, Pembi Moore from WKU), with live stat analysis (33:21–34:18).
• UK Basketball Philosophy: Whether Matt thinks “playing for the name on the front” still matters in the NIL era (37:35).
  • “Come here for yourself, and then once you’re here, do it for us.” – Matt, crediting Dusty May (38:30)
  • “Wall and Cousins…they would have followed Cal to play at any school in America. They did NOT come here for Kentucky. But now those two guys love Kentucky.” – Matt (40:05)

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Fun & Lighthearted Segments

Candy Bar Conspiracies (46:33–48:22)

• The show riff on the “12 tons of stolen KitKats” story, with Matt's theory: “KitKat did it. Inside job. When’s the last time you talked about KitKat?” – Matt (47:02)
• Crew’s preferences: KitKats, Snickers, and Reese’s are best COLD.

Masters Picks & Sportsbook Plug (51:31–52:24)

• Closing minutes are spent predicting Masters golfers, with friendly jabs about who can actually name a golfer: “Just give me the golfer you like. You can’t pick who he picks!” – Matt (52:02)
• DraftKings segment follows.

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Notable Quotes

• “I don’t know how to work my own house.” – Matt Jones (05:17)
• “The worst sign of character for a person is if they don’t pay up on a bet.” – Matt Jones (24:17)
• “We might spend like the Yankees, but not like the Dodgers.” – Matt Jones (13:39)
• “Come here for yourself, and then once you’re here, do it for us.” – Matt Jones (38:30, attributing Dusty May)
• “Wall and Cousins…they would have followed Cal to play at any school in America. But now those two guys love Kentucky.” – Matt Jones (40:05)
• “You don’t have to like your neighbors, but they need to like you long term.” – Caller (50:39)
• “KitKat did it. Inside job.” – Matt Jones (47:02)

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Useful Timestamps

• Homeownership adventures: 03:39–12:06
• NIL/UK basketball philosophy: 12:06–16:12
• Central Vac & moving woes: 07:17–10:33
• Call-in, bets, Chandler/portal talk: 16:21, 25:19–29:27
• Neighborhood, fast food, traffic talk: 22:25–30:55
• Listener Q&A (NIL/playing for the name): 37:35–40:49
• KitKat conspiracy: 46:33–48:22
• Masters picks: 51:31–52:24

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Summary
This episode interlaces practical adulting, real Kentucky basketball roster strategy, and classic KSR humor, with listener calls sparking both insight and camaraderie. Whether you’re in it for the UK analysis, the practical homeowner fails, or just the local flavor, Hour 2 is signature KSR—casual, sharp, and fun.

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

Hour number two Kee Sports Radio 859-280-2287 text machine 772, SIM 745254 drew yesterday, you know today at one I'm what do you call it? Finalizing the house? What do you call it? Close on it and I met my neighbor yesterday.

[Mario]

Oh, how'd that go? That's important. Very important.

[Matt Jones]

Is it how? Yeah, like how important.

[Mario]

When I moved into my house I

[Matt Jones]

watched the show so I guess I

[Mario]

had notion both sides I was great friends with I mean they just walk in my house they wanted to they both moved out about the same time. My new neighbors no relationship at all and it's very different.

[Matt Jones]

Seems like a nice guy got he's got I haven't met his wife but met him got three kids. Two of them are out of the house. So one younger one who's we met yesterday.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes we did.

[Matt Jones]

Big UK fan came out in a hat with the whole team had signed it. So that was nice. You know he seemed like he's very good which is good because like I so that's one it's good to have a friendly neighbor like scouting of all the people around he went House to

[Ryan Lemond]

house, get a little sky report.

[Matt Jones]

You'll never see these people. These people walk a lot. But everybody tells me the person on the other side of me, nobody knows. Mysterious.

[Ryan Lemond]

So there's usually that. That house in a neighborhood, there's one house that people just don't know a whole lot about. Like, they don't socialize much. Don't get out.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not going to socialize much. I hope those people know that.

[Mario]

Well, it's good to just. If you have a good relationship, little things like a package on your porch.

[Matt Jones]

Can you roll the trash on that? You know, he was like, well, we'll, you know, we'll leave a show shovel

[Mario]

on the porch you can come take.

[Matt Jones]

So that's very nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

He seemed very cool. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now Ryan and I were roaming around the house, and I realized an issue. I don't know how to work my own house.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Is it a smart house lot happening?

[Caller/Listener]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

They gave me the remotes. Lot of remotes.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of remotes.

[Matt Jones]

And I don't know what they all do. So Ryan and I were walking around trying to figure out, oh, how do I. What do I do here? Because every. There's. Everything's electronic.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was kind of cool to kind of watch. You kind of just figure it out on your own, you know?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, what's that? Fireplace. How do you do it?

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't see that button. There's a button there you got to push. I didn't find it.

[Mario]

I fixed my fireplace recently.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not going to fix anything. I mean, I. My friend. Hubby's just going to have to get phone calls. I mean, I don't know how to turn these lights off, and I need to go to bed.

[Ryan Lemond]

But I didn't ask you this. When you walked through it yesterday, did you love it more? Yeah, I think so.

[Matt Jones]

It had a room. I forgot.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get a perfect room for a studio.

[Matt Jones]

I do. I do have a TV studio room, which I like.

[Ryan Lemond]

Perfect.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. But then it's like it hits you how much you have to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

All those rooms have to be filled with.

[Matt Jones]

I like, for instance, turn the power on. That's a big deal. All that stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you get all utilities switched over?

[Matt Jones]

Not all, but most of them. And then, you know, it's just. You don't realize again. I don't. I guess I'm an adult now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Welcome.

[Mario]

You made it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you made it.

[Matt Jones]

But I didn't realize. It's just a lot of stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you've been doing a good job. You got your. Your landscaping guy, your pool guy. You're working on, you know, a house cleaner. All these things you're trying to get ready to move in.

[Matt Jones]

A house cleaner. That feels like it would be hard.

[Mario]

Oh, I've got a great one I'll send her to.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Because you gotta be. You gotta trust those people.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right?

[Matt Jones]

I would think.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Mario]

I've been at my house for six years and stuff that I thought I was gonna do the first month are still on the tune.

[Matt Jones]

I know. I'm just gonna do piling up. Like there's gonna be nothing done. Like, whatever. Like I. It's just gonna. I don't know how to do it. Okay.

[Mario]

Hubbies list.

[Matt Jones]

Like, for instance, I learned. I just learned yesterday that I can't have a washer that opens from the top.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Because there's a counter there.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's got to be a front loader.

[Matt Jones]

Luckily, I don't own a washer. So we can just start anew.

[Mario]

We got a lot of shopping to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was proud of you. You picked that out yesterday. You know, I gotta have a front loader here.

[Matt Jones]

It would have been bad if I bought a. If I bought a top one and then it couldn't open. Couldn't even be a mistake. I would have to turn it on its side.

[Ryan Lemond]

We opened up one door and I go, what's that? So it's a wine cooler.

[Matt Jones]

And then they left. In the garage, I noticed they left all the paint.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. That's good. You want them to leave the paint so you can match it when you

[Mario]

left the paint for when you paint.

[Matt Jones]

I probably won't do a lot of pain.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

It really doesn't need painting at the moment.

[Matt Jones]

No. No. I don't think it needs painting.

[Mario]

Just for when you punch holes in the wall and gotta touch it.

[Matt Jones]

I learned something yesterday too. I didn't know. My neighbor told me, you would think these would be things, you know, I hadn't really asked, like where's the property line? And I didn't know that out on the streets.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

There are little dings, little pins. Little pins.

[Mario]

Coin looking thing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I've spent my whole life and never noticed those. Are they on every street?

[Ryan Lemond]

Pretty much all neighborhoods, the newer neighborhoods especially have a pin out in the street.

[Matt Jones]

So, like, what about. What about older neighborhoods? What do they use? Do they have pins now?

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of them, unless you had it surveyed for a fence. They don't. They don't have that. They'll put it in the grass a lot of times.

[Matt Jones]

So my neighbor was like, this is the line there. You see that? And I went, oh, don't cross it. Yeah. And I said to him, get to the other side. Back up, man. Get over there. And you know what was funny is like I sitting there looking at it and I was looking at the other side of the house and there is a fence there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And like, there's trees. And I think he might have a tree. And I was like, you know what? That tree starts growing on my side. I already. I was kidding. But I could, I could see how people end up getting in those situations.

[Mario]

And I'll be tackling them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, for example, if that tree was like over your fence and the dropping stuff into your pool, that would tick you off.

[Mario]

Can't be doing that.

[Matt Jones]

Lawsuit. So, yeah. So these.

[Mario]

I, you know, I'm excited for your first HOA call.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I'm not going to be where they're

[Mario]

like, are you ever going to cut that grass?

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm. I'm going to cut.

[Mario]

Oh, yeah. I'm doing it for 75 in pool access.

[Matt Jones]

You and I have already agreed.

[Caller/Listener]

Agreed.

[Matt Jones]

As far as I could tell, you

[Ryan Lemond]

learned another thing yesterday. What else about Central Vac?

[Matt Jones]

I didn't even know what that was. Did you. Do you know about Central Vac? You can plug things into the wall and it just. Did you know this.

[Mario]

I didn't know about Central Vac.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't know about it. What. What you told me. But I guess there are little holes in the wall all throughout the house.

[Ryan Lemond]

You just plug your hose into these holes. Your hose, your vacuum hose into the holes.

[Matt Jones]

H O S E. Okay. Into holes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And then.

[Matt Jones]

And then when you plug it in, it sucks air.

[Mario]

Wow, that's impressive. I don't think I have Central Vac.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, you don't. He does.

[Matt Jones]

So I don't have any show off. Then I was like, well, where does it go?

[Ryan Lemond]

So we went out in the garage

[Matt Jones]

and we showed him.

[Ryan Lemond]

It goes in this tank right here in the garage.

[Mario]

Oh, you're gonna have to unload that tank. That sounds like another chore.

[Matt Jones]

Where's that gonna go?

[Ryan Lemond]

In the trash?

[Mario]

That's a hubby problem.

[Matt Jones]

I think we're gonna have to call

[Mario]

hubby because on the hubby do.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, he's just gonna have to move

[Mario]

in for a little while.

[Matt Jones]

He may have to. For a little while. I'm not moving in immediately. I'm gonna take a little bit of time to kind of. Because there's nothing in it. You gotta go buy like, if I just. Tonight, I would just sleep with a pillow on the floor.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's kind of fun. A lot of homeowners do that when they buy their house. Even with no furniture, they'll go have, like, a little camp out in their new house.

[Matt Jones]

Who does that?

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of people do that.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Mario]

Were you there when I hit a tennis ball in my empty house and hit the window and we thought we broke it?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't.

[Mario]

I wouldn't recommend doing that.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not gonna do that.

[Mario]

You live closest to. I thought it was me. You're much closer to Billy, so Billy's.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true. Right down the road from Bill.

[Mario]

I thought. I thought.

[Matt Jones]

I'm close to.

[Mario]

Very close to Billy.

[Matt Jones]

Billy is going to be in charge of fixing everything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Billy can be there in, like, a matter of minutes.

[Matt Jones]

I think Billy's already tired of having to clean up my messes. Now he gets even more that he has to.

[Mario]

I mean, he's like bicycling distance to you.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't know that. I'm gonna. I decided I was gonna buy a bicycle.

[Mario]

It's good. You got a good neighborhood for it.

[Matt Jones]

It's a good bicycle neighborhood. So anyway, thank you to the realtor here. I recommend Ryan Lemon Realty Services. Don't hire him for the fashion.

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Matt Jones]

For what he wears to these things. I'm aware. Yeah. Don't hire him for that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got. You got on today for the closing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but. But. But otherwise, he was great. He was very good. All right. One person writes on the text machine. Matt. What. What difference does it make on our spending or efficiency? There's no cap limit. Why do we need to be efficient? Great question. I think that's a fair question. Because we don't have as much money. So the reality is we.

[Liberty Mutual Spokesperson]

We.

[Matt Jones]

We do not. Ha. So last year, Mark Pope. Let.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let.

[Matt Jones]

Let. Let's talk about how this progressed. Year one, Kentucky went and got player the port. The market for the portal was not quite as wild in Pope's first year. He's able to get a bunch of people. They had money, lots of donors. Because it's a new coach, People are excited. It was easy to make it. He has success. Year two, they're like, let's go for a title. Let's go spend the money to go for a title. I think it's completely fair to say that they completely misread the market. They way overpaid some players. They didn't pay others, and they ended up with whatever the amount was. I don't think it was 22 million, but whatever the amount was, they paid a lot of money. They didn't have the money raised that they needed to pay. So they kind of, at the last minute had to get donors to do it. And I think some donors did it, but with the, we ain't doing this again next year. You're gonna have to plan better UK for next year. And I think UK has had for a year to try to set up so that what happened last year did not happen again. And I think they have a very competitive amount of money, but I don't think they have the unlimited checking account that they had last year. So things like efficiency now matter. So to use the example, the Dodgers in baseball can just spend whatever they want, okay? But the Yankees can spend a lot, but they now no longer will just spend whatever. They spend more than most people. But they have, like, an efficiency thing. I think you could make the argument that we are going to spend like the Yankees, but not like the Dodgers. Whereas I do think there are a handful of schools that are kind of dodgery now. Say St. John's, I think, has some Dodgers in them. Texas Tech, now, they haven't won like the Dodgers, but they're able to spend like that. Whereas we, because of what happened last year, are kind of in the Yankees. People who know baseball better than. Better than me may know. And the Cubs maybe are like that. I don't know. That will spin. But they're not just going to, like, overspend. And that's really. Because last year it came time to write the checks and they didn't have. They just had to, like, please help us. And they. And, you know, listen, people who've been successful in business don't just want to throw money away, right? So now they're like, are you going to have to show me what you're doing here? And that's why I think efficiency in those things matter.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Do you agree with all that?

[Mario]

Oh, yeah. There are a couple different parties last summer that had to step up and maybe even save some butts a little bit and help get the bank account what it needed to be. And they can't expect that every year. I think part of that is why they went out and got Keegan Brown to be the dorm. Not the gm. He's the dorm. And then this new blueprint can also help them be more efficient.

[Matt Jones]

If they use it.

[Mario]

If they use it. But that was kind of why Brown is here, to help reel all that in and find the pieces that fit. Pope's puzzle.

[Matt Jones]

So, you know, everything that happens is kind of builds on what happened. And I think Pope's goodwill is what allowed the insane amount of money spent last year. But now the struggles this year have led to. You don't have that same checkbook in year three. That's just kind of reality.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you think the. The quote that Jack Givens made after the season guy. Right. Is right?

[Matt Jones]

I think people have taken that quote to think we're going bargain basement thrift shopping. And I don't think that's true. But I think we've gone from a situation where if we had killed it this year, we. We might have become the Dodgers. Didn't happen where we could just go sign Shohei and sign Mookie Betts and sign whatever the guy was. They signed this year to sign them all. But we didn't have that success. And so I think people are like, all right, we got to operate in the parameters of a business here. We'll still be towards the top, but we are not just going to open the checkbook.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And that's where I think we are. Let's go to do. Let's go to Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, you guys had some really good shows while. While Matt was out. I really enjoyed that. Got a question for you. Could Chandler leaving actually mean that he knows that we're getting some guys and he's getting bumped down maybe six or seventh guy?

[Matt Jones]

I don't think so. I think he just got more money.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody talked about, I think a lot. I think I mentioned on the Interrupted podcast talking about a different issue. Occam's Razor. Occam's razor is going to be true about most guys in the portal. Simplest explanation is usually right. Somebody leaves, they got offered more money somewhere else. That's probably generally going to be the case.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, last question. Everybody talks about, you know, playing for the name on the front of the jersey. Would anybody do a documentary or an interview and like, actually talk to former players to see good and bad people that have stayed in.

[Matt Jones]

They've done that. They've done that. Problem is, and I appreciate the call, those guys didn't get in il. It's a different world. You know, the reason why Jack Givens game here really has very little to do with what's happening right now. So, you know, I mean, you can do that, but still, at the end of the day, a million more dollars is a million more dollars.

[Ryan Lemond]

So hard to turn that down.

[Matt Jones]

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[Lily Herman]

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[Lily Herman]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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On the Serving Pancakes podcast, conversations about volleyball go beyond the court. Today we have a little best friend compatibility test. Okay, how long have we been best friends for? Since the day we met. As the League1 volleyball season heads towards its final stretch, there's no better time to tune in. We really are like yin and yang. Vodka and tequila. You'll hear unfiltered analysis, behind the scenes stories and conversations with leaders making an impact across the sport. Today we have Logan Lednecki. I feel like our fan base in general is very connected. Just like a comforting feeling getting to play at home. Whether you're following the final push of love season or just love the game, serving Pancakes brings you closer to the action and the people shaping the future of volleyball. Jordan Thompson had that microphone out. God forbid we make mistakes or cuss at our coach.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techy Sports Radio 859-280-2287. KSR Bowling League is available. Go to ksr bowling.com April 29, first day get in. You can sign up for one week or you can set up for the whole 12 weeks. Hopefully have a sellout this year. We're going to be playing. It should be fun. Starts April 29th. Great spring and summer diversion. KSR bowling.com and thank you to Southland Lanes where you can also bowl for sponsoring and hosting. This should be should be a lot of fun. One person writes. Matt One of the things I've learned from listening this show over the years. Matter of fact, the thing I remember the most. Call before you dig. That's exactly right.

[Caller/Listener]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

They always say that Call before. I've been hearing that for 15 years. Call before you dig. I'm not going to dig.

[Mario]

Yeah, you're just going to get there

[Ryan Lemond]

and start digging before you can dig.

[Matt Jones]

There's not going to be any digging.

[Ryan Lemond]

That Drew, Matt does have a big, like, cabinet in his garage for his tools.

[Mario]

Oh, nice.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I got a lot of tools. Yeah, I did. I was sitting there wondering, where am I going to put on my wrenches? And. And now I've got the, you know, the. The Phillips and the socket.

[Mario]

And the Phillips. And the socket.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Phillips. A screwdriver.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But I got. Phil. I actually have a special Phillips wrench.

[Mario]

Okay, that's nice. Maybe when you have your housewarming party, we'll bring over more tools. Stock the garage. Most people just stock the bar. We'll just stock the garage.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think that's a. That's. That's a really good idea. One person writes, matt, you don't have a neighbor who rides an exercise bike in their driveway. I don't, thankfully, but that could be me. You could set the tone with your

[Mario]

neighbors sitting out there.

[Matt Jones]

Be that guy. I don't. I don't. I don't have that clothing. But. But, you know, I can.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can borrow mine.

[Matt Jones]

Don't. Don't put that visual in my head. Lucas. Go ahead, Lucas. Ask anything Thursday.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Matt. So I have three things. I'll be quick, if that's okay.

[Matt Jones]

You could do two.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, two. Okay. So first, I wanted to thank Colin Chandler for always donating his nil to the entire homeless population.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good point. He didn't go for more money. He did it for the homeless in Provo. That's a great point that.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, yeah, you're right. You're right, you're right. And then hypothetically, so if I had a buddy named Paul and he made a bet and lost, should he pay up?

[Matt Jones]

Of course Paul should pay up. The. The worst sign of character for a person is if they don't pay up on a bet. Appreciate the call. Now, I've probably been bets on this show where I'm trying to think, if there's something that I haven't paid up,

[Mario]

it's probably a couple.

[Matt Jones]

I remember one time when I said I would throw a party if we beat Louisville football, but it wasn't a bet because, like, there was no. To use the phrase in law. There was no consideration.

[Mario]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

I wasn't getting anything. Kentucky lost, and we didn't do it. And I still feel like I owe that to the. To people. But now I worry it would be too big.

[Mario]

You didn't put a timeline on it.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't, but maybe that'll be the goodbye party.

[Mario]

Now you have a house you can throw it in.

[Matt Jones]

And those people. And everyone's not coming to mind,

[Mario]

but

[Matt Jones]

yes, you, Paul and everyone that makes a bet. Ryan, you have to pay it up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sounds like Paul's probably a buddy, so that makes it even more so. He needs to pay.

[Matt Jones]

You need the public pressure of KSR saying paul, pay the bet unless it's illegal. Paul, pay the bill. Mike. Go ahead, Mike.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, guys, I got two things real quick if I can. One, calling, one on Stokes, but the Colin Chandler thing. And I wanted him to stay, but you know, we talked about the roster all last year and you can't. You can't give him 3 million when, you know, people forget. Cam Williams took his spot early and probably would have kept his spot.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good.

[Caller/Listener]

If it wasn't for the injury.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good point. You forget that, myself included. You're right. But go ahead.

[Caller/Listener]

But you can't. That's wrong, Chandler. You just can't. He can't be. He's. He's like a four starter, in my opinion. But on Stokes. Now here's my thing on Stokes. I think there's no yaks or in the portal this year, so I think he's the best player available. And not only that, he fits Pope system so well. He kind of reminds me like if I was putting a player comp, I'd say Scotty Pippen, he's a point forward, he's an excellent passer. And I don't think he'll be a problem with. With Pope because I think he fits Pope's system perfectly. And I think the donors will get excited and may spend some Dodger money to bring him in.

[Matt Jones]

I think those are all really good points, actually. I appreciate the call. I think when you're evaluating Stokes, you need to remember that a lot of times the way players and the situation is off the court, people then transform it onto the court. So there's no doubt Stokes has been a lot. The Stokes aura and the people around him. But on the court, he's a very unselfish player who can pass really, really well. You know, people will tell you Darren Peterson is a great guy off the court, but on the court kind of would play selfishly. Sometimes I'd rather have the opposite. A dude who's a little. A lot to handle off the court, but on the courts, everything you would want. Trying to think who are guys at Kentucky that maybe were a lot off the court, but on once the game started, you were like, this dude's unselfish. Demarcus.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Great example of that. You know, there was some stuff you had to deal with with demarcus, but once the game started, demarcus was as good a teammate as you could have. I kind of wonder if Stokes Drew is a little bit like that.

[Mario]

I think on the football end, like a Lynn Bowden.

[Matt Jones]

Lynn Bowden, great example. Lynn Bowden's the best example. Ton of stuff you had to deal with, but not one player on that team wouldn't say he'd give anything once the game started and would do whatever. Yeah. And that's a great. That's the best example.

[Mario]

Thank you. I worked hard on that one. Stokes is a passer. I know he's completely different than Amari, but when. When the Pope's first team was rolling, they had great cutters and Amari was hitting those no look passes. Stokes has a little bit of that in him where he can make that flashy pass that I think has a lot of fans excited. Even though he's a wing, he could move over and play a little point forward, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And you know, that Matt Caller may be right. Maybe there are some donors who are like, ain't doing stuff. And then they go, all right, this is number one player in America. He's our. He's our new John Wall.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's get him.

[Matt Jones]

All right, fine. I mean, that's. That's. That could happen. Zach. Go ahead, Zach.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, Just to. Just to piggyback kind of off of the portal stuff there. The way I think about it is, like, this. Players 1 through 5 are obviously elite, and through 5 and like, 20 to 25 is big, but I think the gap from like 50 to 80 is not that big, but the price tag.

[Matt Jones]

That's a great. Another great point. I think the gap from 30 to 80 is not that big, but you're right. The price point is. You're exactly right.

[Caller/Listener]

And it, like, we were talking about, like, building a team here. I think if you just go get, like, the dude. Whoever the dude is. This year, it's Stokes. Last year it was Yako. Whoever the dude is, go get the dude. And then let's go get, like, guys like 50 through 80 and let's fill it in and let's see what we got there. Because we went with 20 to 25 guys and 30 to 35 guys last year, and you see what happened? So that's it. I'll hang up.

[Matt Jones]

Two great calls. I appreciate the call. That's the Will Stein philosophy. Feed the studs.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Will Stein's like, give me five to six studs and then I'll. I'll build around them. Maybe that's where we going to end up. With Pope, too. We'll see. We'll take a break. Be right back. Ksr. Yeah. We were sitting here talking about what. What my new restaurants are going to be. Because it is like I. The places I ate. Now I'm just like them. They're going to disappear. At least for most of the time. You know, like the. What's the. What's the taco place downtown? The fancy one. I ate there quite a bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

The agave and rye.

[Mario]

Oh, yeah. Love agave.

[Matt Jones]

And out of my league. It's gone now. It's too far away. Maybe after Godfathers.

[Mario]

Good fellas.

[Matt Jones]

Good fellows. Sorry, I can't do that anymore. It's too.

[Mario]

Whole new world out there in Hamburg.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I don't know what's going to be out there.

[Ryan Lemond]

A whole new world.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but you know, it's all right. Grow up.

[Mario]

When one door closes, another opens. Like the Chipotle.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not. But I'm going. I'm going. On record. Not going to Costco. I'm out. On Costco? Yeah, I'm out.

[Ryan Lemond]

And it's right there.

[Matt Jones]

But I hate it. I do not need 48 toilet paper rolls at a time. It is literally the good night.

[Mario]

Do you like hot dogs?

[Matt Jones]

No, I don't like anything about it. I just feel like. Feel like I'm pigs going to a trough getting in there.

[Mario]

Now you're close to Cabela's. Are you gonna go to Cabela's a lot?

[Matt Jones]

That's what. Like out hunting?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

And all that.

[Matt Jones]

I don't have a lot of hunting supplies I need, but, you know, I might go in for the ambiance.

[Ryan Lemond]

You were gone last week, but there was big news about the area out there. They're going to build a road from Sir Barton to Polo Club and it's going to go under I75 and a tunnel go under so you can avoid all the men of war traffic. You go from Sir Barton way.

[Matt Jones]

Make it. Why is everyone laughing?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's true.

[Matt Jones]

Why is Mario laughing at you?

[Mario]

Ryan did a very thorough Lexington traffic report last week. We were trying.

[Matt Jones]

You care a lot about that, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's my mayoral campaign.

[Mario]

No, we had a segment on the road changes.

[Matt Jones]

You did a Whole segment on road change.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. What they're getting ready to do.

[Matt Jones]

Because what do you do with this

[Ryan Lemond]

show when I leave, it affects me tremendously.

[Matt Jones]

You just do things that affect you. You just do. Oh, the traffic's going to be better on a road for me.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're building a tunnel under I75.

[Matt Jones]

That's me. I understand that's big for you and Drew. I know I'm And Billy opinion.

[Mario]

But the people listening in Somerset right now probably don't have strong.

[Matt Jones]

Speaking of Somerset, we're at Don Franklin tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don Franklin Hyundai.

[Matt Jones]

Don Franklin Hyundai tomorrow.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's like six Don Franklin's there.

[Matt Jones]

Come to the Hyundai. One. We'll party. It'll be a Hyundai and it'll be exciting. And so I. We hope to see everyone tomorrow at Don Franklin. And again, you might be there when Drew gets the baby.

[Mario]

I might be running out of there.

[Matt Jones]

That would be so exciting.

[Mario]

Where did we get on the helicopter usage or the Pulaski police escort?

[Matt Jones]

I was told that the Pulaski police are understaffed.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Somebody wrote me and said the Pulaski Sheriff's office told people in the rural parts of Pulaski we can't come. Which I don't believe they would do that.

[Mario]

Like KSR can't go to Don.

[Matt Jones]

Like if you got hurt in the rural parts of Pulaski county, it's up to you.

[Mario]

Oh, gosh, I thought it was.

[Matt Jones]

I can't believe they would say that. I can't be like, there can't be lawless zones of Pulaski County.

[Mario]

I found that hard to believe.

[Matt Jones]

There's a four mile stretch that the purge. Whatever happens, we're out.

[Mario]

I find that hard to believe.

[Matt Jones]

So. So yes, you, you. We also. You could bring Abby. Somerset has a hospital in case something happens.

[Mario]

We have a pretty big doctor's appointment tomorrow. She should probably attend that.

[Matt Jones]

But I've heard good things about the summer. Oh, I have no doubt they're great.

[Mario]

We just got a good system we're already involved with over at uk Got it figured out.

[Matt Jones]

You have to adjust the systems. Billy. Go ahead, Billy. Halftime adjustment.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, fellas, I got somebody suggest to you to look at his film. And that's pending Moore out of Western. Are you familiar with him at all?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, look at your film on him. And he shoots over 50 from the field. About 41 from 3.6 foot 5, plays like a 6 8. He's not shy about.

[Matt Jones]

How many points did he score this year?

[Caller/Listener]

I'm sorry?

[Matt Jones]

How many points a game did he score at Western?

[Caller/Listener]

18 point something.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, what's his name?

[Caller/Listener]

And he's from Ridge, Kentucky.

[Mario]

Yeah, I'm looking him up now.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate the call.

[Mario]

Dry Rich has the best Taco Bell.

[Matt Jones]

Is he in the portal, by the way?

[Mario]

I don't know if he's in the portal, but if. First I've heard of him. But if you're just looking at stats, he does have some impressive stats.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they have the best Taco Bell

[Mario]

at Dry KFC combo. Can't say enough good things about the Dry Ridge Taco Bell.

[Matt Jones]

What makes it so good?

[Mario]

Fresh. You know, sometimes different locations.

[Matt Jones]

I got smacked down for my McDonald's location comments. And let me just say, when I drive by, certain McDonald's now don't seem as many as many people.

[Mario]

While you were gone last week, I had the worst McDonald's experience. No, I'm just saying. But I. It fits your bill of like how they don't all line up.

[Matt Jones]

They don't all line up. There's a huge difference. And there's nothing, there's nothing more clear than when you get a Diet Coke off Harrodsburg. See, what am I going to do without having that Harrodsburg Road Diet When I go to the Bar Ks Bar, then I still have that one, but on the other side of town. I don't know what those McDonald's are like out there.

[Mario]

Yeah, I've got a ranking of them. We got one that's pretty good. Not too far from you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, tell me where that is. Let's go to Justin. Go ahead, Justin.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, this is Justin from Madisonville. Shout out. Well, to. First of all, I had a comment, then a question. I'll let you go. I heard you talk about Taco Bell for one thing. And you know that's the last fast food restaurant I know that where you can actually get a lot of food for like $10. And the one in Madisonville is actually extremely well.

[Matt Jones]

Well, good. We're doing Lexington Roads and Madisonville Taco Bell.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay, my second, my second. The question I had for Matt is I know you're a big Cincinnati Reds fan and so am I. I've been following them since the days of Eric Davis when I was a kid. And so they're 8 and 4 now. They play the Marlins today, early game. Do you think this can last? I mean.

[Matt Jones]

No, not at all. That's why I'm enjoying it right now. I appreciate the call. I just want you to go. Look, I'm gonna pull up real quick. Can I read you the schedule that the Reds have in September. Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because it's, it's easy for April.

[Matt Jones]

So it must, you must be relatively easy for April. But let me read you their September schedule. Cause I looked here are the series. They play in order. Padres, Brewers, Dodgers, Brewers, Dodgers, Cubs, Braves, Blue Jays.

[Ryan Lemond]

They may not win a game in the whole month of September.

[Matt Jones]

That's their September.

[Ryan Lemond]

So like so celebrate now.

[Matt Jones]

And we. And while I'm enjoying them, they have the second fewest runs scored in the league now. They are 8 and 4. So.

[Ryan Lemond]

But they may have one of the easiest schedules for April. I heard.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's really. But everybody good is in September, so that's crazy. So no, I'm not confident yet. But you gotta enjoy it. Cause by September I'm on the Stein train anyway. Right.

[Mario]

You'll have already given up on the road.

[Matt Jones]

I will give up probably in mid May. So like this weekend series against the Angels, I'm excited to go. Cause like it's in where I'm still into it. But yeah, when I saw that September schedule, I was like, yeah, forget it.

[Mario]

If you want a road trip to Atlanta though, we'll go.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I mean, cold, plunging astronaut, go ahead.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey guys, thanks for taking my call. Have a couple questions. Get your perspective on something. Do you think it's coach speak on behalf of Pope to say, you know, more or less. We've heard this a little bit over the years, the last couple years. You know, we want players to play for the name on the front of the jersey. When in reality, like there's a dollar cost to this.

[Matt Jones]

I think that mentality is. I appreciate that Pope said it, but I think that mentality is kind of. So do I think a player should play for the front of the jersey? Yes, but that's not what gets them here. So I'm. My view is we get the message should be we come here because this is. We're going to make this a great place for you. And then once you're here, we're will teach you the history and to play for the front. But I don't think playing for the front gets people here. So when they say we want guys that play for the front, that's not how you get guys. Now once they're here though, I heard Dusty May say, and I thought this was a really good perspective after they won in the title, he said, I looked at these guys in recruiting because he started five transfers and he said, I told all of them, come here for yourself. And then when you're here, do it for us, to me, that's the mentality. Now, does that make sense?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. Yeah, certainly. Do you think it. It was ever the case, particularly in the days prior to Nil, that, that. That would have been more recruiting reliability.

[Matt Jones]

The fourth. The farther you go back, that probably meant more. I think once Cal got here, it was about the NBA and that worked for him. Right. For. But now that mentality. And I appreciate the call that Dusty May said, come here for you, win for us together. That's gotta be the message. And clearly worked for Michigan and Ryan. I think it just seems kind of intuitively a good message is a great message.

[Ryan Lemond]

And the secret is you got to get those guys that will buy into that.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. And there's got to be. I mean, I don't. One thing I wonder about the whole analytic thing. Is there something in there for knowing what. Whether or not they'll do that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Is there an analytic for that? I don't know.

[Mario]

There's so many players that came in for themselves or Cal Wallen. Cousins were going to fall. Follow Cal wherever he went. But once they got here, they fell in love and they still love it to this day. And that goes for most of the players that come.

[Matt Jones]

They are a great example. That's. I like that you said that. Because Wall and Cousins were. They would have followed Cal to play at any school in America. They did not come here for Kentucky. But now those two guys love Kentucky.

[Mario]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

That's the goal. The goal is that. And that's what Pope needs to try to sell. Now, he may not be selling them to Wal and Cousins because they were coming for the NBA. Maybe these people come for the Nil or whatever, but then once they're here, away. I think away came and stayed because of the check. But I guarantee you. Oh, he loved his time here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. I think we're going to see him come back a lot like these two guys.

[Matt Jones]

So it doesn't matter so much. Like, you know, if somebody falls in love with you. If somebody falls in love with Mario because they think he's handsome, but they'll stay because he's a good guy.

[Caller/Listener]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Because he ain't gonna be handsome forever, right? I don't know.

[Mario]

He could be. He takes care of himself. Moisturizes.

[Matt Jones]

He does moisturize a lot. Let's be honest. Nobody spends a lot of time thinking on the roof about the roof. But you know, Drew, as a homeowner. Tell me about it. I know it's probably the most ignored part of the house. Some if Something breaks in your kitchen or living room, you notice it right away. If something breaks on your roof, you might not find out till it's too late. That's why CRC roofing is good. CRC roofing renovations make the process simple. They'll check to see if you need anything. They're a local team. They handle any Ryan roofing, gutters, siding, windows and more. Basically, things that protect your house. CC CRC Roofing that CRC company.com KSR they'll give you a free inspection.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

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[Lily Herman]

Kentucky Sports Radio we're lost and kickoff's coming up. I don't want to miss the lineup. I'm going to ask that man for directions. Hi there. We're trying to get to the stadium.

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[Lily Herman]

How is their signal out here?

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[Lily Herman]

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[Matt Jones]

welcome back Techie Sports radio. Rick, people are telling me that the during that last segment, it would just go to commercial for 5 or 10 seconds and come back. Are you doing something, Rick? I'm not doing anything. It sounds fine on my end. Well, they're blaming you.

[Ryan Lemond]

That doesn't surprise me.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not blaming you. It's the people. Do you have a message to the people?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not touching anything.

[Matt Jones]

Everything sounds fine on my end. Rick's message, I'm not touching anything. I like that message, Rick. Be strong and clear.

[Ryan Lemond]

I Don't touch anything I'm not supposed to touch.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Good. Rick, I've gotten a lot of praise for your contributions this week.

[Mario]

Really appreciate that.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, matt, I would like you to pick a topic, and the first person that gets to give their opinion is Rick.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I like what you think about that, Rick. Sounds interesting. Okay, Rick, what is your take on the fact that last week someone stole 12 tons of KitKats?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'd say they have a sugar problem.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you think one person stole it for their own consumption?

[Ryan Lemond]

Probably.

[Matt Jones]

That's a lot of Kit Kats.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Wow.

[Matt Jones]

I have a theory on this, by the way. Everybody's heard this story by now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You wanna know my theory? What is it? KitKat did it. Ooh.

[Mario]

Inside jump.

[Ryan Lemond]

We are free publicity.

[Matt Jones]

When's the last time you talked about KitKat?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

When's the last time you thought about KitKat?

[Mario]

Been a long time.

[Matt Jones]

When?

[Ryan Lemond]

Halloween's only time I ever see him.

[Matt Jones]

I love KitKat, especially if they're cold. But I never think to get one. What do you mean? Why'd you look at me like that?

[Ryan Lemond]

I've never had them cold.

[Matt Jones]

That's the only way to have them. Otherwise they get all mushy. Put them in the refrigerator. First of all, Snickers.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Better cold.

[Ryan Lemond]

I like that.

[Matt Jones]

KitKat much better cold.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Mario]

I keep Reese's in my freezer.

[Matt Jones]

Reese's? I've never had that. But cold KitKat's the way to go. But my point is, you free? Nobody goes. When you go to the gas station, you're thinking about candy. Does anybody ever get a Kit Kat? Nope.

[Mario]

I can't remember my last.

[Matt Jones]

When's the last time you stopped somewhere randomly was like, I'm gonna get candy. How about a KitKat? Never.

[Ryan Lemond]

The 80s.

[Matt Jones]

They did it themselves. Because then KitKat got oodles of free publicity. People got to tell their KitKat stories. And I got to say, oh, KitKats are good when they're cold. Inside job.

[Mario]

Think they kept the product to no loss there? They just put it right back in the warehouse?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. What's the damage? Since somehow they'll miraculously recover it.

[Mario]

You're onto something here, Rick.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like my theory?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sounds like a good theory to me. Rick's on board.

[Matt Jones]

Perfect. Brad. Go ahead, Brad.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, guys. Good morning.

[Matt Jones]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

So here's a theory for you. With this new executive order the POTUS signed, we can't keep these guys that cost too much because the new guys were recruiting, they may be able to transfer just once and they only have five years of eligibility. Are we looking at.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but remember that's not going to, I think when you, when you, when you evaluate this, I, and I don't know your political preference. So I'm not trying to, to make a statement. You need to know that like that's not enforceable. I would say 60% of what Trump does, he's not allowed to do. And the court ends up striking down and this is as much of one as ever. You have pass a congressional law. Now if Congress passes a law, then what you're saying is actually a, a, a good point. But as of right now, until the NCAA makes a law rule, but honestly, until Congress passes a law, all of this is just words. So I just want to make sure you know that.

[Caller/Listener]

Absolutely. And in reality it's not a bad idea because it's makes everybody competitive again long.

[Matt Jones]

Well, to you, but to you. But there's other people who completely disagree with you and say you're limiting kids ability to work in a free market.

[Caller/Listener]

Maybe, I think that. But obviously it's not a free market anymore. It's who's got the biggest.

[Matt Jones]

It is a free market right now. No, a free market doesn't mean it has to be fair. It just means everybody can go make what they make. There's no requirement. I mean, listen, the liberal in me wishes there were requirements of fairness in the world of business, but there's not. It's everybody go make as much money as you can. I don't love that, but that's kind of how America is.

[Caller/Listener]

And, and just to follow up, that wasn't political at all. Because right now.

[Matt Jones]

No, I understand, I understand what you're saying. It's actually a fair point. If Congress passes that rule, what you're saying is gonna be completely valid, but go ahead.

[Caller/Listener]

But for now it's not. And Colin hurts. Simple advice on your new house. You don't have to like your neighbors, but they need to like you long term.

[Matt Jones]

Interesting. I like that. All right. I appreciate the call. That's actually is good advice with the calls. You guys have done a really good job with calls today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Really good job.

[Matt Jones]

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[Mario]

Yep. Baby K could be on the way. I dabbled in a little. Matt's Matt Fitzpatrick at 21 or plus 21 to 1. And I dabbled in a little Justin Thomas. I bet on him every year and I keep losing, but it's going to hit one of these years.

[Matt Jones]

I'm taking Sam Burns.

[Mario]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Off the charts.

[Mario]

I like that.

[Matt Jones]

What about you? Yeah, just pick a golfer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Rory wins back to back.

[Mario]

That's a good pick. You don't get back to back much.

[Ryan Lemond]

See, they're going to happen.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so you got.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll take Rory.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Sam Burns and you have.

[Mario]

I'll say F. Fitzpatrick is Matt Fitzpatrick.

[Matt Jones]

Mario, come on. Just give me your. Give me the golfer you like. You can't pick who he picks. You got to pick somebody else. Do you know any other golfer? You don't know one other. Yeah, yeah. Not one. There you go. See you tomorrow, Somerset. Don Franklin. Drew's baby gonna happen on the floor. Oh, my.

[Mario]

Hope not.

[Matt Jones]

Bye.

[Caller/Listener]

Bye.

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[Liberty Mutual Spokesperson's Partner]

Hey, everyone. Check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no.

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[Ryan Lemond]

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Okay.

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