2026-06-26 - KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio) — Hour 2, June 26, 2026

Host: Matt Jones | Joined by: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon the Dude, Billy | Live from Freedom House, Owensboro

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Episode Overview

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) offers a classic, free-flowing blend of UK sports talk, college athletics news, and humorous banter, all broadcast live from the grand opening of the Freedom House operated by Volunteers of America in Owensboro. The hosts discuss recent Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame inductions, examine changes to NCAA eligibility and transfer rules, and dive into traditions and music at sporting events, while weaving in audience calls, lively hypotheticals, and local shoutouts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Location Special: Freedom House Grand Opening

• Setting: The show broadcasts live from the newly opened Freedom House in Owensboro, which offers residential treatment services for women facing addiction, allowing mothers to stay with their children while receiving care (03:22, 28:33).
• Community Emphasis: The KSR team praises the facility’s dual mission of recovery and family preservation, encouraging listeners to visit and support.

2. UK Athletics Hall of Fame Debate

• DeMarcus Cousins Inducted: Recent inductee joins John Wall, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns, and soon Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (MKG) (04:56).
• Debate over Eligibility: The crew debates which Calipari-era Cats should be inducted next, spotlighting the Harrison twins, Brandon Knight, Tyler Ulis, and Willie Cauley-Stein.
  • Quote: “I don’t think you can put Aaron in and not Andrew.” — Ryan Lemond (05:48)
  • Quote: “Watch me.” — Matt Jones (05:50)
• Duo Inductions: Hilarity ensues over how to induct the Harrison twins: together, separately, or with one inducting the other (05:51–06:19).

3. Confidential Jobs & Marital Honesty

• John Bolton Case Hypothetical: Drawing from news of Bolton’s guilty plea for sharing national secrets with family, the crew discusses whether they could work high-security jobs and keep secrets from spouses/partners (07:00–12:15).
  • Crew members share real-life parallels, including keeping athletic department news confidential from family.
  • Quote: “She does not tell me. And I don’t want her to tell me because I don’t want to put that on her.” — Drew Franklin (09:05)
  • Most admit it’s unrealistic not to share, affirming the difficulty of total secrecy with loved ones.
  • Quote: “You have to vent to somebody. … If your entire job, you can’t talk about it. I’m sure it’d be really difficult for both sides.” — Matt Jones (11:48)

4. UK Football Traditions & Music

• Grove Street Exit: A listener expresses sadness over UK dropping the “Grove Street” song as a game-day tradition (04:17).
  • Matt notes its diminished impact during poorer seasons (04:34).
  • Seth, a caller, argues traditions matter for millennial fans, to which Jones counters with perspective on generational “get off my lawn” thinking (13:13–14:35).
  • Quote: “It was kind of … organic. South Carolina game, players started dancin’. Wasn’t forced … it just happened natural.” — Ryan Lemond (15:20)
• Alternative Songs: Chat about “Country Roads” (and its geographical inaccuracies for WVU), “Dumas Walker,” “Never Leave Harlan Alive,” and the oddity of picking pump-up songs not directly about Kentucky (16:00–17:54).
  • Memorable Moment: Realization that “Never Leave Harlan Alive” is not a great celebratory song (17:20).
  • Quote: “It just makes me want to go sit in a dark room and cry. Not play a football game.” — Matt Jones (17:35)

5. NBA Draft and Coach-player Relationships

• Mavs and Michigan Trio: Dusty May’s draft dilemma—choosing among three of his former Michigan players—spurs a discussion about favoritism and feelings (22:23–23:47).
  • Quote: “If I’m Mara or Yaxel, I’d feel a little bad.” — Drew Franklin (23:16)
  • Light-hearted comparisons to picking favorites on the KSR team (23:54–24:11).

6. NCAA Eligibility & Transfer Rule Changes

• “5-for-5 Rule” Passed: All athletes now get five years to play five seasons, ending redshirts and setting an age maximum (31:07–33:44).
  • Discussed impacts: more consistent eligibility, elimination of waivers, possible effects on record books and Australian punters.
  • Quote: “You’re gonna see guys be in college for a long time … that kid’s been in school forever.” — Matt Jones (34:26)
  • Emphasis on how NIL might incentivize non-pro prospects to use all years.
• Transfer Portal Windows: Now January 1–10, meaning players might enter the portal during playoff runs (35:50–36:45).
  • Discussion about potential for “quitting” on teams and the challenges for coaches (36:32–36:43).

7. WNBA, Women’s College Basketball, & Caitlin Clark

• Physical Play & League Rules: Debate over whether the league protects Caitlin Clark and if suspensions are fair (43:20–47:19).
  • Quote: “She’s the golden goose.” — Matt Jones (43:36)
  • Most agree that while Clark’s important for the league, she can handle herself and the rough play is part of basketball.
  • Quote: “Sometimes people act like she’s this porcelain doll that needs to be protected. People when they play basketball fight. That happens.” — Ryan Lemond (44:05)
  • The group critiques “drive-by” fandom, noting many only watch WNBA now because of Clark but opine strongly without full context (47:19–47:31).

8. Audience Calls, UK/Louisville Rivalry, & Local Affairs

• Local Shoutouts: Several callers chime in with stories, trivia, and hot takes (25:35–49:09).
  • Notable Callers & Moments:
    • Bob relates punter legacy and the difficulty of secretive jobs (25:39–27:01).
    • Ongoing saga about whether it’s ever okay to root for Louisville if locals play there—short answer: “Never.” (48:48)
    • Bachelor party scheduling squabble provides humor as Matt is asked to pick between co-hosts, likening it to an NBA draft dilemma (38:08–39:21).
  • Listener Q&A: Impact of five-year rule on women’s players, super senior status, and future of seniority labels (42:23–43:20).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Hall of Fame Twins Debate:
  “You cannot put Aaron in and not Andrew.” — Ryan Lemond (05:48)
  “Watch me.” — Matt Jones (05:50)

• On Marital Secrecy:
  “She does not tell me. And I don’t want her to tell me because I don’t want to put that on her.” — Drew Franklin (09:05)

• On Music Traditions:
  “It just makes me want to go sit in a dark room and cry. Not play a football game.” — Matt Jones (17:35)

• On Clark & WNBA Physicality:
  “She’s the golden goose.” — Matt Jones (43:36)
  “Sometimes people act like she’s this porcelain doll that needs to be protected. People when they play basketball fight. That happens.” — Ryan Lemond (44:05)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:22–04:09: Introduction from Freedom House
• 04:56–06:38: UK Athletics Hall of Fame inductees discussion
• 07:00–12:15: Bolton “top secret” hypothetical—can you keep secrets from your spouse?
• 13:13–15:20: Listener debate on “Grove Street” and traditions
• 16:00–17:54: College fight song/music discussion
• 22:23–24:15: NBA Draft, coach picks “favorites”
• 31:07–34:50: NCAA eligibility rule changes explained
• 35:50–36:45: New transfer portal rules
• 43:20–47:31: Caitlin Clark, WNBA, and physicality debate
• 48:48–49:09: Louisville rivalry and local player loyalties

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Tone and Language

The episode is relaxed, humorous, and conversational, typical of KSR’s style—mixing informed debate, good-natured ribbing, local pride, and regular engagement with the audience. The hosts bounce from serious topics (addiction recovery, NCAA reform) to the lighthearted (bachelor party planning, music trivia) with quick-witted familiarity.

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll hear the KSR team at their best—balancing deep Kentucky sports knowledge, college athletics news, impromptu debates about local traditions, and honest, funny perspectives on relationships and sports culture. They’re genuine, irreverent, and never above poking fun at each other—or their listeners.

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Want to know if your favorite Wildcat is Hall of Fame-bound, whether “Grove Street” can live on, or how the new NCAA rules will reshape college sports? This episode is for you!

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio here at Freedom House operated by the Volunteers of America Mid States. It is the grand opening and the who's who of Owensboro is in this room. I don't know if that's true, but you all look like you're the who's who of Owensboro to me. The Freedom House residential treatment services for women who are dealing with addiction issues. And this is the grand opening. We thank the city of Owensboro and Vector Security for having us here. 859-280-2287 we have Drew, Shannon and Billy. By the way, Ryan's not here because he had series of doctor's appointments today. But I said there's probably no place he likes going more than Owensboro. So I'm sorry he's not here because he walked these streets many days and this is one of the seven towns he claims is his hometown. So sorry he's not here.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I hated he had those appointments. He's doing okay but couldn't get out of him. But we know he would have wanted to go over to Wesleyan and go get barbecue and do the whole thing we normally do when we're down here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we're going to get barbecue. I'll get some barbecue and we definitely should. 859-280-22871 Person writes Matt, I am sad we lose the Grove street theme. I have a lot of great memories for it, but I knew it was toast when I looked at the game last year, and it seemed like none of the college students even knew what the song was.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it wasn't much of a party. When you're going 4 and 8 in the season, too. You know, when you're getting your butt kicked and you're hearing that song has a different feeling to it.

[Ryan Lemond]

One person writes. Matt. The indoor and outdoor track are different sizes, so the indoor turns are much tighter. And it is a different type of. Of ability. That's why they do it in the wind.

[Drew Franklin]

In the wind. Don't Forget the Wind.

[Ryan Lemond]

DeMarcus Cousins was inducted into the Kentucky Athletics hall of Fame. So in the Cal era, it is Wall, Cousins, Davis Towns, and now they will add MKG as well.

[Drew Franklin]

What a group there. Who goes in next? You?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it looks like they're. If they get mkg, that looks like to me, then they're skipping over Brandon Knight, which. Which annoys me because I think he deserves to be in. But if. Because now that's different than in the rafters, remember? I mean, I. I don't think a lot of these guys necessarily. The UK hall of Fame is a different standard. I guess if you go MKG and let's just say they skip overnight. Although I will be an advocate for night, then I guess the next one you're looking at. I mean, do you Do. Can you even. Do you think you can deduct the twins as a duo?

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, if you put them in there. Well, you can't just put one.

[Matt Jones]

I think you can.

[Ryan Lemond]

You cannot put Aaron in and not Andrew.

[Caller/Seth]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

Watch me.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's separate, but you do them the same year, so they do six inductees every year. You don't make them one spot.

[Matt Jones]

I would have his brother do the induction of his other.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, that's not actually, you know, Eula's probably. I could see us being the next one. I mean, Willie, if we can get

[Drew Franklin]

him out of that hog gear he's wearing right now.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, we can't duck him while he's wearing the Arkansas gear. Yeah, I didn't think about that. Yeah. I don't know. Willie.

[Matt Jones]

I'd go with Willie, but those twins have been hearing that their entire life. You can't do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. For the hall of Fame, but you can't separate them. You can't separate them because even though Aaron was a little better, they both were like. They were pretty close.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but one was better. Who deserves to get in make.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm sure they can't sit in each other's laps.

[Caller/Seth]

Yo.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, they should Wear. They should, first of all be required to wear matching clothes to the, to the ceremony. All right, I have a hypothetical here, and I want to. Don't everybody get mad at me. Just let me set up the hypothetical. It's not what you think it's about, but this is to ask them a question specifically, are married people. We have one married, one soon to be married, and essentially another one married, practically speaking.

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Who.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll let everybody figure the category's not here.

[Matt Jones]

Are you talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he would be there, too. Okay. So, you know, the President has, has like tried to prosecute a lot of people that he doesn't like. Most of it hasn't worked. Most of them have gotten dismissed. But today, one, one did plead guilty. His name's John Bolton. You may remember the guy with the big mustache that worked for him for a long time. What? He, he was charged with a lot of stuff, most of which got dismissed, but he did plead guilty to one thing. And so here's my question, what he pled guilty to. I wonder if this would be something that you all could see yourself doing. So he, of course, worked in national security, so he had top secret access to stuff. And the, the charge he's pleading guilty to is telling his wife and daughter some of what he was working on, basically some of his top secret stuff. Essentially, he would come home from work according to the charges, and he would have a lot on his mind and he would talk to his wife about it. And then eventually, I think she helped him write his notes for his memoir, but that included all of this top secret information that presumably she should not have known, but that he had told her during his course of working for the President in his first term. Donald Trump, here's my question for you. If you had a job where you had access to top secret material,

[Drew Franklin]

clearly

[Ryan Lemond]

by law you are not supposed to talk to your wife about it, but do you think you could do that? And do you think your wife and. Or girlfriend would get mad at you if you did not talk about what you were working on every single day?

[Matt Jones]

Married guy first. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

I kind of have an example of this. I gotta be careful.

[Ryan Lemond]

But no, we actually have top secret words.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, Abby works at uk.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

And there have been things that I've learned like everyone else, and I'd be like, did you know that? And she's like, yep. Like, she doesn't tell me.

[Ryan Lemond]

She wouldn't tell you because we don't

[Drew Franklin]

want to be put in a tough spot. There was one time where something leaked on this show, and everyone thought it was me. And I was terrified she was gonna get in trouble. She didn't tell me. Actually, Ryan's neighbor told Ryan, and Ryan put it out, but everyone kind of blamed her. Like, how could they possibly know that? And we kind of keep that going at home. Like, she might know, like a. I don't know anything UK athletics related that they don't want out. She does not tell me. And I don't want her to tell me because I don't want to put that on her.

[Ryan Lemond]

But there are things that are in her job. She probably can talk to you.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, job.

[Ryan Lemond]

Apparently every single thing he worked on, he is not supposed to tell. And I would think, Shannon, that would be a very hard existence. And there are people everywhere that deal with this existence, whether they're in the army or they're in. Maybe even the police or something. That would be very difficult if you went to work and your wife or your husband knew nothing about what you do ever.

[Matt Jones]

I would just assume that this happens everywhere with anybody that has that. Yeah, because you're going to come home and talk about what you did at work regardless if you're not supposed to, because you feel like your secret is safe. Do you think that, like, my girlfriend hasn't seen the Matt Jones bruised butt picture? I mean, of course she has. So of course I've shown that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wait a minute.

[Drew Franklin]

That came out of nowhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Excuse me.

[Drew Franklin]

So why are you showing your girlfriend pictures?

[Ryan Lemond]

She's. That's true.

[Matt Jones]

I was making a joke. But, yeah, I mean, I would think that it's.

[Ryan Lemond]

But if she said to you, show me that picture, I would be worried.

[Matt Jones]

Why do you want to see Matt Jones ass? Why are you looking? But, yeah, I think it happens probably with anybody with that type of job. It's just a natural thing, wouldn't you say, Billy? I think it'd be a very stressful job. I would need to vent, so I would need somebody to talk to. So naturally it'd be her. She would be mad at me if I could not say anything about myself.

[Ryan Lemond]

So, like, if you said you come home from work and you go. She goes, what'd you do today? And you're like, I can't tell you.

[Matt Jones]

Paperwork.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you're. She's. And she. And you're like, I'm really mad at the president. Why? I can't tell you. Like, at some point, that would be hard from a communication standpoint, but at the same time, I'll make the case for why you do need to prosecute. Presumably he was trained in all of these ways to not tell anything. Maybe if he was ever captured to not say anything. I could see like our enemies going, the wives or the husbands are the people that would be a lot easier to turn right or would be a lot. So, like, I can see why the rule is what it is.

[Drew Franklin]

I would rather not know. I wouldn't want to put them in that spot. I'm like, if there's something you're not supposed to share, leave me out of it. I don't want to put any more on your shoulders that could get you in trouble.

[Ryan Lemond]

But do you think you three, because you all are in the relationships, could come home and say, honey, I can't. I'm not talking to you about anything I did today. Do you think that would work?

[Matt Jones]

No, no.

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You got.

[Drew Franklin]

You got to vent.

[Matt Jones]

You have to vent to somebody. I think it's a healthy thing to do. You know, you got to get it off your chest to somebody. Your wife would be the person that would you talk to about it. Yeah. You share your life with this person. So if your entire job, you can't talk about it. I'm sure it'd be really difficult for both sides.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, he talk about something else. Let's just watch tv. Hope you had a good day. I don't need to know.

[Ryan Lemond]

You just would want to talk about how you're going to win Survivor. That's all you.

[Drew Franklin]

I am winning Survivor. She knows that.

[Ryan Lemond]

She watches me practice at home.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm working on my balancing right now

[Ryan Lemond]

between him and Billy.

[Matt Jones]

It's crazy.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's crazy. She's got my back. You and I so level headed tend to be the arrogant ones on the show.

[Matt Jones]

Not really.

[Ryan Lemond]

Billy and his wedding and Drew in Survivor.

[Drew Franklin]

You heard during the break. I have supporters in this room. You know, in Survivor you do. All right. It's not about actually surviving.

[Ryan Lemond]

What's it about?

[Drew Franklin]

There's puzzles. It's a social game. I'm not out there, you know, eating animals live or anything. I mean, they give you food and they even give you sunscreen. It's all about working with other.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that feels wrong.

[Drew Franklin]

It's all about working with other people.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. All right, who's up next? Rick got Seth. Up next, Seth. Go ahead, Seth.

[Caller/Seth]

Let's give credit to Billy's fiance because Billy gets all the information and doesn't tell us any of the good stuff, first of all.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's actually a really good point. Billy's fiance told me some very like, dead on News that Billy didn't and

[Matt Jones]

I didn't share it.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true. But she. But like, if she was national security, she shouldn't have even told you.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm a good spouse.

[Ryan Lemond]

Go ahead, Seth.

[Caller/Seth]

I called in a few months ago about experiences in Kentucky football. And this one, this topic about getting rid of grocery kind of got me riled up because I think it's important actually to keep these small traditions that we have, because the people who are spending money now are millennials like me and bringing our families and Grove Street's kind of our thing. And I totally get that. Maybe the students don't get it. Maybe the athletes, not so much. But if you got to find a way to keep it in, because the fact is. Okay, can I make the money now? A family.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, can I make the counterpoint? Here would be the counterpoint. I want you to go back to when you were in college, okay, and think about when you were going to the games. I actually was getting calls when you were in college of people going, well, why aren't we playing Skinnered? That's the music I like. Who cares what these college kids think? I'm the one paying the money. And they decided to play Grove street for you. And now you are making the same get off my lawn arguments that the people made when you were in college.

[Caller/Seth]

I think there is a considerable difference.

[Ryan Lemond]

And that is the music you like?

[Caller/Seth]

No, I. I was at the game. I don't listen to it regularly. What I'm pointing out is that it came out of a tradition. Skinner didn't come out of a Kentucky tradition. It was. It's the very rare thing to happen at a UK football game organically.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now, that is true. I do agree with that. I appreciate the call. One of the things I did always like about the Grove street song is it did Drew kind of come organically. It was the South Carolina game. They played it, the players started danc scene and it was kind of. It wasn't forced. It sort of happened natural.

[Drew Franklin]

And that was one of the best games of the Stoops era. It was early in the Stoops era. It was almost like when that kickoff team was out there, we felt like a switch flip. Like we kind of got some swaggering, some minimum momentum going, and then you go on to win the game. And that's why it stuck so much.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is interesting, though. It seems like the Grove street thing is the thing people attach to the most, and it's such a rate, like it has no connection to us beyond that. But it is interesting that that's seems to be the thing that people do.

[Matt Jones]

And if Will Stein were to hear this, I'll bet he would probably keep it. And you know, you could. You could still, I mean, mix up the in game atmosphere and just have one song that you keep.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Who's up next? John is up next. John. Go ahead, John.

[Caller/Seth]

Hey, so I feel like you guys have been talking a lot about music recently. I know we're kind of jealous of West Virginia and their country road. Sing along. But that song's really about western Virginia. It is.

[Ryan Lemond]

And that's like. So I had never noticed that until somebody brought that up. It's about the Shenandoah river, which is in Virginia. It's not in West Virginia.

[Caller/Seth]

And the Blue Ridge Mountains.

[Ryan Lemond]

And if you bring that up, they get really mad and they're like, no, it's us. But. But. But. I mean, that's true. The Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah river are not in West Virginia. So maybe it's a fraudulent song to associate with West Virginia.

[Drew Franklin]

Drew, they're just claiming other states stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they're just saying western Virginia must be us. And I don't think it was.

[Drew Franklin]

They must not know their own geography. I don't know. The river is not even in their state.

[Caller/Seth]

And then let me get on to do Ms. Walker. It's about a package liquor store and its owner in Tennessee.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, no, I've been to the Doom as well. Yeah, we've been there.

[Matt Jones]

Don't disparage Doom as well now.

[Caller/Seth]

Great.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think. I think that the guy who wrote it is from Greene County, Kentucky. And I think that's why there is a Dumas Walker. So I'm gonna have to maybe throw the challenge flag on that claim. I agree with you, though. On Country Road.

[Caller/Seth]

Well, so I would. I would scrap Doomas Walker. I'd. I'd play Never leave Harlan Alive or some Bill Monroe.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, but the problem. But see, here's the problem with. And I appreciate the call. I love Never leave Harlan Alive. But it's not upbeat. It's not excit. Like, you can't be like, we just scored a touchdown. You'll never leave. Like, it just doesn't makes me want

[Matt Jones]

to go sit in a dark room and cry. Not play a football game.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I mean, it's a song about dying in a coal mine.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, it's hard to Billy. See that as. Let's go knock him in the head. Everyone in our family is gonna dive coal dust yeah, that, that, that's tough

[Matt Jones]

to get energized about. I'm still on the Doomis Walker thing. So when he says, let's all go down to Doomis Walker. We're supposed to go to Tennessee.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no, it's a restaurant.

[Drew Franklin]

I think the restaurant might be named after the person and they're singing about the restaurant. I was trying to look that up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, there's. It's a bar. We've, we've eaten there a number of times.

[Drew Franklin]

Wikipedia, which never, never lies. It says Dumas was from Moss, Tennessee,

[Ryan Lemond]

but he may have been from the restaurant in green.

[Matt Jones]

I feel better about that. And Kentucky guys wrote Rocky Top, didn't they?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

So they brothers are from Leslie, Kentucky

[Ryan Lemond]

people, but they wrote it about a place in Tennessee. But the Osborne brothers who sent, who created Rocky Talk are from Leslie.

[Drew Franklin]

At the end of the day, we need 20 year olds who aren't from Kentucky to get jacked up to go make a tackle. So if they heard this conversation, they'd be like, what are you all talking?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think a lot of college students would be like, they both stink. I'm trying to get pumped up to go win a football game. We'll take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky sports Radio.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Welcome back it is Kentucky Sports Radio here live in Owensboro at the Freedom House operated by Volunteers of America Mid States. Great crowd packed room. I like I have to tell you I really like this room. I like the fact that like it's closed in but a lot of people we can set like this is a really good setup for a remote. Keep that in mind Billy when people suggest them in the future. I actually really like this Shannon before I go into this next thing once you tell me about Stockton.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

yesterday Drew but the NBA draft when was Tuesday in Wednesday and one of the things that I thought was Kind of unique is that the Dallas Mavericks picked it number nine when they got up to pick their coaches. Now, Dusty May from Michigan, the top four players on the board when he got to pick three of them were guys from Michigan. It was Mara, Yaxel, and Morris Johnson. And he got to pick. He ends up selecting Johnson. If you were Yaxel, Landenberg, or Mara, and it could have been you and your coach picked your teammate over them, I kind of thought he picked none of them just to, like, not hurt any of their feelings. But he picked one of them over the other. Would that. Cause would you ever long term go. I thought I was your favorite coach. Would it have bothered you at all that he didn't select the one of the other two?

[Drew Franklin]

You know, he probably wanted the opportunity to draft one of his guys, but when all three are the next up, I think that makes it a little harder. I'd almost rather not have to pick between the three. I'm sure he's happy he got Johnson, but I'd feel. If I'm. I'm Mara or Yaxel, I'd feel a little bad.

[Ryan Lemond]

And honestly, Yaxel and Mara were higher ranked than Johnson, so he actually kind of picked the lowest ranked of the three. And if I. It should be hard, Shannon, for me, if I was Mario Yaxel, not to take a little bit of offense.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah. But it's business. And you got to pick one or the other. You can't get all three of them. So sometimes.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you would say, if I had a situation where I could. Had to pick you up, Drew or Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Yep. I got to pick one and I

[Ryan Lemond]

pick one of them. You wouldn't be like, well, what about me?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, I'll keep that in mind.

[Matt Jones]

Don't get your feelings hurt.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a video of the Mavs personnel, like in the war room where we call it, and they look like they don't love the pick. All the other decision makers out of Dusty May.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it was a little bit of a reach. Most people think it was the biggest reach of the draft.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Dusty made up for it with a hearty celebration for his guys when they got picked.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did.

[Matt Jones]

He over celebrated.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought it was a little performative, to be honest with you. I think the funniest picture that I've seen in a long time, if you haven't seen it, is go look at the picture of Mara trying to sit on that little couch or. Excuse me. Yeah, Mara, he's like 7 foot 2, and then his knees are above his face.

[Drew Franklin]

I was watching him closely because he had on a brown suit. And I was like, is that something I could wear? I noticed when he walked on stage, it's like, maybe I could get a hand me down there.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

You thought it looked good on him.

[Drew Franklin]

Kind of the style I'm looking for. Just probably a little big on me.

[Ryan Lemond]

I could do that, too. By the way, the GM for the Thunder said that he thought Away could play for that team and make the roster and get minutes next year. So, you know, the Thunder will be a title contender. We could be watching the NBA Finals next year and see Otega Away out there getting minutes.

[Drew Franklin]

Or the Western Conference Finals will have six Kentucky players playing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Think about that. Because you'll have Case and Shea and Away. And then you've got Kelton Johnson, Dear. And Fox and Jaden Quaint. So the Quaint probably won't get to play, but still. Still have two best teams in the west, and you end up with a total of six ca.

[Drew Franklin]

And how about the OA parents? One goes to the NFL, the other goes to the NBA. Good on them. That's. That's got to be it. Got to be a proud mom and dad moment.

[Ryan Lemond]

And the brother's really good. Yeah.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

He's close to a Max deal.

[Ryan Lemond]

So who's next? Bob is up next. Bob. Go ahead, Bob.

[Caller/Seth]

Morning, ksr. Paul was a player, a punter, and there was a play at Bloomington where he had a fake punt and he was running the ball, and both teams.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wait a minute. Hang on just a second. That Calhoun guy was a punter?

[Caller/Seth]

Yes. He came from Louisville.

[Ryan Lemond]

Max Duffy could end up in the hall of Fame. It just occurred to me. No, I'm serious. Like, because, I mean, Max was the first ever guy to win punter of the year. If we're inducting punters, maybe one day I'll be inducting Max Duffy into the hall of Fame. That would be amazing. Go ahead.

[Caller/Seth]

But he was extraordinaire. But this game in Bloomington, Jerry Clavering was a coach and he ran the big punt. And like I said, everybody was running interference for him at Indiana. And Red Stewart wrote Tennessee Waltz. He was from Louisville there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, there you go. Well, I appreciate it, Bob. Good to hear from you. I haven't heard from you in a long time. Hope you're doing good.

[Caller/Seth]

Well, one other thing there. My grandson worked for the fence contractor.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Caller/Seth]

He was not allowed to talk. And we crossed paths on a lot of things that we couldn't talk about. So it was the Letter of the law or the intent of the law that you have to watch anyway.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, thank you, Bob. Appreciate it. Yeah, I have a couple people who've written me here who said they deal with this situation all the time, Shannon, and they use it as a good way to just tell their wife to leave them alone.

[Drew Franklin]

You think?

[Ryan Lemond]

They say things are top secret that are not. Like, what'd you do with your buddies last night? Top secret.

[Caller/Seth]

Sorry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but you were out till 2am Top secret classified.

[Matt Jones]

What if you knew about aliens that couldn't talk to your wife about it? You know, that would be wild.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you knew they existed.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, let's just say you knew like a report or something that was, you know, that wasn't out there and you heard some news.

[Ryan Lemond]

But presumably, first of all, I don't think there are any.

[Matt Jones]

But just, just.

[Ryan Lemond]

But if there are. Yeah, then, yeah, presumably that happens all the time.

[Matt Jones]

And you're not allowed to talk to anybody. I don't think I could do that. I couldn't.

[Drew Franklin]

What about, like a threat where they could, you know, they need to be worried. But you're not.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, now that's an interesting question. There's like, like, if you're like Obama and there's a threat on your wife.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you can't tell your wife, not

[Drew Franklin]

even just a wife, like, something bad is about to happen to our country

[Ryan Lemond]

or whatever, go buy some milk question. Yeah, no, that would be tough if, like, you knew that some horrific incident was about to happen, but you couldn't

[Drew Franklin]

say, now they do that and their spouses just buy stocking companies before everything goes up.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's true. I think that does happen. That's interesting. I mean, I actually, you know, I understand why they like, he probably he should be prosecuted, but that, that would be tough to every day not be able to tell your spouse anything about what you do. We'll take a break. Come back here in Owensboro. Volunteers of America,

[Caller/Seth]

welcome back.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live in Owensboro. Too often mothers are forced to choose between getting treatment they need and remaining with their children. But not here at Freedom House in Owensboro. No mother should ever have to make the choice. And here they don't have to. They can raise their children and get the addiction issue therapy they need, while also learning parenting and skills training classes. Great to be here for the grand opening. And you guys that are here, if you get a chance, walk around and see this place. You'll be very, I think, proud to have it in your community. 8, 5, 9, 2, 8, 0, 2287. Paul Calhoun apparently also played safety. He was not just a punter. He also played safety. Had 10 career interceptions, which is a good amount.

[Drew Franklin]

The record until the Rich Brooks era. Had it for a long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, so Max is back out.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

How many interceptions do you have, Max?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Max has no interception. So he's. He's back out. By the way, on the Trip Tracy text message thing to me, conflicting information. So there are two pieces of information. They're conflicting. First of all, it hit the number is a North Carolina number, but it's in the Charlotte area. Okay. So that you know, the team is in Raleigh.

[Matt Jones]

But do you know where he lives?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't see and I don't know. So it could be. Second, though, this is a positive piece. I forgot this. He went on after we won. He went on the Spitting Chicklets podcast, and they asked him what he did immediately after the game. And one of the things he did is he said, I texted a bunch of people, Congratulations.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I think you're in.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

So that's good. However, somebody wanted to pull a prank. Might have heard that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then the. But he did actually said it after. They would have sent the text.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So that probably so they would. But he did say, I texted a bunch of people. Congratulations.

[Drew Franklin]

I've always been a believer. I didn't need more evidence. But this helps your case.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe that. That felt like a good case.

[Matt Jones]

Well, the mystery is how does he have your number? That's what.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're still trying to give it to him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

But I don't know who that would have been. I don't know. I mean, the amount of people before I told this story that knew my man, crush on him, to use the term was. Was a few. Only a handful of people.

[Matt Jones]

You should have Rick column. That would be great. Like, he could get mad at Rick.

[Ryan Lemond]

Rick. Do you have any idea what we're talking about?

[Caller/Seth]

Not really.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's perfect.

[Matt Jones]

Perfect, perfect. Give him the number. Have him call. He could act like he's a telemarketer and you can say, is this trip.

[Ryan Lemond]

Little piece of college football and college sports news. They have now officially passed the 5 for 5 rule, which means going forward, if you. You basically have five years of eligibility. So you have five years to play. Five red shirts are gone away. So we've talked over the years about red shirts. No more red shirts. There will not be a red shirt anymore. When you come to college, you've got five years to play. If you're Healthy all five years. You can play all five years. If you're hurt. Sorry, you just. There's no more waivers. There's no more six year. You have five years. Also there's an age limit. Basically absent you going and serving in the military or going on a religious mission trip. You can't be older than 25. So essentially remember Chris Winky that played at Florida State that was like 29 and then played baseball. You're done at 25, absent military service or a religious mission trip. So you've got all these. You got five years for five. Now, right now everybody that played last year is not eligible to play. Denzel Aberdeen is still trying to get to play for Florida. We'll see. But guys that are in school now will be able to do five years. So take someone like Trent Noah. Trent Noah is a junior. Normally that would mean he has two years. He now has three years. Basically everybody in school just got an extra year if they want it. I think you're going to see a lot of people take advantage of that, Drew, especially because of the NIL era people. Trent Noah's a perfect example. Tritno would be crazy not to play five years. He's probably never going to be a pro. So he should play all five years because there's probably money in it for him all five years. And I think you'll see a lot

[Drew Franklin]

of people do that and I like that. It's just going to be consistent across the board. So many times we've seen people with similar cases. One gets eligible, one doesn't. The NCAA slow with it. Now we just know ahead of time you get five years. This is the age restrictions. If something happens. Sorry about it. These are the rules.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you all like the rule?

[Drew Franklin]

Also we got to add your boy Max Duffy, since he's a topic on the show. He wouldn't have been able to play.

[Ryan Lemond]

Max Duffy would not have been. That's exactly the Australia. This rule will affect those Australian punters because a lot of them are older. They will 25 will be the last age.

[Drew Franklin]

34.

[Ryan Lemond]

Max was, I think 26 when he or waves. Definitely 26 or 27 when he was done. So he would not have been eligible to go.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, a lot of guys like Trent in that same situation that aren't going to go pro. Just made a lot more money, Bobby, and able to stick around for another year. I'm glad they're doing this. It was weird when you had somebody that was 27, 28 playing up against 18 year olds. I mean, they had to do something about that. Guys are sticking around for seven years in college. At some point, you got to move on.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I thought college was five years, to be honest. This is breaking news to me.

[Matt Jones]

I went four and a half. So, yeah, it just had gotten out of hand. You had some instances where a Miami tight end was in his, like, eighth year, so. But.

[Ryan Lemond]

But we all focus on those. And I agree with you, but I don't think people are necessarily processing the fact that everyone gets five years. Like. Like, you're gonna see guys be in college for a long time, and I think you really notice it in basketball. In football, guys have always taken red shirts. So there have been a ton of fifth years, like, my entire life. But in basketball, you're gonna see people come in like, Travis Perry, he's gonna play five years, and there's gonna be. You know how we'll do that? That kid's been in school forever.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think you're gonna.

[Ryan Lemond]

In basketball, because guys will come in and they will play, and they will play five years.

[Drew Franklin]

And moving forward, the record books will get pretty rewritten. If you have a scoring title somewhere, that's probably going to disappear here soon because guys getting that extra season, they'll be changing all the numbers.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's also great for guys who are maybe like, late first round, maybe early second round, and they want to go another year to see if they can come back and improve their stock a little bit too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Those people, for sure. But I just. I just think you gotta. You gotta think about, there are dudes who will never play in the pros that we go. That dude is still in college. Get ready, because now they're going to be in one more year. And then the second thing is, they've changed the portal for the nf for college football. The portal season is going to be crazy. The portal will start January 1st, I will note, when the playoffs are still going on and it ends January 10th. Now, of course, you could. That players can sign whenever they want, but you will have to announce by January 10th if you're entering the portal. Which means, Drew, there's going to be a lot of kids whose teams are playing for the national championship and who will be entering the portal because you

[Drew Franklin]

got to put out the door.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they don't have a choice. And the reason they're doing it is oddly, academics. Colleges were like, we can't keep admitting these kids in mid February. So January. So, like, literally all playoff games, all the bowl games, if you play after January 1st, your roster some of them may be gone already.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not gonna be sympathetic for coaches in the playoff, but they will be recruiting their current roster as they're also getting ready for playoffs. They're gonna be trying to convince guys to stay while also trying to get them ready to go win a championship.

[Ryan Lemond]

But we're dynamic, and it's gonna go quick. But they also have changed the rule, and I think this will be interesting the moment the college football season ends. Okay. The last regular season game, you will be able to reach out to players. So you know how people have always talked about tampering and all that stuff. They're now basically saying when the season's over, you get to talk to other schools whether you've entered the portal or not.

[Matt Jones]

Well, this will be strange because you're gonna have guys with varying levels of motivation going into these big playoff games. Like, what do you mean you're in the portal? Like, we've got a few games left. We're gonna try to win a national championship. Are you quitting on me right now?

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's a weird conversation.

[Ryan Lemond]

I do think, though, this is a better system than what it was was, which was technically you weren't supposed to, but everybody already was doing it. Now at least the rules correspond with what people are doing. Who's next? Matt is next. Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller/Seth]

What's up, guys?

[Ryan Lemond]

What's going on?

[Caller/Seth]

I'm just barefooted and beautiful, high in Kentucky in my garden. And I got two things real quick since we're being talking about the draft. So, Michigan had three guys drafted in the top 12 after winning a national championship. Can you name the team that. The last team that has done that

[Ryan Lemond]

after winning a national championship.

[Caller/Seth]

Yeah. And drafted in the top 12.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, where was Marcus Teague drafted?

[Drew Franklin]

Late, first round. Did he go first?

[Caller/Seth]

Oh, you're way off.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was just asking a question. Calm down, Matt. I feel like there might have been a Carolina team that did it, but I'm not going to sit here and just rack my brain. You tell me, Matt.

[Caller/Seth]

Villanova 2018.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go. Well, Matt, I, I. You're sitting out in the garden coming up with trivia.

[Caller/Seth]

I, I love it. I love it. Thing is, Shannon, are you going to make it to Billy's bachelor party? And you all.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's all I heard about this. I appreciate the call. So you. You can't do the bachelor party night?

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna be out of town that week, last week of July, and Billy didn't even ask about my availability at all. He just said, here's when the bachelor party is going on. You're the. You're either there, you're not in half the year. He's on vacation. So it is tough to schedule around that. You could have asked, but I. I don't think it would be right if he wasn't there, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, but I think we run out of dates at that point because, like, I have the fellas. I mean, you. You can pick me or Shannon. Who do you want? I got my.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, don't do this to me. Who you want? Yeah, pick one or the other. My feelings won't be hurt.

[Drew Franklin]

Dusty May right now, you gotta pick one.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here, let me put it like this. Who's got a better chance of paying for it, me or Shane?

[Caller/Seth]

Oh, that's.

[Matt Jones]

That's not. Go ahead, pick Matt. It's fine. I don't care. I don't want to go anywhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that makes it a little easier.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm excited about it. I've already been doing a little.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Caller/Seth]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287. Final segment here of KSR. One person writes bit a little the text machine. What do we call players now? Does freshman, sophomore, junior, senior go away? I don't think so. I think you'll see freshman, sophomore, junior, senior and then they'll just say super senior, senior, fifth year, senior or whatever. I think that's probably, that's probably how it go. One person goes, matt, will mom Silovich be ready for another year? I think so. Right under this rule. I think he would be able to play another year if he wanted to.

[Drew Franklin]

Talk about when we got him. He could be a two year guy if he doesn't go into the Draft next year.

[Ryan Lemond]

One person writes, does. Do you think women's players will all stay five years? I think all the women's players will stay five years. Except, you know, maybe you'll get. I don't know. I mean, women's college basketball is as big, if not bigger than the wnba. So, like, would Caitlin Clark have stayed a fifth year? Maybe. Maybe.

[Matt Jones]

I wish it. After being the W, they're beating her up in those games.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have to say, let me say

[Matt Jones]

something about fist to the throat. Come on.

[Ryan Lemond]

That woman can handle herself, though. Everybody acts like she's some like gym. We need to like, protect like this. We watch basketball, people get hit.

[Matt Jones]

She's the golden goose.

[Ryan Lemond]

I understand. And like, I will say, I don't think the league always like, the league should appreciate what she brings to league. With that said, that play was bad. They suspended them. But that happens in games, like players getting fights.

[Matt Jones]

Imagine that happened to LeBron.

[Ryan Lemond]

It does happen to LeBron. LeBron got punched in the. Remember in the finals? Draymond punched him right in the.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he was doing that to everybody.

[Drew Franklin]

To be fair.

[Matt Jones]

He was going to. Just flicking them.

[Ryan Lemond]

I. I understand, but my point is just to say, while I do think that she doesn't always get the respect she deserves in terms of how big she is for the league, sometimes people act like she's like this porcelain doll that needs to be protected. People when they play basketball, fight, that happens. Right.

[Drew Franklin]

She'll talk some trash, too.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not saying she deserves a lot of trash. I actually like that about her. She talks a lot of trash. But, like, I don't know, everybody acts like she's their daughter, that they need to put a porcelain doll around like she's a basketball player. She can handle herself.

[Drew Franklin]

It does seem all the other players enjoy hitting her, her more than anyone.

[Matt Jones]

That's what I'm saying.

[Drew Franklin]

They'll celebrate. Bench and.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah, but you know what? There are guys like that in the NBA. There are people everybody likes to dunk on. Chet Holmgren.

[Matt Jones]

Stick figure.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Who's up next? Freebird is up next. Free Bird, go ahead.

[Caller/Seth]

Hey, guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shout out to Owensboro.

[Caller/Seth]

You kind of stole my thunder, Matt. But. Hey, Billy, I have a brown suit and you stole the thunder. When I was talking about I was going to get your thoughts on all

[Ryan Lemond]

this WNBA stuff, and I know you

[Caller/Seth]

just alluded to it. Well, listen, think though, that they're letting

[Ryan Lemond]

it go white way, but they're not letting it go. They're not letting it go. They gave her a technical They've just now suspended her for a game. She got fined. Like, what else do you want them to do? Do you want them to, like, put her in purgatory?

[Caller/Seth]

Multiple game suspicions would work, and that's

[Ryan Lemond]

okay, but, like, let me ask you. I'm being. Let me ask you an honest question, sir. Do you have any idea what the suspension rules are in the wnba? No, because you don't watch it, and neither do I. And so what I would say is, like, while I get it, I think what happens is with. Especially with Caitlin Clark, we all try to make these big statements, and we don't watch the sport. Chances are very high, sir, you don't watch WNBA games, so you want multiple game suspensions. But do you know if this has happened in other games? Do you know what suspensions were given in those games? Do you have any basis on which to compare it?

[Caller/Seth]

The way they're playing, there are no suspension rules.

[Ryan Lemond]

But do you watch the games occasionally

[Caller/Seth]

when Caitlin Clark's playing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, I mean, that's my point. And by the way, the woman got suspended. You saw that, right? The woman that hit her got suspended. Okay, so they do have suspension.

[Caller/Seth]

There's one video I saw. She's building up so many technicals. If she gets. I know that if you get a certain number of technicals, that calls for.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you know who else has had that happen over the years? DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green. There are lots of players that get a lot of technicals.

[Caller/Seth]

The obviously violent, obvious ones that commit them all the time. You know, it's tough ago, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I appreciate the call. I'm not gonna act like. Yeah, I'm not gonna act like I'm an expert. I don't watch WNBA games, so I have no idea. But my guess, Drew, is a lot of people that have strong opinions about this, they don't watch the games either. And so they're, like, looking at a clip and having a strong take. And they probably don't even watch the games right now.

[Drew Franklin]

All we can see is that Sophie Cunningham meme. I can't open my phone without that video. There's so many.

[Ryan Lemond]

That is fun, funny that that video was funny, where she's sitting there pointing at everybody. I do think that is a really funny video.

[Matt Jones]

There is a sense that a lot of people are watching the wnba, though, because of Caitlin Clark, without question. So there's a lot of players in the league that feel like they need to get maybe a shot in at her because she thinks that she's more important than everybody else in the league.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I don't know if she does or not. I. I'm just saying I feel like when it comes to this is what happens with soccer during the World cup. And when I feel like a lot of times we don't watch this sport, all of a sudden it comes on and we're all experts. Like, I don't watch the wnba, so I can't tell you one way or the other. Do you?

[Matt Jones]

No, but it's Shannon.

[Caller/Seth]

Do you?

[Matt Jones]

No, but I know I punched her throat when I see one.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they suspended her. Yeah, they. And they should have because that was a pretty dirty play. Who's next? Drew is up next. Drew. Go ahead, Drew.

[Matt Jones]

Hey.

[Caller/Seth]

Okay. Real, real quick hitters. First of all, Matt, I was at Mock's Landing and you gave me the tickets. I can confirm that. The twins, they don't talk to anybody, much less each other. That was kind of funny to see. And then for Drew. Real quick. Yeah, for Drew. So we've got three players from Corbin that are on Louisville football team. And then we've also got Mr. Baseball who plays for Louisville baseball. When can I become a Louisville fan?

[Ryan Lemond]

Never.

[Caller/Seth]

Would you ever do that? If never.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gosh, I'm answering that.

[Drew Franklin]

Appreciate the call.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can't be a Louisville fan.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you can. Want them to do well and still lose every game? It's pretty easy. I have a few guys I've liked that have played for Louisville. I hope they get like eight points in a basketball game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who? You know, maybe.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe zero.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

But I didn't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

DraftKings. You can bet on the World Cup. Go to DraftKings.com. use the DraftKings app. Bet five. You can win up to 200. Promo code KSR. Go to DraftKings. Let's pick real quick. Norway and France. Norway's best player. That big blonde dude said we have no chance of winning. Can they still do it?

[Matt Jones]

Holland and Norway win even though he

[Ryan Lemond]

said they couldn't win?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. What about you?

[Matt Jones]

Well, Shannon Ledoux gonna pick France. You know that.

[Drew Franklin]

I understand he's the best player in the world. I think he was just trying to set France up. I think they get the upset.

[Ryan Lemond]

I will take France. Hey, thank you all very much. An amazing crowd here in Owensboro. You guys are unreasonable. Unbelievable. Everybody have a great weekend. We'll see you Monday. This has been Kentucky sports radio.

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