2026-07-08- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2: July 8, 2026

Podcast: KSR, iHeartPodcasts/Sports Talk 790
Date: July 8, 2026
Host: Matt Jones
Guests/Co-Hosts: Billy Reed, Shannon Dawson, Drew Franklin
Special Guest: Kentucky Head Basketball Coach Mark Pope

---

Episode Overview

Hour 2 of the July 8, 2026 episode features an extended, candid interview with Kentucky Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Pope, who discusses program culture, team building, roster construction, and growing connections with fans. The episode also covers Kentucky summer basketball plans, the ever-popular “Jack and King” photo mystery, and lighthearted banter about lawns, neighbor etiquette, and Kentucky county trivia. The conversation maintains KSR’s trademark blend of insider UK sports discussion, humor, and community interaction.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mark Pope on Personal Style and Coaching Decisions

Timestamp: [01:08]–[02:05]

• Question: Why does Pope, who has a full head of hair, choose to shave it?
  • Mark Pope: “We have the capacity to make a limited amount of great decisions. So, I shave my head because it’s a decision off the table... less decision making. I don’t have to shave every day.” [01:30]
  • Beard status: Uncertain, faces "consternation" about keeping it.

2. Las Vegas Summer League Prep & NBA/Vet Connections

Timestamp: [02:05]–[03:03]

• The team is heading to Vegas for early practices and Summer League exposure.
• Pope emphasizes connecting current players to NBA vets, a tradition that strengthens the UK/NBA pipeline:
  • “This connection between Kentucky and the NBA is like no other.” [02:58]
• Summer League also functions as a major recruiting opportunity.

3. The "Jack and King" Beach Photo Mystery

Timestamp: [03:03]–[04:12]

• Pope posted a cryptic photo after landing Milan, sparking fan speculation about its meaning.
  • English major roots: “When an author puts something out there, it’s now not their own... it’s owned by the reader.” [03:31]
  • The symbolism will "become clear as things go on.” [21:00]
  • Involvement of Pope’s daughters: “[They] are very funny, love this whole thing, and won’t listen to me if I tell them anything anyway.” [04:20]

4. Perspectives on Regrets, Growth, and Roster Building

Timestamp: [04:59]–[08:50]

• Looking Back (Regrets/Changes):

  • “I don’t live in any regrets. Every experience that we have is actually growing and preparing us for the future that we’re chasing.” [05:27]
  • The main challenge: Injuries—traumatic, random events (e.g., finger in jersey, labrums). UK had fewer soft tissue injuries than peers, but bad luck with freak injuries.
  • “Those challenges have made us so much better as coaches... making our players better, stronger people.” [06:44]

• Roster Construction & Program Identity:

  • “Creators, creators, creators. Size, size, size. Rim protection, decision making at the five spot... length, decision making and shooting at the wings. And I think we have it.” [07:16]
  • “We put together a roster... that has some protection based on our versatility.” [07:56]

5. Biggest Surprises & Player Development

Timestamp: [08:00]–[08:41]

• Trent Noah praise:
  • “He’s been the best player on our roster in the first four weeks of camp... Leading us in defensive impact metric right now.” [08:00]
  • “He's going to be really special this year. I'm super proud of him.” [08:33]

6. UK Fanbase, Expectations, & Culture

Timestamp: [08:50]–[09:20]

• “There has never been a better time to be a Kentucky basketball fan, man. This journey... when we write the book on this, it's going to be epic.” [08:50]

7. Post-Interview Reflections and KSR Crew Discussion

Timestamp: [09:33]–[13:56]

• Appreciation for Pope’s candor and willingness to answer direct questions.
• Pope embraces the realities and pressures of UK’s fan base and media scrutiny.
• Pope “loves hearing” criticism when it’s deserved.
• Team will be “shooting the heck out of it.”
• Memorable moment: Matt Jones: “You can just tell that's how he feels.” [10:36]

8. Roster Construction & “Creators” Debate

Timestamp: [13:56]–[15:15]

• Jones elaborates on Pope’s “creators” point: “My biggest complaint over the last two years... can you beat your man off the dribble?” [13:56]

9. Lighthearted Kentucky Talk: Lawns & Neighbor Etiquette

Timestamp: [24:09]–[27:32]

• Banter about mowing habits, neighborly expectations, and homeownership.
  • Drew Franklin: “It’s usually ready to be cut after two weeks... I may have dipped into three once or twice.” [24:33]

10. Kentucky County Facts: Spotlight on Bourbon County

Timestamp: [28:01]–[34:29]

• Bourbon County trivia:
  • Named for the French royal family; Paris is county seat with its own Eiffel Tower.
  • The “Jack and King” mystery gets compared to Paris, KY’s quirky local landmarks.
  • Origin story of bourbon whiskey’s name—debated source, but Bourbon Co. claims.
  • Secretariat is buried whole (rare for racehorses).
  • Notable natives: Garrett Morgan (inventor of traffic signal), Jim Kelly (martial artist), Blanton Collier (NFL coach), and Tom Leach (broadcaster).

11. NCAA, Sponsorships & Branding

Timestamp: [21:13]–[23:31]

• Discussion on Kansas putting a crypto patch on their uniforms and the broader trend of sponsorship in college sports:
  • Matt: “That feels dirty to me, but should it? I mean, I don’t think anybody would bat an eye if it was a bank.” [21:39]

12. Listener Calls & Community Engagement

Timestamp: [15:54]–[43:00]

• Questions about toughness in practice, neighborly etiquette, and funny anecdotes.
• Billy Franklin’s lawn draws particular listener attention—community weighs in.
• Endorsement of Billy’s growth and contributions to the show.

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On letting his girls be active on social media:

  • Mark Pope: “My girls sacrifice and care both maybe as much as any member of BBN... They won’t listen to me if I tell them anything anyway. So it’s a beautiful [thing].” [04:20]

• On the fanbase:

  • Mark Pope: “There’s no more fun fan base to interact with. And that’s the whole deal.” [03:31]

• On setbacks and growth:

  • Mark Pope: “The process is messy. Growing is messy ... It’s the beauty of it.” [05:57]

• On Kentucky’s connection to the NBA:

  • Mark Pope: “This connection between Kentucky and the NBA is like no other.” [02:58]

• On how to interpret the "Jack and King" photo:

  • Mark Pope: “...when an author puts something out there, it’s now not their own...it’s going to be way more meaningful as people interpret it the way they want.” [03:31]

---

Important Timestamps

• [01:08] – Start of Mark Pope segment
• [02:10] – Team plans for Vegas/Summer League
• [03:03] – “Jack and King” beach photo mystery
• [04:20] – Social media and Pope’s daughters
• [05:19] – Pope answers regrets/growth for last two years
• [08:00] – Trent Noah praised as camp standout
• [08:50] – Pope’s optimism on UK basketball’s future
• [09:33]–[13:56] – Crew reviews & reacts to Pope’s answers
• [13:56]–[15:15] – Analysis of “creators” and roster construction
• [24:09]–[27:32] – Extended neighbor/lawn discussion
• [28:01]–[34:29] – Bourbon County facts & trivia
• [21:13]–[23:31] – Kansas/crypto patch & sponsorships in college sports

---

Episode Summary

This episode highlights the unique culture and transparency Mark Pope brings to Kentucky basketball, both regarding on-court philosophy (emphasizing size, “creators,” and versatility) and off-court engagement (cryptic photos, social media, and embracing fan participation in program narrative). Pope’s openness about hardships and optimism about the team’s future are conveyed with authenticity, building excitement for the coming season. The second half blends classic KSR humor with Kentucky county trivia and everyday relational issues, fostering the sense of a community broadcast as much as a sports show.

Pope’s words -- “There has never been a better time to be a Kentucky basketball fan, man... when we write the book on this, it’s going to be epic” [08:50] -- echo as a central takeaway, setting the stage for a season steeped in both challenge and possibility.

---

For fans looking for in-depth UK basketball conversation, program philosophy, and the fun of local Kentucky life, this episode encapsulates the heart of Kentucky Sports Radio.

Transcript

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

Looking for a mortgage bank to help you make your next major mortgage move. Whether it's a refi or home purchase, regardless of whether it's your first one or one of many, consider our friends at Stockton Mortgage, but don't just take

[Matt Jones]

our word for it.

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

Stockton mortgage has over 70,000 5 star reviews and counting. Just like this review from Joshua who says this about his experience with Stockton. They were super professional, always answered my questions I had and streamlined the process. I, I could not ask for better people to help me and my family get our first house. I feel blessed to be able to go through them, be like Joshua or the 69,999 others just like him and get started with Stockton Mortgage today by going to Stockton.com and get started. I've even used Stockton Mortgage myself on my own home loan for your home loan needs. Stockton.com and click get started. Stockton mortgage nmls8259 equal housing lender nmlsconsumeraccess.org

[Shannon Dawson]

this is Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage and the Kentucky office of Highway Safety Safe Summer Driving Tour. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

All right, I got five more minutes, so let's go. This is the most important question from the text machine to Mark Pope. Mark, I love you. What bothers me is this.

[Mark Pope]

Let's just stop right there.

[Matt Jones]

No, let's just go with the I love you. You have the ability to grow a full head of hair. And those of us who are bald want to know why you waste the ability to grow a full head of hair by shaving your head.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well.

[Mark Pope]

So this is so, you know, I do believe that we have the capacity to make a limited amount of great decisions. And so, like, I shave my head because it's a decision off the table. And the thing is with this beard, guys, are you keeping it? No one told me that it's less decision making. I don't have to shave every day.

[Matt Jones]

Are you keeping it?

[Caller]

Come on.

[Mark Pope]

I don't know if I'm keeping it. So. So there's been a lot of consternation about it.

[Matt Jones]

No Dark Pope.

[Mark Pope]

The thing is, well, I don't know what Dark Pope is. I hope it's get it done Pope, but I like it today and we'll see how it is tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not making any promises. Guys, it looks good.

[Billy Reed]

You and the team are heading to Vegas this week. Can you reveal a little bit of what's on the schedule, what you all plan on doing there?

[Mark Pope]

Yeah. So we're going to have early morning Practices. We're going to get after it really, really hard at a great facility. It's going to be a great venue. Um, we're going to connect with all of our guys. One of the great things about summer league is not just all of our guys playing in summer league, but all the NBA vets come back. And so we did a huge thing there last year. We're doing it again this year. And just connecting our current guys with those former players is really special for us. And there's also, they've also moved, you know, recruiting venues there, so we'll, we'll be able to do recruiting at the same time. It's, it's a, it's a, it's a catch all. It's really important for our guys to get the work done in a different gym, to grow their relationships together and to kind of see and feel what their future holds. This connection between Kentucky and, and the NBA is like no other. And this makes a lot of sense for us.

[Matt Jones]

You had a picture you posted after you got Milan where you were on the beach and you had a two cards and they said Jack and King on it. People have spent a month and a half trying to figure out what was the Jack and King. Can you tell us what the Jack and King.

[Billy Reed]

I didn't sleep for two days. We were speculating over that, trying to figure it out.

[Mark Pope]

So, you know, it's fun. And you know, I was an English major here at Kentucky and I learned this. Okay. When an author puts something out there, it's now not their own.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay.

[Mark Pope]

It's owned. It's owned by the reader. And so I can tell you it was incredibly intentional in the sense of like it was a last second idea. And, and so we thought it would be fun to put out. And it's going to be way more meaningful as people interpret it the way they want. This, this, this fan base is bbn, man, which I'm a member of, is, is there's no more fun fan base to interact with. And that's the whole, that's the whole deal.

[Billy Reed]

Did you eat all that fruit? That was so much.

[Mark Pope]

But there is a reason. There is a reason. Actually, the Pope girls are setting up the shot and they, they got a little carried away.

[Matt Jones]

They're like, dad, let's do this. Put a lot of fruit there.

[Billy Reed]

So good.

[Mark Pope]

It was fun.

[Caller]

What?

[Matt Jones]

You know, your girl's very active on social media. Do you ever say, hey, down a notch or you like go?

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

Nope.

[Mark Pope]

I'm like, go, girls. Listen, my girls sacrifice and Care both maybe as much as any member of BBN and probably more. And this is very personal them and they are very funny and they, they love this whole thing and they won't listen to me if I tell them anything anyway. So it's just, it's a beautiful. Like I'm telling you. So again, congratulations on your daughter.

[Billy Reed]

I got an Avery.

[Mark Pope]

There is nothing in the world better than being a dad to daughters, man. It is the best. And so I just watch these girls go and sometimes I'm. I hold my breath, but they do what they do.

[Matt Jones]

Last thing and then because I know you gotta go. What is your biggest. Looking back at the two years that are here, what's your biggest thing that makes you happy? And then what's your biggest regret or thing you would change about the last two years? And then what do you think is most important besides winning for you to alter do going forward?

[Mark Pope]

That's. Okay. Let's take those one at a time.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Mark Pope]

First, first one was, what do I wish I would have changed?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, what would you wish you have changed in the first two years?

[Mark Pope]

So in terms of regrets. So I don't live in any regrets. I think every experience that we have is actually growing and preparing us for the future that we're chasing. And so I don't have any regrets. Everything we've. Listen, we've accomplished so much. We've grown so much, we're learning so much. We are in the process of getting to our ultimate destination. The process is messy. Growing is messy. It gets setbacks. It's one step forward, two back, three steps forward. It's the beauty of it.

[Caller]

And.

[Mark Pope]

Oh, that's a big one.

[Matt Jones]

You need to take it and come back.

[Mark Pope]

I'm okay. I'm gonna call him right back.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Mark Pope]

And so. And so there's nothing like this is everybody's journey.

[Caller]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

But what would you change regret?

[Mark Pope]

Well, you know, I'm gonna go to the low hanging fruit. I'd like to stay healthy. I would like to stay healthy.

[Matt Jones]

Is there anything you can do for that? Like, is there anything.

[Mark Pope]

This is a great question. So we've actually done, you know, we're data driven like crazy. I drive everybody in our office crazy. And so we've dug hard into this. What's interesting is we're not. We're having less soft tissue injury than any other program. We've just had these random traumatic acute injuries like Jackson breaking his finger caught in a jersey. It's just like this random thing. We had two point guards in a row that Dove on the floor and stretched out and had labrum deals. We've had two Jones fractures, which is just. There's not like we do blood work and nutrition. Those are things that just, it just happened. It's part of life. Sometimes things happen. And so what you do is you use them to make you better and stronger and grow more and prepare you for the next stage. Those challenges have made us so much better as coaches have so much broader vision. They're making our players better, stronger people. And the end result is going to be the end result. We're going to get where we want to go.

[Matt Jones]

And then finally, what would you like to see? What changes are you kind of making going forward?

[Mark Pope]

Well, we have, and we've talked about it like I'm beating this drum and creators, creators, creators, size, size, size, rent, protection, decision making at the five spot with some depth and, and then length, decision making and shooting at the wings. And I think we have it like we have the versatility where we're going to be a little bit every year as we put together these rosters. You can't completely immunize yourself from misfortune during the course of the season, but we're, we're doing a, we've got to a pretty masterful space right now where I feel like as good as it can be done, we put together a roster right now that we're excited about coaching and that has some protection based on our versatility.

[Matt Jones]

My mom will kill me if I don't ask you, is Trent Noah going to step up this year?

[Mark Pope]

Trent Noah, man, he's been the best player on our roster in the first four weeks of camp. He tweaked a hamstring yesterday, which is a, which is a nothing. But he's, he's, he's actually, believe us or not, he's leading us, leading us in defensive impact metric right now on this roster.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, he is.

[Mark Pope]

And the thing is there's. We talk about growing players. Trent is in his third year here, right. He is completely devoted and dedicated to Kentucky basketball and getting better and we'll see the fruits of that growth. Like it's players like Trent Noah and you watch them rise up that you build a relationship over the years. He's going to be really special this year. I'm super proud of him. So he is going to have an impact on this roster for sure.

[Matt Jones]

Mark, thank you very much for coming in here. We do appreciate it. You said you stayed a little longer for us and hope we can talk to you more as we get Closer to the year.

[Mark Pope]

There is never been a better time to be a Kentucky basketball fan, man. Like, it's on guys like, this journey, because this is a journey we're going through. Like, we've all had these incredible highs, and we had these really, really frustrating things all growing towards a goal which, you know, we're incredibly focused on nine. And we're going to get there. We're going to find a way to get there. This journey, like, when we write the book on this, guys, it's going to be epic. Like, it just is the best. And. And so I'm glad we're all riding it together. Thanks.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you, Mark. Go take that call. Appreciate Mark Pope. Loving the beard and. And everything. Thank you all very much. All right. Appreciate it. See you later. We will. Well, I'll tell you what. We'll stay here for a minute. Let him go. Thank you, by the way, for.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Appreciate it.

[Billy Reed]

Have a safe trip.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. So there you go.

[Billy Reed]

That was fun.

[Matt Jones]

That was very nice of him to

[Billy Reed]

stick around, especially during a long break.

[Matt Jones]

That was a long break.

[Billy Reed]

A lot of people in the past, coaches, other people, even people that aren't

[Matt Jones]

important, would have said no, would not sit through a break. Cal specifically said, I'll do as long an interview as you want, but there will be no break. And, Shannon, there's nothing you and I can do about the break. The heartbreak comes for everyone.

[Shannon Dawson]

It doesn't matter who you are.

[Matt Jones]

Doesn't matter who you are. And he sat through there, and he's right. The first break, that would have been a nice one to be able to have over the air.

[Billy Reed]

It's a good conversation.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm also glad, like, we got to talk, you know, during the break about just in general, like, the last year, you know, I think he was very honest about some of that, and it's good to hear him say he still thinks that there should be criticism when it's deserved. I'm glad to hear that. Reaffirmed.

[Billy Reed]

Completely understands the fan base and what he signed up for. He loves hearing that.

[Matt Jones]

He also understands, like, we need to be good this year, and he's excited about the team.

[Billy Reed]

You can tell that he should be, but you can feel it, that it's. That's genuine, how excited he is about this.

[Matt Jones]

You can just tell that's how he feels. All right, we do have some folks on 859-280-2287, some of whom have held. I am gonna. I'm gonna take an early break here and then come back and we will continue going. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. By the way, tell me about Stockton Mortgage really quick.

[Shannon Dawson]

Oh yeah, Stockton Mortgage stockton.com that it's always important to make sure you have everything when it comes to paperwork ready to go when it's time for closing. Stockton can help you understand where you stand and what options you may [e-mail] and if buying a home is on your radar, getting pre approved early can help you understand your budget and Shop with confidence. Stockton.com NMLS8259/housing lender NMLSConsumeraccess.org all right, there you go.

[Matt Jones]

We will be right back. KSR welcome back. Techie Sports Radio Text Machine 772-7745-2544 One person writes, Matt, I expected you to be soft in that interview, but you asked him direct questions and I thought Mark answered them directly. I agree with that. I thought he did too. I mean, you know, I asked him all the stuff that I've heard over the last few weeks people really wanted to know and I felt like he answered them directly. Did you, Shannon?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, I think he answered everything that he could. You know, there were a lot of maybes but I think that's probably because that stuff that he couldn't get out or you know, wasn't cleared to release that information yet. But I think overall he did. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Favorite answer or, or least favorite answer.

[Billy Reed]

I mean not to criticize, I don't love the camps might be ending. I know that's a small thing that only impacts a few people but I know a lot of people are upset they're not having this year. Didn't sound like there's it didn't sound

[Matt Jones]

like they were going to be quick to bring them back.

[Billy Reed]

But that's small time. Overall, I love, I love the whole interview and his excitement.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I did too. I did too. I didn't love the answer about well we were just hurt. But also that may be true. I mean that's what he believes. Then we'll see what happens this year. He's very excited about the shooting. He did say, I think that's one thing he said during the break we can say is we're going to be shooting the heck out of it.

[Billy Reed]

Yeah, he had some off air Milan comments. I mean nothing juicy but he talked a lot about how he's just unbelievable how he plays.

[Matt Jones]

Just can't stop Milan from making shots.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, Noah, baby, this is his year. It's going to happen this year.

[Matt Jones]

Telling you, hey, listen, I want it to know a leading the team in defense. That might mean we're not a lockdown team. So we're going to score points. That means it's going to be fun because we're going to have to store. We're going to have to score points. We're going to score a lot of points.

[Billy Reed]

That's what we want. That's when. When he was hired here, we all watched that video game offense, YouTube video of the excitement of being a team that just lights up the scoreboard, and we were ready to make that change and see how it pans out. We might have it this upcoming season.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, Matt, what was talking about being talked about at the break that you guys couldn't talk about on air? How are you going to ask me that question? Well, if I. If I could talk about it, I would. I would say, though, it's just. And I said this to him, I was like, talk more like that. You know what I mean? Because he was just so. He's so honest and open in those scenarios. But, yeah, I understand. Like, there's, you know, he.

[Billy Reed]

I'm going to use a Stoops comparison. He's nothing like Stoops, but Stoops would come in here and be a different person, and he got people fired up. I felt a little bit that with Pope, like, you sound different than what

[Matt Jones]

we normally hear from you, which I like.

[Billy Reed]

Stoops was really good at.

[Matt Jones]

I liked quite a bit. One person writes, Matt, I'm excited about the team. What do you think about what he said about creators? Well, I've been saying. I mean, to be fair, that was my biggest complaint over the last two years, is he uses the phrase creators. I use the phrase, can you beat your man off the dribble? Like, for me, it's all about, we have not had guys who could beat our man off the dribble. You go back two years ago, the only guy on the team that could beat his man off the dribble was Laurent Butler. And he couldn't finish a lot. And then Otega became a guy who could. He could get a step on his dribbler and he could finish, but really nobody else. I mean, Aberdeen a little bit. We just haven't had enough of those guys. And it's good. I do think this team has a lot of guys who have the potential to do that.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Billy Reed]

Away who was awesome. He needed more of a little bit of a crease, and then he would just bully his way in and finish.

[Matt Jones]

Inch he could take.

[Billy Reed]

He kind of had that Archie Goodwin. I'M just going at the rim. But it wasn't like creating as much. And then I loved Colin Chandler, but I mean, he could barely create. I mean, if you give him an open three or an open dunk. Yeah, he was awesome. But he couldn't go get his own very often either.

[Matt Jones]

And he said creators in size. Well, I mean, if you go look at the teams that were really good last year, that's what they had. They had creators and size and, you know, that's. That's good. I get the sense that I do think they're going to try to have one more. Do you. Would you guess it would be a big.

[Billy Reed]

I wish they had the Serbian. I worry about the Cam, Williams, Hawthorne. We need one of those guys to make a jump. And if so far, of what's being reported behind closed doors, there's plenty of time for them to figure it out. Neither of those guys, I mean, Williams and he practicing right now. And Hawthorne still might not be ready to take that next step. So I would maybe add a wing, but you also could use center depth, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yep.

[Billy Reed]

Let's go to Frank's. Also out right now.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, let's go to William. Go ahead, William.

[Caller]

Hey, I got a question for you. I've been losing sleep over it, and I thought only you could answer this for me, so I was hoping you could answer it.

[Matt Jones]

Go for it.

[Caller]

I was wondering if. I was wondering if you've seen the video of the preacher in Baton Rouge.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, stop at the preacher. He appreciate. He held on for 40 minutes to ask me if I'd seen the video of the preacher from Baton Rouge. I have one that.

[Billy Reed]

I mean.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, there are better videos.

[Billy Reed]

I don't know if it's good.

[Matt Jones]

Radio the kid at Billy's alma mater, Western. That's a much better video. That's my distinct Western Kentucky alum right there. That was the best video. I don't know if he. Wait a minute. You go ahead and turn to Michael. Do you have an answer for your.

[Drew Franklin]

I have no comment on that video. That video by people of Western Kentucky.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Do that in your own home.

[Billy Reed]

One more interesting Pope thing. I was surprised to say he would like excitedly run it back with last year's roster. That's like a full commitment to last

[Matt Jones]

year's roster that says. And I think that's important for people to know.

[Caller]

He.

[Matt Jones]

There are people like me who have said, I don't think that roster was going to be what we thought it was going to be. Anyway. He believes it was.

[Billy Reed]

And not just Kind of. He was like, I would run it back with that.

[Matt Jones]

He believes it was. And so now we, you know, you know that I, I appreciate that he says what he believes. I don't know if I agree with that. And I'm also glad that he said the, you know, the stuff about I, I get tired of the narrative out there that he doesn't like us or he doesn't like, you know, when he answered the question. Yeah, sometimes it stinks if stuff comes out. But this is Kentucky. That's the truth. You're not going to be able to keep stuff from coming out, whether it's us or anyone else. And I like that he appreciates and acknowledges that. And the next time some yapper says that, I'm just going to play him that quote and say, look, this is him saying it what he wants.

[Billy Reed]

He knows it's part of the job and how much more it means to everyone around Kentucky than at other places. And that will latch on to everything or look for every little detail or piece of information because it's 24, 7, 365 for fans here.

[Matt Jones]

I also like, by the way, the phrase. He said power play, the hockey phrase advantage, which is basically getting a man advantage. That makes sense to me. I mean, in hockey, the best chance to score is when you're on a power play. You get a four on three or three on two or whatever. That's what he wants. So he's sitting there thinking, how do we create situations where you draw a double team so that you can get a power play?

[Billy Reed]

And that's where last year, I think, when the ball would stick and the offense would get stagnant, that's going against what he wants. He wants the defense on their heels and getting those mismatches and advantages.

[Matt Jones]

Todd, go ahead. Tod.

[Caller]

Yeah, Matt. I was wanting to ask Mark, but he's. He's gone now. But I just wonder what Yalls opinion is back when he played 96, 95, you know how they said Patino really worked the team hard and they always claim that a game was easier than practice?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

I just wonder if. If Mark is working his team like he was.

[Matt Jones]

I will say to you this is not him saying it, but I can tell you that from the people I've talked to that go to practice. The thing they say is the most different from last year is Mark's intensity slash pushing the guys. That's what they say is the. Now, I can't comment, Todd, because I haven't been so. I don't know, but What I've heard people say is if you were to have gone to last year's practices and this year's practices, the thing that would be the most different from you is how kind of hard they are working the players.

[Caller]

Well, that's. That's great to hear. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I.

[Caller]

We. We sure need it. And yeah, Marino needs to get tougher too. You know, he did good sometime last year, but there was a lot of times he got pushed around quite a.

[Matt Jones]

No, he did well. That's why they probably brought in Frank, who we need. Appreciate the call to get healthy.

[Billy Reed]

Definitely gonna need him. I almost asked if Frank is as old as he looks in pictures, but I didn't wanna get too goofy. I'd already did my fruit question.

[Matt Jones]

You did go. You went with the fruit question.

[Billy Reed]

I had to know about the fruit. It was just so much.

[Matt Jones]

You were big on the fruit. Well, that photo.

[Billy Reed]

I think Billy and I did a whole show. Break it down. The photo, Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

So he. I do like what he said though, about when you write a story, you don't tell people how to interpret it. That's actually what true artists. Makes me wonder if I should start posting pictures with things that look like they are messages and put like little

[Shannon Dawson]

Easter eggs in the background.

[Matt Jones]

But then maybe they're nothing, right?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I might just post a picture in a brown suit. But it's not the wedding brown, it's another brown.

[Billy Reed]

And we'll have to stew on it for days and days.

[Matt Jones]

What do you think that he said it will become, by the way he said about the Jack King. It will become clear as things go on. What does that mean?

[Billy Reed]

Now you're going to keep me up for night after night again like I do? What do we think?

[Matt Jones]

How will the Jack King become clear as time goes on?

[Shannon Dawson]

You got to wait for time to go on. That's why it's murky right now. Once time goes on.

[Matt Jones]

Kansas signed a deal with a crypto company to sponsor their uniform. They will have a crypto company's logo on their uniform. I don't. I didn't see how much they were getting paid. You fit does that. If that feels dirty to me. But should it? If it does to me. But. But like. I mean, I don't think anybody would bat an eye if it was a bank.

[Billy Reed]

See, I didn't even. It wasn't even much of that was crypto. It's that patches are coming to uniforms. We better get ready for it here and for Kansas to do it. Another one that like us, has all their tradition and history and they're just slapping crypto.

[Matt Jones]

Just change the rule that said that you could do it. Yeah, I feel like they did that like this spring. So you knew it was coming.

[Billy Reed]

That's why I don't. I still love Kentucky. When we talk about the front and that's promoted, I also kind of think, well, you're about to slap a big logo on this.

[Matt Jones]

You're doing for the name on the front, which is Kansas and Crypto xty.

[Billy Reed]

That just shows how much the game's changed in Kansas. Being a team that's done it so early, I think is telling that it's going to be wide.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like the crypto thing and again, I've been anti crypto from moment one for a while. That look like a grandfather position. I think it looks better now it's dropped. It has every crypto. Without bitcoin, they're all dead. Bitcoin's the last one, kind of.

[Drew Franklin]

So Kansas is going to have a Monster Energy drink patch and a crypto patch.

[Matt Jones]

They're going to have both Monster Energy and crypto. So they're going to be exactly the kind of person you meet in Miami who you hate.

[Billy Reed]

For me, the Monster Energy is much worse than the crypto. There's something tacky about it.

[Matt Jones]

They want the, the media to say the Monster Energy Big 12. So Shannon, they want us to go that the Power Four conferences are SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Monster Energy Big 12.

[Shannon Dawson]

They're all going to look like a NASCAR running down the court with.

[Matt Jones]

Who's going to say monster Energy Big 12?

[Billy Reed]

I am.

[Shannon Dawson]

Nobody.

[Billy Reed]

That's what they want to be called. I'm calling them that you're going to

[Matt Jones]

call them every time we bring up the Monster Energy Big 12.

[Billy Reed]

Mostly because I'm sarcastically, you know, going with the bit. If it was something else, it's not as funny. But Monster Energy is one of the brands that I would make up as like a joke.

[Matt Jones]

I. Yeah, I mean that is. It'd be like. It'd be like the big ass fans. SEC Billy's gonna do some counties and more when we return. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney.

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Shannon Dawson]

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

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Tucky. Sports Radio. This segment sponsored by Court Physical Therapy. You know, it's summer, Drew, so you got to get outside. Right. Run around, play.

[Billy Reed]

That's right, Mo.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Well, not me. I'm not got Mo today, are you?

[Billy Reed]

Yeah, unfortunately.

[Matt Jones]

I heard from the great farm. Billy needs to mow.

[Billy Reed]

Who told you that?

[Matt Jones]

You.

[Billy Reed]

I did tell you that.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow, Drew, what do you mean? I thought this was a safe space.

[Matt Jones]

He said you had the worst lawn in the neighborhood. Neighborhood?

[Billy Reed]

Not just neighborhood.

[Matt Jones]

Like you let it grow too much.

[Drew Franklin]

That's normally true. I did cut it a few days ago. So it's not up to date information between cuts till my neighbors come over and say, hey, are you going to cut that grass?

[Matt Jones]

Do your neighbors come over?

[Drew Franklin]

They have before they've.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, how does that come.

[Billy Reed]

So I was not alone by saying that.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, you weren't out of line. No, it's. It's usually like a two week thing and it's. It's usually ready to be cut after two weeks.

[Matt Jones]

I bet you go on. If you go. If you say two weeks, that means it's three.

[Drew Franklin]

I may have dipped into three once or twice.

[Matt Jones]

So what does the neighbor say when they knock on the door?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, no, they didn't knock on the door. It was just. I was outside when it happened and I would. They say, they're like, you gonna cut that grass?

[Matt Jones]

That feels a little like. Are people allowed to do that? Just tell you to cut your grass?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I went to go take the trash can back up from the street, and they're like, man, you gonna cut that grass? I was like, I guess. But this is the neighbor that I,

[Shannon Dawson]

very passive be told though, to cut the grass.

[Matt Jones]

But are you. Do you have an hoa?

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Well, then you should just tell them I'm. No, I'm not.

[Drew Franklin]

Eat it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I just. I feel like that's rude to look at somebody. Now if there's like an HOA agreement and you're not. You're not agreeing, but I don't think you should be able to go up to your neighbors and say you're gonna.

[Shannon Dawson]

I mean, it's a human being agreement. I mean, everybody should cut their grass.

[Matt Jones]

So you actually, Shannon, you're kind of a libertarian. You think people should be able to

[Shannon Dawson]

say, nobody wants to be next to the guy that has knee tall grass.

[Billy Reed]

Like, no, it was probably just above the calf, not all the way to the knee.

[Matt Jones]

So, Shannon, you would look at your neighbor and say, are you gonna cut

[Shannon Dawson]

your grass sucking up the. The property for everybody else. You're making my go down because you won't get out there and cut the grass.

[Matt Jones]

So what did you say when he said it?

[Drew Franklin]

I. Well, I just kind of laughed it off. I was like, yeah, probably sometime soon. I didn't take it, like, as like a, you need to cut your grass.

[Matt Jones]

But of course, that's what he meant.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I just kind of laughed off.

[Matt Jones]

He wasn't like, having, like, let's be like, are you going to paint your house?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I feel like that.

[Matt Jones]

What's the difference between are you going to cut your grass and are you going to paint your house?

[Billy Reed]

Not much.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I feel that that's rude.

[Shannon Dawson]

Well, you could.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like that's rude. You should have looked at him.

[Billy Reed]

Said, are you going to lose weight?

[Matt Jones]

You know, it hurts.

[Billy Reed]

Well, then, neighborhood a couple times.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Are you gonna, you know, pick up your junky porch?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I'm not here to start a war between my neighbors. I'm a neighborly guy. But I guess I need to mow my lawn a little bit more Austin,

[Matt Jones]

because it's, like, being talked about on the airwaves.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, now I. I'm sure I'll cut it every week now after this, I have the opposite.

[Billy Reed]

My neighbor is mowing part of my yard. I don't know if they think it's their yard, and I'm gonna have to tell them to stop. Like, get out of my yard.

[Shannon Dawson]

Get off my yard. Drew is here.

[Billy Reed]

They mow.

[Matt Jones]

Like, look at what is happening.

[Billy Reed]

Well, they mow, like, a good 5 to 10 yards into my yard and consider that a. They do. Like, it's like they're getting ready for the US Open. It's real thin. I keep mine high, and it's all. It's. It's, like, wonky. And I think. You got a yard. I got a yard. I. I'm on my own, so I'm gonna have to tell them soon.

[Matt Jones]

So you're property line guy?

[Billy Reed]

No. Well, actually, like, there's, like, kids that play in my yard. That's fine. I just need you to stop mowing so far into my yard.

[Matt Jones]

Like, wow, I did not realize we had this level of yard problem.

[Drew Franklin]

But you have to maintain a yard.

[Shannon Dawson]

Season two, A Neighbor, he's spraying his.

[Matt Jones]

Talk about neighbors. I may do that. By the way, that's my assignment for tomorrow.

[Drew Franklin]

What?

[Matt Jones]

Watch episode one of the Worst Neighbor ever.

[Billy Reed]

No, I've seen it on.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't seen. It's apparently in Mount Sterling. I have not seen it yet. I hear it's.

[Billy Reed]

Yeah, we are.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's why we're going to talk about it. We're going to Mount Sterling tomorrow, and we've got to talk about that, because that apparently is great by the Way. This was all part of a court physical therapy ad. If pain slows you down, it's time to call the pros at court physical therapy. From sports injury to everyday aches. Court helps you recover and get back to doing what you do. Expert clinicians create personalized care plans. It's court.com, that's kort.com to start your comeback today. All right, Billy does not mow his grass, but he does tell us about counties. It is Bourbon and Boyd today.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's start with Bourbon.

[Matt Jones]

Now be careful about Bourbon. We have a lot of listeners in Paris. Probably nowhere I go that I get stopped more from people listening than Paris. I think we are huge in Paris, so don't make them mad.

[Drew Franklin]

We got a lot of people from Paris, so we'll get to those in just a second. But Bourbon county. Founded in 1785 from a portion of Fayette County, Virginia, Bourbon was one of the nine Virginia counties formed before Kentucky became a state in 1790.

[Caller]

It is.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

From its original area, there's 24 counties and parts of 10 other counties. New ones that were made that was very generous.

[Matt Jones]

They could have been like big daddy County. And they were like, you know what? No, let's help our brother strengthen numbers. That's good for you, Bourbon.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. That big area was known as old Bourbon back in the day. Named after the royal French house of Bourbon in gratitude of French's help in the revolutionary war. The county seat is Paris, which has its own 24 foot replica Eiffel Tower. The French roots running strong.

[Matt Jones]

We. We did it. We did a story about that once. It's, I would say, loosely, an Eiffel Tower.

[Billy Reed]

There's one more I'm interested to see if he has.

[Matt Jones]

We did another thing we did on. Hey, Kentucky. A big segment. I hope you.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, why was it.

[Matt Jones]

It was a building.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I don't have.

[Billy Reed]

Oh, my goodness. You don't have the. Paris has the world's tallest three story building. I didn't have. We did full 20 minutes. We got on the roof. It's incredible.

[Matt Jones]

Paradise Cafe, they are calling it the world's tallest three story building, which I think it's called the Shinner building, which doesn't make sense. Even after you did your thing. I didn't understand why they call it that.

[Billy Reed]

Each. Each, like floor is so tall.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Billy Reed]

So even though it's only three stories, the building is taller than some five story buildings.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. People around the world for it. Yeah. That restaurant is good. All right, go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

I want to take you back to 1810, where there were a lot of distilleries in the Bourbon county area. Barrels of whiskey shipped from the region were marked as Old Bourbon, as it was. The old area was called because they came from Bourbon County. Buyers eventually started asking for that bourbon whiskey. And that is debatedly how bourbon got its name.

[Matt Jones]

I think there's debate. Yeah, I think there's a debate, but some people argue. There's like three different stories of why we call it bourbon, but that is one of them. And I think there are people, there are advocates of that position. I don't know that. I think the Kentucky Bourbon Council takes a different position. But since we're doing Bourbon County, I will take that position till we get to another county. Yes, that's right.

[Drew Franklin]

So we get to somebody else's claim. Secretariat is famous in Paris. After his stud career, Secretariat lived and was buried at Claiborne Farms on Winchester Road in Paris.

[Matt Jones]

Paris high school.

[Drew Franklin]

Unlike most Paris, most racehorse succeeded.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Most racehorses are traditionally cremated or buried with only their head, heart and hooves. Secretariat was embalmed and buried whole. So you can go to his two facts in there.

[Billy Reed]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So horses normally only get buried with their. What horse?

[Drew Franklin]

Their head, their heart and their hooves.

[Matt Jones]

Why their heart? That feels like the thing where you need the least.

[Billy Reed]

So they don't just lower the whole horse down in the ground.

[Drew Franklin]

No. Normally cremated or buried like that.

[Matt Jones]

Assume they had.

[Shannon Dawson]

Took the whole horse, had a heart and hooves in the ground. And the rest of it goes where?

[Matt Jones]

What do you do with the rest?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not sure about the rest.

[Matt Jones]

Why the hooves?

[Mark Pope]

Oh, it's.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know.

[Shannon Dawson]

That's what they ran with.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't have that part of the fact.

[Matt Jones]

How many people you think knew that horses only get their head, their heart and their hooves?

[Billy Reed]

I live within walking distance of a horse cemetery, had no idea what was beneath the ground.

[Shannon Dawson]

Actually, you know what? That's all I want when I get buried. Just my head, my heart, my feet, take my arms.

[Matt Jones]

Or some of him.

[Drew Franklin]

You can visit Secretariat Park.

[Billy Reed]

We wouldn't have to go too deep for the other part.

[Matt Jones]

Secretary got embalmed.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Caller]

Where?

[Matt Jones]

Where?

[Drew Franklin]

On Winchester Road at Claiborne Farms in Paris.

[Matt Jones]

So I could go there and it's.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, visit the site. What is Carl Mar.

[Matt Jones]

You can't see it.

[Drew Franklin]

No, he's underground.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

But you can go to Secretariat park in Paris.

[Matt Jones]

What is Karl Marx?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You don't know who Karl Marx was?

[Drew Franklin]

I've heard of the name, but what in reference of what they Embalmed him

[Matt Jones]

and like took him around Russia.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. Did not know that for a long time.

[Matt Jones]

People could look at him. I don't know if they. I don't know if he's still. I don't know what happened.

[Drew Franklin]

That would be odd. Yeah. So there's a life sized bronze sculpture of Secretariat at Secretariat park if you want to go see.

[Billy Reed]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Now to some famous people, because there's a lot from Paris. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris. He invented the three position traffic signal in 1923.

[Matt Jones]

When you first said three position, I was like, what do you mean? Don't be dirty. You mean the three light traffic, Correct?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Why three position?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you got a different position. Red, yellow, green. This is how those are colors. They are, but they are in different positions on the. The light, the traffic signal, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay, fair enough.

[Drew Franklin]

Semantics.

[Billy Reed]

Here in the counties.

[Matt Jones]

All right, go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Jim Kelly is from Paris. The martial artist who played opposite of Bruce Lee in 1973's Enter the Dragon. Big Afro. Remember him?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Shannon Dawson]

Okay, next fact, please.

[Drew Franklin]

And former Kentucky football and Cleveland Browns football coach Blanton Coyer is from Paris. His 1964 Browns won the NFL championship and it is the second most recent Cleveland championship.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Coached Kentucky and the Brown. I didn't know he coached the Browns. Okay, well, there you go. So those are your three.

[Drew Franklin]

That's my.

[Matt Jones]

I thought you said there were a lot of.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I stick. Stick to three for most counties.

[Matt Jones]

And look at this building. Great tradition of athletes. Ton of athletes have come from Paris over the years. What, like Alvin? Was that. Not. Not Alvin, who was. Who went to Louisville and played from Bourbon County. I don't remember that. Actually, you know what? I said that. I don't know if I remember Tom

[Shannon Dawson]

Leach from Bourbon County.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Tom Leach is from Barbie County. You don't put him on the baseball. You're going to take dude who made the traffic light over Tom Leach.

[Drew Franklin]

We once had Tom Leach's English teacher call into the KSR pre show and tell us about how much a troublemaker he was.

[Matt Jones]

No way. Yeah, Tom Leach was not a troublemaker.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Yeah, we also got a picture.

[Matt Jones]

I do not believe Tom Leach was a troublemaker.

[Billy Reed]

You should have led with this on the county. That's the most interesting part.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I forgot about that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so. So Bourbon County. Good, good report.

[Billy Reed]

Masters are from Birmingham.

[Matt Jones]

Take a break. Let's do a call real quick. Larry, go ahead, Larry.

[Caller]

Oh, hey. Yeah, it was Alvin.

[Matt Jones]

Alvin Sims. I was about to say Alvin Sims, but for some reason I. I Didn't pull the trigger. Okay. Go ahead.

[Caller]

Anyway, the college football game comes out tomorrow. Will you take me? Any good?

[Matt Jones]

What do you think?

[Shannon Dawson]

The rank? I think. I think we did a story around there.

[Billy Reed]

Yeah, I pre ordered the game to have early access, which started yesterday, and I. I didn't even know if that was a waste of money. Probably won't even turn it on. I just donated $70.

[Matt Jones]

Why won't you play it?

[Billy Reed]

Because I have an infant. Okay?

[Shannon Dawson]

He's gonna do real things now in life.

[Matt Jones]

Fair enough. Yeah.

[Caller]

Will they have Oregon's playbook?

[Matt Jones]

It's true. I appreciate the call. I mean, they will. That's Billy. I'm shocked about your grass. And there are many people writing in saying, yes, you are allowed to tell your name, neighbor. They need to cut their grass. I would. I would never.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, but you can't tell people what to wear to a wedding, huh?

[Matt Jones]

I would judge them silently. I don't think you should be telling people whether to mow the grass. I think that's amazingly rude.

[Billy Reed]

But if you had young kids out playing the neighborhood, they. You could lose them in Billy's yard. It's like an actual safety.

[Drew Franklin]

Come on, Drew. You're going to.

[Billy Reed]

People are going to think this is real.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break. Did I do cornbread here?

[Shannon Dawson]

No, no, no.

[Matt Jones]

You need to do that cornbread Hemp.com promo code KSR. You need a little aerosol spritz. Or is it aperol? It's not.

[Shannon Dawson]

It's not Lysol.

[Matt Jones]

Not alcoholic spritz. Don't drink an aerosol spritz. A crisp and refreshing beverage made with adaptogens like lemon balm and passion flower. Only 30 calories. No hangover. You can. As you're wading through Billy's jungle of grass, you can take a cornbread hemp spritz. Find them at Liquor Barn, Total Wine, Fresh Market, Cox's and Evergreen Liquor Cheese. It's cornbread hemp. This is the good life. We'll take a break. Do Boyd County. Be right back. Welcome back, Turkey Sports Radio. DraftKings, Cincinnati Reds, Phillies tonight. Go to DraftKings. Bet $5, you win 200. Chase Burns is one. 10 games. He's 10 and one on a team that's only 140 games. 10 and one. So Chase Burns is doing great. Go to DraftKings. Bet 5, you can win up $200. Promo code KSR. Get your dreams going at DraftKings and DraftKings.com and download the app. Does Chase Burns make it 11 and one.

[Billy Reed]

With the way you talk about the Reds, I feel like this is streak takes.

[Matt Jones]

The Phillies are pitching undecided.

[Billy Reed]

I'm going undecided.

[Matt Jones]

You're going with undecided. Undecided covers the undecided beats Chase Byrne

[Billy Reed]

covering the one and a half.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon Dawson]

I watched them last night. Like, come on. Reds beat the Phillies. Yes. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Also, it's Wild Eggs Wednesday. You can go to twitter. KSR show. Twitter. Do the spelling in the next 20 minutes. Mario will pick one. I haven't looked at the word, but it's wild eggs Wednesday. $50 from wild eggs. If you go to Twitter right now and do the word that Mario just put up. We're going to move Boyd county to tomorrow because the. We're just full of people talking about the grass.

[Caller]

Grass.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, okay.

[Billy Reed]

Great priorities here.

[Matt Jones]

Plus, it'll just give you one last. You have to do tonight.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true.

[Matt Jones]

You look up what tomorrow is. One person writes. Matt. Yes. I can tell you're new to home ownership. Homeownership. Of course you can tell your neighbor to cut their grass. There can be snakes, and they can bite your children. That seems. That seems extreme. I mean, I don't think they're snakes.

[Billy Reed]

I think it has to be pretty dang bad to go tell someone or

[Drew Franklin]

say it on the radio.

[Billy Reed]

I didn't say it on the radio.

[Shannon Dawson]

Related.

[Billy Reed]

Onto the radio.

[Matt Jones]

Well, okay, fair enough. One person writes, billy needs to be cutting every week. Two weeks tops. Three weeks is absurd this time of year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I'd say stay off my property and we wouldn't have to worry about it.

[Billy Reed]

You are wedding planning. That takes up a lot of time.

[Matt Jones]

I'll defend you on that property.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, snakes are gonna bite my children.

[Matt Jones]

But there's not. But, I mean, the snakes might go from one set of grass to the other.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I didn't think about that.

[Matt Jones]

So, okay. One person writes, there are rules in cities about how high the grass is. In Louisville, you have to keep it under 10 inches. What? I don't know what Lexington is. Yeah, I don't know. Do you know?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't. But you guys have painted this picture that it's a rainforest of grass.

[Billy Reed]

It's more of, like, a jungle.

[Matt Jones]

True.

[Mark Pope]

Rainforest.

[Drew Franklin]

It is not. There's a couple dandelions over there.

[Billy Reed]

We couldn't find Mario's car.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

I gotta spray those. Yeah, you need to get rid of those.

[Matt Jones]

What's wrong with dandelions?

[Billy Reed]

That's another reason my neighbor's spraying his all over my yard.

[Shannon Dawson]

Then it Gets into your yard, I'm

[Billy Reed]

gonna have to get another fight in my neighborhood.

[Matt Jones]

This is back to back. What's wrong with dandelions, though? Like, what do they like once you're everywhere and they spread and you don't want them?

[Shannon Dawson]

No.

[Matt Jones]

So do you. Do you spray for them?

[Billy Reed]

I do, actually. I run out. I have this thing, free shout out. It's called Grandpa's Weeder. Got it on Amazon. It is amazing. Listen. Listen to me, everyone Google it right now. I'll recommend it more than any product that exists.

[Matt Jones]

Grandpa's Weeder.

[Billy Reed]

Yeah. It's on a pole and you pick up weeds without having to bend over. I got a bad back. It's addicting. You'll go out there to get one, next thing you know, it's been two and a half hours and you're six houses down the street.

[Matt Jones]

You have to be very careful when you're spelling Graham, Grandpa's Weeder. That you don't. That you don't Put something else.

[Billy Reed]

Support that company. I have no idea who Grandpa is, but he makes a good product.

[Matt Jones]

Noah, Go ahead, Noah.

[Caller]

Hey, man. Thank you guys for taking my call. I missed the first hour and a half from the show, so I don't know if you've said anything about it at all or even from last week, but do you think the Donnie Freeman injury is going to have as much impact for St. John's as it did for like, say, for the Jalen Low injury that we had from last year?

[Matt Jones]

No, because it's not there. It's not their point guard, but yeah, it's going to be huge. I mean, they built a big part of their offense around him, so. No doubt. I mean, I didn't. We didn't talk about it when he got hurt. I appreciate the call, but, you know, freeman tears his ACL out for the year for St. John's that. That stinks for them.

[Billy Reed]

I don't care as much about it for St. John's as I do. If that had happened here, if Pope had gotten him and they had another season ending injury, that would have been awful. So, I mean, probably would have played out differently, but dodged a bullet. But that. I feel bad for Freeman.

[Matt Jones]

Feel bad for him. That stinks to already be out. Let's go to Jake. Go ahead, Jake.

[Drew Franklin]

Jake.

[Caller]

Yeah, man. You hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Go for it.

[Caller]

All right. Yeah. I had a thing about Boone county yesterday that you didn't talk or Billy didn't talk about. He did a great job. But I said one extra thing I want to talk about.

[Matt Jones]

Go for it.

[Caller]

And Petersburg. The USS Sachem.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate people with their Bluetooth on. Bluetooth. I was going to let it go because. But. But then I can't. Peggy. Go ahead. Peggy.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. How are you?

[Matt Jones]

Good. Go for it, Peggy. Just got a minute.

[Caller]

Okay. I just have a question about the KSR bar. When you all open for the football games, are you going to run the shuttle service from the bar to the stadium?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think so, but I don't know yet because again, it's not. I'm not running the bar. And so I don't know what the opening and all that is, but my guess is yes. But I. But. But I will let you know as we get closer. Okay?

[Caller]

Okay. Thanks a lot. I appreciate your help.

[Matt Jones]

There you go. Appreciate it. You know, Billy, one person that does, right? I think everyone gives Billy a hard time. Billy has grown more than anyone on the show. And I think in the last year has made a massive improvement. Everyone should give him a break.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, thank you, mom, for texting in. I do enjoy doing the facts, so thank you for letting me do those, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

You don't enjoy the rest of it?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Mark, the rest of it. Facts are fun.

[Billy Reed]

Good on Cover zero.

[Matt Jones]

What part don't you like?

[Drew Franklin]

The badgering and harassment. But besides that, it's been fine.

[Shannon Dawson]

Go cut your grass, Billy.

[Caller]

Go home.

[Shannon Dawson]

Cut your grass.

[Matt Jones]

We'll see you tomorrow. Who is KSR.