2026-07-13- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1 Recap

Air Date: July 13, 2026
Host/Crew: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon, James
Theme: A humorous and lively mix of Kentucky sports news, local culture, viral Kentucky personalities, and candid conversation.

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Episode Overview

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) delivers a signature blend of Kentucky basketball discussion, local cultural deep-dives, shoutouts to viral Kentucky businesses and personalities (with a spotlight on TikTok fame), and a rundown of UK basketball's Vegas trip. The crew—helmed by Matt Jones—dives into audience traditions, timeshares, viral barbecue, and improvisational banter, capped by a memorable call from “Buckshot” of Baghdad’s BNN Grocery.

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Show Highlights and Key Segments

Reflections and Farewells

• Matt says goodbye to his Sunday morning “Matt and Myron” show after eight years.
  • Listeners called in to reminisce and say their goodbyes.
  • [03:42] Matt: “Yesterday was my final Sunday morning Matt and Myron show. We took calls, almost the whole show of people saying goodbye.”
  • [03:54] Ryan: “We’re just moving down the road.”
  • Nostalgic discussion: Sunday routines, church, and “drunk raccoon” call replay.

Vacation & Timeshare Tales

• Drew returns from vacation, discusses the pros and cons of his timeshare.
  • Drew: “I’m super happy with it. Especially this one. This year was like 10 minute walk to the beach. It was perfect. I loved every second.” [05:58]
  • Relaxed banter about vacation rituals, and the quirks of timeshare ownership.

Local Virality: TikTok & Kentucky Phenomena

• Emergence of Kentucky’s homegrown TikTok celebrities and businesses:
  • Harley Hot Dogs (Mount Sterling): Their “landfill hot dog” gets a glowing review.
    • [09:47] Matt: “That was the best hot dog, I think – certainly the best hot dog I’ve had in Kentucky.”
  • Blue Bridge Boys – a bluegrass-playing group of young musicians from Owensboro.
    • [12:07] Matt: “They got 40,000 TikTok followers… they are on tour the entire summer.”
  • “BNN Grocery" in Baghdad, KY:
    • Their brisket gets national attention, selling out before 12:45pm daily.
    • [13:54] James: “Their brisket alone could make Texas nervous.”
    • Pitmaster is known as “Buckshot.”
  • The team muses on how Kentucky’s hidden internet gems fly under the radar, suggesting a “one-stop feed” for discovering Kentucky TikTokers.
    • [14:30] Matt: “Someone…should, like, cultivate a page or a feed that is just all the cool people from Kentucky that have a presence on TikTok.”

Kentucky Basketball: The Vegas Experience & Roster Concerns

• Team’s Vegas adventures include:
  • Kenny Chesney concert, Topgolf, seeing former players.
  • [29:43] Matt: “UK is in Vegas. Looks like so far they have gone to Kenny Chesney… played golf…”
  • [30:14] James: “So far it’s like TopGolf, $25 blackjack. It is the middle-aged man trip to Vegas.”
• Defensive Worries:
  • Discussion intensifies over Coach Pope’s comment that “Trent Noah is the team’s best defender.”
    • [34:40] Drew: “I gotta admit, when coach Pope said that Trent Noah was the best defender on the team…I thought, oh, maybe we are… in a little [trouble].”
    • The crew balances concern with a reminder that Pope tends toward positive spinning of players.
  • Ryan notes that SEC guard depth may be lighter this year, possibly helping UK’s weaker defense.

In-Memoriam: Lindsey Graham and U.S. Senators

• Reflection on Senator Lindsey Graham’s passing:
  • Matt highlights Graham’s civility and alignment with “the Four Horsemen” (Biden, Lieberman, McCain, Graham).
  • Elegant discussion on bipartisanship and the rare occurrence of unmarried U.S. senators/presidents.
  • [21:07] Matt: “There may be another senator who was never married. I can’t think of one…”
• Mitch McConnell’s (questionable?) recovery:
  • Photo emerges of McConnell alive in a rehab facility, but the crew pokes fun at oddities—mainly, him wearing jeans in the hospital.
    • [24:08] Ryan: “Here’s my suspect part…why is he wearing jeans? Who wears jeans in the hospital?”
    • [25:13] Matt: “Part of the problem with conspiracy theories is nothing will shut them down.”
    • Spirited banter about AI, photo veracity, and classic KSR jest.
  • Fact-check: Only president never married was James Buchanan, considered the “worst president” historically.

On-Air Kentucky Gems: Live Call from Buckshot

• Caller Interview – Ashley & Buckshot (BNN Grocery in Baghdad, KY):
  • [36:18] Coon Hunter Cake: “Homemade cake…crushed pineapple in it and then a cream cheese icing.”
  • [36:31] Buckshot on brisket: “Some of our customers, you know, they don’t have teeth, so I gotta make it real tender.”
  • Fun with local color: Buckshot’s persona matches expectations; brisket is “as tender as my mother-in-law’s [love].”
  • Helicopter-flying diners reinforce the eatery’s local legend status.
  • [37:59] Matt (tongue in cheek): “I think it’s a nice service you’re doing by giving people food that don’t have dentures.”

UK Athletics, Kentucky Famous Faces, and Miscellaneous Stories

• J.D. Vance sightings at a Lexington golf course; the resulting social media blowback over privacy.
• NBA alumni drama: Bam Adebayo reportedly punched Tyler Herro following social media digs—escalating “Cat-on-cat crime” among Kentucky alumni.
  • [45:06] Ryan: “If I am Tyler Herro, I’m not fighting Bam.”
  • [47:11] Matt: “You don’t do that to your friends.”
  • Explores their friendship’s decline, Heat team dynamics, and social media’s role.
• Listener calls:
  • A playful hypothetical about Bob Ross painting “Paint Me a Birmingham.”
  • Requests for UK wrestling team coverage (lightly dismissed).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On TikTok’s dark future:
  • [10:41] Ryan: “TikTok is like… cigarettes. In 30 years, we’re gonna look back and they’re gonna go, ‘we ruined a generation of brains.’ I'm not even—this is not a joke.”
• On Kentucky’s viral culture:
  • [12:07] Matt: “All these people out there…have 150,000 people in Maysville, and you go, where do these people come from? But good for them.”
• On local flavor:
  • [36:31] Buckshot: “Some of our customers…don’t have teeth, so I gotta make it real tender.”
  • [13:54] James (paraphrasing a review): “Their brisket alone could make Texas nervous.”
• On the Kentucky basketball lineup panic:
  • [32:31] Matt: “We're going to stink at defense, but I think we’re going to score a lot.”
• On Bam vs. Herro fight:
  • [46:36] Drew: “That… doesn’t happen a lot.”
  • [47:11] Matt: “You don’t do that to your friends.”
• On Mitch McConnell’s “hospital jeans”:
  • [24:08] Ryan: “Here’s my suspect part… why is he wearing jeans? Who wears jeans in the hospital?”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:11] – Start of main show, Sunday show farewell
• [05:58] – Drew’s vacation/timeshare tale
• [08:38] – Mark Pope does something kind for Drew, discussed
• [09:47] – Landfill hot dog’s excellence
• [12:07] – Discussion on Blue Bridge Boys, TikTok Kentucky fame
• [13:54] – BNN Grocery’s brisket, Buckshot introduction
• [21:18] – Lindsey Graham reflection, “Four Horsemen”
• [24:08] – McConnell’s rehab jeans conspiracy
• [29:43] – UK basketball in Vegas report
• [34:40] – Panic over UK’s defense, Trent Noah as “best defender”
• [36:18] – Call from Ashley/Buckshot: brisket & Coon Hunter Cake
• [45:06] – Bam Adebayo vs. Tyler Herro altercation
• [47:11] – Friendship fallout, social media, fighting friends

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Tone & Style

True to KSR form, the hour is lively, irreverent, and saturated with Kentucky flavor—balancing warmth for local traditions with sharp, self-aware humor about Kentucky’s quirks and athletic anxieties. The crew’s banter is fast and familiar, with an open-mic feel punctuated by recurring inside jokes and live audience calls.

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Takeaways

• Kentucky is full of viral personalities and “hidden gems,” many known only to those deep in the state’s social media.
• The KSR crew is genuinely embedded in the state’s culture—from the best hot dogs in the region to the drama of Bluegrass basketball.
• Concerns about UK basketball’s defense persist, but so does hope, with plenty of side-eye at Coach Pope’s optimism.
• The blend of sports, local color, politics, TikTok, and community shines in segments like the Buckshot call—a quintessential KSR touch.

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For UK fans and Kentucky locals, this episode is both a rundown of the news and a friendly invitation to explore the surprising, strange, and delicious corners of the Commonwealth—online and in person.

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[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. I am Matt Jones. It is Thursday, July 13. We are almost halfway through the summer, which is crazy to think. It feels like it just started. We were at the KSR Golf Scream on Lexington. Now we're going to have KSR Golf Scramble in Louisville. 790 louisville.com to sign up, Clark's Pumping Shop phone lines, 859-280-2287.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Matt Jones]

If you call TJ he'll make them pay. Love to take your calls. Yesterday was my final Sunday morning Matt and Myron show. We took calls, almost the whole show of people saying goodbye.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I mean, we're just moving down the road.

[Matt Jones]

But you know, people get used to that Sunday morning thing, right? Like, if you don't, like, my parents

[Ryan Lemond]

never hear it because they're at church.

[Matt Jones]

But some people that's the time doing whatever.

[Ryan Lemond]

And so they, they were like, it's harder for me in the afternoons now, so.

[Matt Jones]

But everybody was nice. And we did eight years of memories and played the drunk raccoon call again.

[Drew Franklin]

You guys had a great run, man. Eight years doing that show. But you're right, your, your listening habits, you turn that show on on the way to church. Turn it on. Maybe after church on the way to Waffle House, you turn on the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. You're the only one that goes to Waffle House on Sunday. That's.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I literally went there yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

What I did at lunch, it was

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

like a late breakfast lunch.

[Drew Franklin]

It's the, the thing to do on a Sunday afternoon.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know.

[James]

I don't hate Waffle House. I wouldn't call it a Sunday routine.

[Matt Jones]

I can't. When I think of Sunday lunch, I

[Ryan Lemond]

think of, you know, you go to

[Matt Jones]

church and after everybody's in their dress

[Ryan Lemond]

clothes, Drew, and they go somewhere relatively

[Matt Jones]

nice like post Lord, you know, Lord is the appetizer.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Then the main course is a nice meal.

[Matt Jones]

It wouldn't occur to me to go to Waffle House.

[James]

I bet the Lord would love an all Star special. Probably a big fan of it.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Smothering, covered.

[Matt Jones]

Now you were on vacation.

[Drew Franklin]

I was on vacation. I listened to you guys quite a bit. You guys had a great interview with Mark Pope last week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't ever send us a picture of you with your shirt off, slumped over again.

[Matt Jones]

Why did you do that? That, like that ruined the entire afternoon.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm on the beach and I'm showing my dad bod right there on the beach like everybody else.

[James]

It wasn't a good angle.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[James]

I don't ever need one of you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, that angle that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, that was that. Think about when I talked to Mario about angles. You violated all the rules.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Lighting, you shot from below, but you shot below from your chest, which is a weird look.

[Matt Jones]

Just not a great angle.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And yoga girl, I think, was asleep, so she didn't appreciate that.

[Matt Jones]

That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

You put her in there.

[James]

She's in the background of the photo.

[Matt Jones]

How was the timeshare?

[Ryan Lemond]

Is the.

[Matt Jones]

Is the place still great?

[Drew Franklin]

Dude, it's awesome. And I'm gonna be, you know, Chuck McDowell can eat it. I'm gonna keep going.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna keep going to that timeshare. So you are, you're.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're happy with your timeshare?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm super happy with it. Especially this one. This year was like 10 minute walk to the beach. It was perfect. I loved every second. I said, yeah. Chuck McDowell, take your cannulation.

[James]

Is it not the same one every time?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I switched this year. Switched?

[James]

Traded?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So you don't. So you get to choose between houses?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they have like sister complexes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

So this year I went to the other. The other. The sister. And I think I like the sister better.

[T-Mobile Announcer]

Okay.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Don't tell yoga girl.

[Ryan Lemond]

That'll get you in trouble.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you, You.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's worth the money?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, all I do is pay that maintenance fee once a year and it's like 900 and something dollars. So for a week in Hilton Head, I'm taking it.

[Tav Ramos]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but it goes into eternity.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you don't know the specifics of the contract?

[Drew Franklin]

I really don't.

[Matt Jones]

Does the price go up over time?

[Drew Franklin]

It hasn't yet. I know I'm jinxing myself big time, but it hasn't.

[Matt Jones]

So it's been 900 for how long?

[Drew Franklin]

I've had it for like six or seven years.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, so you got it since the show started?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Did you not want to run that by me before you. Before just, you know, as a financial

[Drew Franklin]

advisor, it got kind of inherited to my son Gavin.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

He didn't want it, so I ended up taking it over till maybe he wants it when he gets older.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's never going to want it, Drew. I mean, I think that's one. He's never going to want it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[James]

I think where they get you is that they decide to put on a new roof, they send you the bill,

[Drew Franklin]

or something happens or that hasn't happened yet. Knock on wood. So.

[Matt Jones]

Well, hopefully for you.

[Drew Franklin]

I missed you guys, though. I did. I turned in the show a couple.

[Matt Jones]

Couple times, and we had a good time. Everything's been. Been good. Mark Pope stopped by on Wednesday. That was intentionally with you gone.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I know.

[Grainger Announcer]

He.

[Ryan Lemond]

He asked about way. Did you hear that?

[Matt Jones]

That was nice.

[Drew Franklin]

I heard that. I actually got a little emotional when I heard that. It's kind of nice. And now, you know, he reached out to me during all that, and he wanted to keep it private, but, man, he did something really nice for me, and I really appreciate that. I didn't say what he did, but he just did something very nice.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I told him off the air that you were. You were thankful for that, because I thought you weren't going to bring it up on the air, but now that you're bringing it up on the air, feel free to talk about it.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, thank you for saying that, because I haven't been able to see him face to face since he did that, but it was super nice.

[Matt Jones]

He did say.

[Ryan Lemond]

He. I think he said, drew, I ride. I don't really know Ryan. Which I was like, well, that's not what he tells us.

[James]

Yeah, you all work together, travel together.

[Ryan Lemond]

He always acts like they're really good buddies.

[Drew Franklin]

We don't go bowling or anything. But, you know, we did work together that one year during March Madness.

[Matt Jones]

The whole year.

[Drew Franklin]

Not just during March madness.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

So. For 20 years.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you have always kind of played up that relationship.

[Matt Jones]

Like, not really.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I know him, but I don't know. Or not. Like I said, we don't go bowling.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

We don't go to the movies.

[Matt Jones]

That how you.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you. If you go bowling with somebody, I

[Drew Franklin]

think you go bowling. Your friends for life. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. Well, he did ask about you, and

[Drew Franklin]

I heard that was super nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

Super nice. I think that interview will.

[Matt Jones]

Well, then you missed the landfill.

[Drew Franklin]

I heard that show. Heard you at UK Credit Union on Friday.

[Matt Jones]

I got to get on him. I got to look. Shannon, at a Mount Sterling Facebook forum that was debating our appearance there.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We had a lot of people take it up for us. The main take up for us were. Was something to the effect of KSR is too stupid to know what.

[Ryan Lemond]

What, What. Why they were there.

[Matt Jones]

I knew we were there.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

We knew why we were there. There was a lot of.

[Matt Jones]

Well, actually, your comment that you had.

[Ryan Lemond]

You were good with it. That got attention too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but we were kind of. The Mount Sterling Facebook chatter was a

[Ryan Lemond]

lot about this show.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[James]

A lot of people were wondering our intentions there. My intentions was the night before. Someone sent me an address, and I got in the car and drove to that address, and we did the show.

[Matt Jones]

But I will say, I mean, I'm

[Ryan Lemond]

going to take up for.

[Matt Jones]

I thought it was a very pleasant dump.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

It was. We hot dogs there?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that hot. That hot dog.

[James]

Harley Hot Dogs.

[Matt Jones]

That was the best hot dog, I think I've certainly the best hot dog

[Ryan Lemond]

I've had in Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what that thing was it called.

[Drew Franklin]

Landfill Hot dog.

[Matt Jones]

What's the name of the place?

[James]

Harley hot dogs.

[Matt Jones]

Harley Hot Dogs. The next time we have an event,

[Ryan Lemond]

I want to invite them because you

[Matt Jones]

could get different sizes of dogs.

[Ryan Lemond]

You had spicy all beef. You had bry, and they had kraut,

[Matt Jones]

and it was just so good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Drew.

[James]

Yeah. And he's got, like, over 10,000 TikTok followers where people just watch him make hot dogs.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so that gets me to another point. I did not realize how many entities at Kentucky have big TikTok followings that we don't know. So, for instance, I'm on the TikTok. I've been trying to limit TikTok because I do think TikTok legitimately.

[Ryan Lemond]

TikTok is, like, gonna be like cigarettes in 30 years. We're gonna look back and they're gonna go, we ruined a generation of brains. I'm not even. This is not a joke.

[Matt Jones]

I'm serious, because I think it is. We're gonna find out that they know

[Ryan Lemond]

that they are doing bad things to our brains, and they do it anyway. You just remember I said that with that said I was on there, just the same way that you might go sneak off a Sig or something.

[James]

Taking a TikTok break.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was on there and, you know, I.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of, like, bluegrass will come

[Ryan Lemond]

up on mine, and I see these

[Matt Jones]

kids playing the burn,

[Ryan Lemond]

you know, and bluegrass, and one of them is wearing

[Matt Jones]

a Kentucky shirt and So I go, oh, okay, what's this?

[Ryan Lemond]

And it was the Blue Bridge Boys.

[James]

Blue Bridge Boys.

[Ryan Lemond]

So think like Oak Ridge Boys, but Blue Bridge Boys.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're in Owensboro.

[Drew Franklin]

Nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I don't know if they're. They can't be brothers. Like five of them. I don't think their mother had that many children, but they're onborough. What happens in Owensboro?

[Drew Franklin]

You know, things go down in Owensboro. You got a moonlight. Go to Big Dipper and things go down.

[James]

That's one of his hometowns.

[Ryan Lemond]

You have five children. Well, you're going to have to talk to the mother if they are actually brothers. I don't know if they are or not, but they. They're playing and they're really good and the lead singer can sing and they're like, blue Bridge Boys. And then I get on the tick.

[Matt Jones]

They got 40,000 TikTok files. They were playing Whitesville, Kentucky this week. They are on tour the entire summer. I wanted to look at and go, do you people go to school? Like, they're constantly on tour. And it just occurred to me, you know, all these people. There are all these people out there. Sometimes they'll follow me and I'll look. And they have 150,000 people in Maysville. And you go, where do these people come from? But good for them.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[James]

And maybe when we have our Harley hot dog party, we'll get the Blue Bridge boys to come play to Shannon.

[Ryan Lemond]

You play a Blue Bridge Boy song when we come back.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but that was what. That was nice to see that they're listening.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just young people dinner.

[Matt Jones]

And then someone was telling me, do you know what being in.

[Ryan Lemond]

In Baghdad is?

[Drew Franklin]

No idea.

[Ryan Lemond]

Apparently this is big online.

[Matt Jones]

There's a place called BNN in Baghdad, Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where's Baghdad, Kentucky?

[Drew Franklin]

It's like, isn't it close to Wadi Pattona and over here somewhere? I think it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's see.

[James]

So we could go on the way home.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where is Baghdad? I thought it was Baghdad, Kentucky, because I don't think I've been here in Shelby County. I think, okay, Shelby county, the crown's right. There's a place called Bnn Grocery that is getting famous. And the guy makes food and sell,

[Matt Jones]

like, makes a ton of food. People are lined up out the door

[Ryan Lemond]

and it's sold out by 12:45. Every single day.

[Matt Jones]

Every day, Every day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now you look at this map.

[Matt Jones]

Baghdad, Kentucky. That's not easy to get to. It's between Shelbyville and Frankfurt, but up in the woods. But, like, people are apparently Lined up down the street for being in grocery.

[Drew Franklin]

What kind of magic they putting in this food?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

But now I kind of want to go to bag day, but the problem is I can't get there by 12:45.

[James]

Here's a review that says their brisket alone could make Texas nervous.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'd love to see him make Texas nervous.

[Matt Jones]

Forget screw Texas.

[James]

The pitmaster's name is Buckshot.

[Matt Jones]

According to this barbecue from a guy named Buckshot, you know, it's gonna be perfect.

[Drew Franklin]

Buckshot's made shot.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, you're not gonna eat barbecue from a guy named Buckshot.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I am so.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know anything about this place, just like I didn't know anything about

[Ryan Lemond]

the blue ridge boys.

[Matt Jones]

But there are all these magical gems out there. And so that gets me to an idea. Someone, maybe it's Mario, should, like, cultivate

[Ryan Lemond]

a page or a feed that is

[Matt Jones]

just all the cool people from Kentucky that have a presence on TikTok.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like a big one.

[Matt Jones]

You know what I mean?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

So that if you were Kentuckians and you wanted to support fellow Kentuckians, you could know how to do it. Because, I mean, we had here we

[Ryan Lemond]

have pickers and grinners in Owensboro that I didn't know. You got a grocery store in Baghdad that I didn't know. You talk about buck shot or what?

[Matt Jones]

Hot dog Harvey, Harley. Harley. There's a ton of those people. And don't you think people in Kentucky would like to know that?

[James]

Absolutely. It's crazy. TikTok specifically, you can blow up with, like, one video, and your following just starts spiraling. So it's cool that some of these places, like you said in Baghdad, Kentucky, didn't even know where that was until five minutes ago that they can get a big social media presence on there.

[Ryan Lemond]

So someone should do that.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if it's Mario, because

[Ryan Lemond]

Mario would end up just picking people with, you know, who can dance or something.

[Matt Jones]

I'm talking about people who have unique

[Ryan Lemond]

things you could go visit, et cetera.

[Drew Franklin]

Isn't it really cool? Like you said, somebody in Baghdad or this hot dog Harley in Mount Sterling? Just these obscure places. They have these massive followings that we

[Matt Jones]

don't know about how to use this Buckshot's grocery food. If it's all gone by 12:45, I'm never gonna be able to get there unless we do the show there.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Is he open on the weekends? Maybe you swing by on a Saturday. You can't do it during the week.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know well, somebody. I'm sure someone listening has been 772-774-5254. So congrats. The Blue Bridge Boys. Buckshot in Baghdad's BN Grocery and everything else. True.

[Tav Ramos]

Yeah.

[James]

If we weren't already having lunch today, I'd say on the way home, we just pull over.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're having lunch with all the cornbread hemp people. This is one of our big sponsor. You know, they're. They, they're like the second biggest sponsor of the show. That's why Ryan is wearing his hideously ugly but expensive shirt.

[Drew Franklin]

I, you know, I thought we had to dress up today. Kind of a big meal and I come in, you guys are wearing T shirts and like, okay, I overdid it today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Have you seen how the cornbread hemp people dress?

[Drew Franklin]

Good point.

[Ryan Lemond]

They worried about it.

[Matt Jones]

2287, the UK basketball team has gone to Vegas.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll talk a little bit about that.

[Matt Jones]

And Mitch McConnell has been found.

[Ryan Lemond]

We think.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought it was facts.

[Matt Jones]

Well, it is, but there's one thing

[Ryan Lemond]

we have to talk about in the picture.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because I do think conspiracy Shannon is going to have at least one thought.

[Matt Jones]

And even, even Matt Shannon has a minute thought. I have to say more than me, actually, no, I just.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, we'll talk about it right after this. Ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, so this is the Blue Bridge Boys.

[Matt Jones]

What's the name of this song?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

This is Seven Bridges Road. Eagles.

[Drew Franklin]

Eagles.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Eagles. Yeah, they don't. They don't really sound like kids. No, they don't.

[James]

How young are we talking here?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they high school kids or one

[Matt Jones]

of them looks to be really young. And I'd say the oldest is maybe 15, maybe lead singer. Would. Would you agree, Shannon?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

15, 16, maybe. Yeah, but they kind of vary in age.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's why they could be brothers.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Youngest is probably around 10, maybe there's five of them.

[Matt Jones]

And they play.

[Ryan Lemond]

What are those instruments they're playing, Shannon?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Guitars.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, all guitars.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, one's got a banjo, right?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Well, no. Well, this one. There's two guitars and then one stand up bass like Larry would play.

[Ryan Lemond]

Larry would play. I got stand up base.

[Drew Franklin]

Nice. Yeah, I kind of want to see him now.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I do too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, so apparently Buckshot. This says Buckshot's been in the kitchen

[Matt Jones]

with his granny since he was little.

[Ryan Lemond]

The thing you have to gets barbecue and brisket. It sells out in six to eight minutes.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, my goodness.

[James]

It's very precise.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're like everything else is there all day, but that's not what you want. You want the thing that sells out in six to eight minutes, right?

[James]

Oh, yeah. And the fact that he was just raised in the kitchen with his grandmother. I don't need to know anything else.

[Ryan Lemond]

What else do you need to know? All right, so a couple things here. Lindsey Graham passed away. That's very sad. You know, I know it's become a thing where people, when they die, their political enemies dunk on them online. And I hate that because I was still raised with the position of, you either say something nice about somebody when they pass or don't say anything.

[Matt Jones]

So I'm going to say something nice. For most of his years in the

[Ryan Lemond]

Senate, Lindsey Graham was an example of, like, the way I think you should treat people who you disagree with. There was a group of four.

[Matt Jones]

They were called the Four Horsemen.

[Ryan Lemond]

They were friends with each other, was Joe Biden, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham. And they sort of cultivated a friendship

[Matt Jones]

that they used to try to get

[Ryan Lemond]

people to be civil to each other. Now, when Trump was elected president, that kind of broke down because of a variety of reasons. Lindsay tended to lean towards Trump, and, you know, Trump didn't like John McCain, Trump didn't like Joe Biden, Lieberman quit, et cetera.

[Matt Jones]

But for a long time, that foursome, they spoke at each other's funerals.

[Ryan Lemond]

Uh, when. Well, folks spoke at McCain's funeral. I guess the others hadn't died.

[Matt Jones]

He was single.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, in the Senate, that you don't see a lot.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Might be the only person who has never been married that was in the Senate.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I heard that. I was going to ask you about that. Like presidents especially.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think. I cannot think of another. There may be another senator who was never married.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't think of one.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think there's ever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, been a president who was never married.

[Matt Jones]

You have people who get divorced.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or their spouse dies, but I don't

[Matt Jones]

think there's ever been a president who has never married. And I don't think there's a senator

[Ryan Lemond]

who was never married. But him

[Matt Jones]

so served for a long time. I liked him because he spent a

[Ryan Lemond]

lot of time in judicial stuff. Now, he became very close with Trump. That's a whole. Nother thing, I'll let people who are Trump people do that part of his life, but I'll focus on the part that I liked, which was all that. So I was sad to see that.

[Matt Jones]

And he was good friends with Mitch

[Ryan Lemond]

McConnell, who they released a picture of yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

They did. He's alive.

[James]

Cleared it up. Cleared the air.

[Ryan Lemond]

So what do we think of the picture?

[Matt Jones]

First of all, does everybody agree he's alive?

[Drew Franklin]

He's alive.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

He's alive.

[James]

Look pretty live to me in that photo.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I mean, that could have been taken any time. But, yeah, he's alive.

[Ryan Lemond]

See, I knew Shannon was gonna say.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I mean, it could have been taken.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think they would send out

[Ryan Lemond]

a picture and say he's alive if he was just dead. I don't think they would do that.

[Matt Jones]

Can we acknowledge that?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I thought that's why they had the newspaper in his lap. They can kind of look at that newspaper.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, you know, that newspaper. I mean, they could.

[Ryan Lemond]

AI the newspaper.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Oh, yeah, there's.

[Matt Jones]

It was the Washington Post.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I'm watching an AI video of Mitch McConnell working out right now. Incline Press.

[Matt Jones]

Here's the only thing suspect to me. Let me just say I'm not.

[Ryan Lemond]

Conspiracy theory. I think he's alive.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if he's communicated, but he is.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think that's him.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here's my suspect part. Andrew, why is he wearing jeans? Who wears jeans in the hospital?

[James]

Senator McConnell.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Have you ever been in the hospital and put on jeans?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Not as a patient. No, that's what I'm saying.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no, as a patient. Have you ever seen a patient who sat in his chair in a shirt like that?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

You want him to be in a gown. You can't expect the senator to take a picture in a gown.

[James]

He wants to look good for the photo, put on his regular clothes.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Photo shoot.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you think it's where. You think that. When's the last time you see a

[Ryan Lemond]

picture of McConnell in jeans?

[James]

I couldn't tell last time I've seen a picture of Mitch McConnell, but I'm sure he wears some jeans.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Mitch McConnell pictures very often. So I don't know. I don't know what he.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you have the ones you hang in your house.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

The only ones I hang over my bedroom.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think you just want to

[James]

look nice for the photo. He's like, I got to clear the air. I'm going to switch on my Levi.

[Matt Jones]

You think there's nothing. I mean, part of the problem with conspiracy theories is nothing Will shut them down. You think everything. You think everything he said in his.

[Ryan Lemond]

In his statement is correct?

[James]

Listen, I'm big on conspiracy theories. I think this one, I mean, I think he just cleared the air. Like, look at me, got my little gingham red shirt on my jeans. My little.

[Matt Jones]

Will he return back to work?

[James]

Of course. That's what he does.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you think he'll be back in the Senate? Yeah, completely doing his thing.

[James]

He'll be in the Senate until he actually dies.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he's. He's done in December, over on again. Just keep his office.

[James]

No, he's going to keep working as long.

[Matt Jones]

So you think we'll see him again?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, in the Senate.

[James]

Okay, so wearing jeans.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think, Ryan?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I didn't think that was even in the hospital room. I thought I saw the photo. I thought it was like, at his house. Like, has he been released?

[Ryan Lemond]

He says he's at a rehab facility.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, that could explain why maybe he's got pants on then. Because if he's in the hospital. Yeah, he ain't wearing pants. I didn't wear pants for two weeks when I was in the hospital.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't either when I was in the hospital.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't wear pants. You wear that gown.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you're good. You don't think any.

[Drew Franklin]

AI See, I thought it was a real picture. Of course, I'm the old guy outside the hospital. That's why they put the newspaper there, to kind of prove it was a current photo. But I agree with Drew. I think he'll do something to get back his big comeback story. Get back in the Senate before he ends.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. Shameless.

[James]

I do wonder why this took so long.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah, that's a good question. What took so long? But, yeah, I think. I think it's legit. It's hard to believe anything anymore, especially with AI.

[Matt Jones]

But okay, I'm very surprised. I thought.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I thought you're the conspiracy theory.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not being a conspiracy theorist. I've always thought he was alive when everyone else thought he was dead. I am the one who thought he was alive. I just.

[Ryan Lemond]

The jeans.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

You didn't like the jeans?

[Matt Jones]

It's not. I wear jeans a lot. It's not about liking the jeans. I've never seen Mitch McConnell in jeans.

[James]

It's not the denim. It's what's in them.

[Ryan Lemond]

What's in them?

[James]

Mitch McConnell.

[Matt Jones]

McConnell, wow.

[Drew Franklin]

And, well, rocking some jeans.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

So, everybody, four. Oh, he's going to be back in the city.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

We could hear from Mitch right Now if we really want it to. I mean, he's kind of here with us.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, Mitch, how you feeling?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Oh,

[James]

Mark, it's great to be here

[Ryan Lemond]

on KRS radio wearing jeans in the

[Drew Franklin]

hospital because my booty looks good when I wear the jeans. Elaine loves me in some jeans. Mark.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

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[Matt Jones]

Pow, pow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that answers the question right there.

[James]

That settles it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it settles it. He'll be back. We'll take a break. Take your calls.

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[Matt Jones]

He's got a tiger in there.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Oh, yeah. I just saw a video of him break dancing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, come on.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Oh, it can't be AI.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did not.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I did. I saw it.

[Shannon]

That.

[James]

The one with the leg kick. I think I saw that one, too. Yeah, he looks like he's in great shape.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why not just say something in the video?

[James]

I do wonder that and why it took so long when everybody was talking about this.

[Matt Jones]

It's been a month.

[James]

Yeah, it's been a month. Is Scott. Scott Jennings validated in his 20 minute.

[Ryan Lemond]

CNN came out and said, we do not validate Scott Jennings. So I don't know if that will be true or not. James Buchanan was never married.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. So we did have a president not married.

[Ashley]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If you read about James Buchanan's fascinating. First of all, considered to be the

[Ryan Lemond]

worst president of all time.

[Drew Franklin]

Really? Wow.

[Matt Jones]

When people rank the presidents, he is

[Ryan Lemond]

almost universally always last. I don't really know.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what was so bad about James McCann, but, like, when you see the ranking, you know, there'll be debates about who's in the top 20, whatever, but everyone always puts James Buchanan last.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I'll bet you he partied all the time. He didn't have a woman to, you know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he. He was not married.

[Matt Jones]

There were rumors that he may have

[Ryan Lemond]

been playing for the other team.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

He had someone that lived in. With the. In the White House with him.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, Max lived at my

[Ryan Lemond]

place for a while, so I'm not holding. That doesn't mean anything.

[Drew Franklin]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he has an interesting nickname that you might look up sometime. I'm not going to do that with. But he is, from a policy standpoint, considered to be the worst president. And I don't know why, because I don't know anything about.

[Drew Franklin]

See, now I got to figure out why he was the bad president.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe you should look that up.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. I'LL give you a report.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

UK is in Vegas. Looks like so far they have gone to Kenny Chesney.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why are you laughing?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm sure if you ask any of those players what concert they want to

[Matt Jones]

go to, nobody would have said Kenny.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, maybe Trent Noah may have said Kenny Chesney. Nobody else is saying Kenny Chesney.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't think that's what they would want to do?

[Matt Jones]

What if I told you they then went and played golf?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I can see that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Can you?

[Drew Franklin]

I can see him just for fun.

[Matt Jones]

I mean so far if you're a 50 year old dude on with his

[Ryan Lemond]

friends on a bachelor weekend, you've got his dream trip so far.

[James]

Yeah, it is the middle aged man trip to Vegas.

[Matt Jones]

So far it's like Top Golf, $25 blackjack.

[James]

Kenny Chest is easy to make fun of. You gotta remember the sphere is the attraction there. I think that's why they would go

[Matt Jones]

and then they went to games. Saw, went and saw Otega away, although he didn't get to play cause he was hurt.

[Drew Franklin]

They had a fat head away. They were holding up. That was kind of cool.

[James]

Tony Dog talked to the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, did he? Yeah, I think they actually yesterday a couple of them went see Kobe Braya played in their game. So that's good.

[Matt Jones]

A team bonding experience.

[Drew Franklin]

That's it. The whole team bonding thing. Just do something together as a group. I love it. I love that I hope concept probably

[James]

have Hoover Dam today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hoover Dam stinks.

[Matt Jones]

Why do people go to Hoover damage? Well, I mean you've been like, it's nothing.

[James]

I have no interest.

[Matt Jones]

We drove by at that one time, didn't we?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, we drove.

[Matt Jones]

We drove right by. Yeah. And you, that gives, that tells you how good it is. You don't even remember we got out. Yes, we walked around.

[Drew Franklin]

I remember that.

[James]

I was there.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, we walked right by there and just were like, well, there's the Hoover Dam.

[James]

Yeah, I don't think I was there. I've never been to the Hoover Dam.

[Drew Franklin]

I remember being there with you.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was there.

[James]

I remember when you all came back from la.

[Matt Jones]

No, this is when we went to UCLA State and we went to the Hoover Dam.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon wasn't on that trip.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah, I don't remember.

[Matt Jones]

He wasn't on that trip. It was me and you who all. Whoever went to ucla. But wait a minute, Shannon. Okay, so y' all really have no

[Ryan Lemond]

memory of the Hoover?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Damn.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think because we're older it stuck with us.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm kind of, I'm Trying to remember. I think honestly, you and I are the only two that maybe got out of the car.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah, you could have been like, there's Hoover Dam. Like, oh, okay, whatever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that may be true, but that shows you how much, how good they

[Drew Franklin]

thought it was parked and we got out of the car and looked over the edge and got a little queasy and went back in the car and got the.

[Matt Jones]

The Internet has kind of been speculating

[Ryan Lemond]

about lineups, et cetera, in the recent, in the, in the recent weekend and

[Matt Jones]

there seems to be a little bit

[Ryan Lemond]

of a panic forming around the comments made last week by us. And just in general, people are like, oh yeah, maybe we are going to be terrible at defense.

[Matt Jones]

I had people all weekend trying to

[Ryan Lemond]

argue with me about it. I listen, I hope I'm wrong. I'm going on record. We're going to stink at defense, but I think we're going to score a lot, but we're going to stick at defense.

[James]

I worry about that too. As you said, I think you're a score a lot. Pope was very emphatic when he said that we're going to score a lot of points. So that can be fun. As long as they're one of the games. I don't mind a little one on one to 98 victory here and there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe more than here and there.

[James]

That'd be fun. I have some other concerns like depth behind Malachi and other things like that that I'm worried about and I don't know running. The clock's ticking on if they're going to add anybody else, but maybe we'll be surprised. There's a lot of hoping with this roster. They need like two or three more guys to take a big step forward.

[Ryan Lemond]

The guards of the SEC collectively are not as good this year as they've been in the last couple years though. I mean we've had, and we've had a run here of two or three years where the SEC guards have been unbelievable, like really unbelievable.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think it's like that this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I think that's, it's good because

[Matt Jones]

I, if it was, I think that

[Ryan Lemond]

would be bad for us.

[Matt Jones]

I do think if you're going to

[Ryan Lemond]

have a year where the team's perimeter defense is poor, this might be the one to have it.

[Drew Franklin]

I gotta admit, when coach Pope said that Trent Noah was the best defender on the team, I thought, oh, maybe we are. Might be in a little.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think people are giving it like putting too much into that? I mean that Was the statement. To be fair to Mark, he was here for 20, 30 minutes, gave a lot of statements, and for some people, that's been the only thing they've latched

[Ryan Lemond]

onto, is that I feel like that's unfair to him.

[James]

That was like, most of the response I saw online.

[Matt Jones]

But that was the last question. And he was. I don't think he. I don't think he wanted to come in and say, hey, everybody, Trent Noah

[Ryan Lemond]

is going to be the best defendant. I don't think that's what he meant.

[James]

Well, Milan's in an interview, said Trent's the best player on the floor. Okay, so two of them have now said it.

[Matt Jones]

But what if Trent is a lot better?

[James]

Hopefully is.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't think there's a world he

[Matt Jones]

could be the best defender?

[James]

You can understand why a team that was ninth in the sec, you're talking about a guy who didn't really play. That's a big leap for him. I hope it. Hope that's the case. But, you know, we saw Trent last year. If he's the best player on the floor now in June, you can see, or July, you can see why people would have concerns.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I don't. I think. I don't want him to be our best defender. If he is, that's a negative sign, I will grant you that. But I also think that was, like, a minute part of what Pope was saying.

[Drew Franklin]

It was such a polarizing comment, though, to say we all, like, jerked back

[Matt Jones]

for a second, and it was at the very end he was about to leave, like he was about to walk

[Ryan Lemond]

out of here when he did it.

[James]

But I think it's just Pope's personality. Everything is the best. And, you know, he's big on the sunshine pumping, so he is. He is rarely critical about a player. I think he's just trying to lift no up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's that? Who's up first?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

All right, we got the owner of

[Matt Jones]

B and N. This is Buckshot.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

This is Ashley.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, hi, Ashley. How are you?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Ashley?

[Ashley]

Hey, can you hear me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Yes, we're good. Go, Ashley.

[Ashley]

Yeah, we're here. I ran next door to get buckshot, so I've got him. He's right here. He was making coon hunter cake, so he's here.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

What.

[Matt Jones]

What is coon hunter cake?

[Shannon]

It's the best piece of cake in the state of Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Buckshot. You can't just talk over women.

[Ryan Lemond]

Buckshot, this is.

[Matt Jones]

You have to.

[Ashley]

I know. Look at what I. Look at what I deal with.

[Matt Jones]

I'll ask You a question?

[Ryan Lemond]

In a minute.

[Matt Jones]

Let. Let. Ashley, what's Coon Hunter cake?

[Ashley]

Ashley, Coon Hunter cake is a cake that his grandmother, they used to go for in, like, the 80s. They went down to Lake Okeechobee and she got the recipe from a woman down there. So she used to make. They owned BNN back in the 80s. Well, they're probably in the 90s when they made it and sold it here. And then he started making it. Now tell me what it is.

[Matt Jones]

What is it?

[Ashley]

Oh, it's a homemade cake. It's got crushed pineapple in it and then a cream cheese icing.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, now, Buckshot, you. Everybody says your brisket is the thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

What makes it so good?

[Shannon]

I think what makes it so good is I use prime brisket. And some of our customers, you know, they don't have teeth, so I got to make it real tender. So I put a lot of. I put a lot of love into it. And I, you know, I'm saying it takes hours and hours to make the brisket like I do, because I. I just do it a certain way.

[Matt Jones]

So you make it for the teethless?

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ashley]

He's required here.

[Matt Jones]

No teeth required at Bnn Grocery.

[Shannon]

The brisket. The brisket here is as tender as my mother in law's.

[James]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. I didn't know what you mother in law's love.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right, Ashley, when are you all open? And is it true I can only come for, like, 20 minutes?

[Ashley]

Okay, so we're open Tuesday to Saturday. And I mean, it is pretty crazy right now. Got people flying in on helicopters to eat.

[Matt Jones]

Why are they flying in on helicopters?

[Ashley]

But he's got the best barbecue in the state.

[Shannon]

Well, that way they get here before it sells out, see?

[Ashley]

Yeah, y' all gotta come out here. We gotta get you out here to do a show. Okay, well, we're not far from Whiskey Thief.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay. Well, maybe when we do our next Whiskey Thief remote, you could.

[Ryan Lemond]

You could bring us some of the barbecue. Is that possible?

[Shannon]

Yeah, we can do that.

[Ashley]

We can do that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, good.

[Ryan Lemond]

I would like that.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, listen, Ashley, Buckshot, good luck. Watch out for the helicopters, and I think it's a nice service you're doing

[Ryan Lemond]

by giving people food that don't have dentures.

[Ashley]

That's right.

[Shannon]

Thanks.

[Ashley]

Right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it. There you go. How about that? See shall receive.

[Drew Franklin]

When we mentioned a guy the name of Buckshot, and I had it in my mind what he would sound like, that's exactly what I thought he would sound like.

[James]

Yeah, he had the Personality match. I did get a little worried where he was going with the Tinder part.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I mean, listen, I like that. It's a nice spotlight of the thing. Now, when this list, this came up to me naturally, I saw it on, on TikTok, et cetera.

[Matt Jones]

That doesn't mean you can call in and talk about your barbecue or you're

[Ryan Lemond]

like, this is, this is not, you know, Trader Joe's hour. It's just like something I saw.

[Drew Franklin]

You're trying to highlight a local business

[Matt Jones]

that I'm not trying to. I just was talking about what came up on my TikTok.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was just like, there's no, no bad intention. It's like. Court, physical therapy, good transition.

[Matt Jones]

All the intention is to make you feel good.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, summer's out. Maybe you're like me.

[Matt Jones]

I did a seven mile walk yesterday,

[Ryan Lemond]

got home a little bit sore. Court, physical therapy, they'll work you out and they'll make it to where there are no aches and pains and get me ready to go to Aspen in nothing but perfect shape.

[Drew Franklin]

There you go.

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[Ryan Lemond]

There's one near you today with Court. We'll take a break and be right back. It's Kentucky sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon is having way too much fun with these AI.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you just are loving them, aren't you?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

I normally think AI is really stupid.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's just because it's Mitch.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

It's just funny. Like there's one of him in the thriller or the Michael Jackson video as a zombie. It's.

[Bretzky]

It's.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

It's good stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, I almost considered putting Mario on Mitch watch.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because you know, he's right down the street. That's right now. Although now I think he must be in D.C. because the picture. Because the newspaper he had was the Washington Post.

[Drew Franklin]

That's where the alleged incident happened.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

He fell while he was in D.C. yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

J.D. vance was in Lexington playing golf this weekend. He was at Idle Hour Country Club. Somebody sent me a picture, so I posted it and then had people yell at me saying I was giving away his coordinates. And I was like, what is wrong with what's wrong with you people? I know where Trump is, too. He's in the White House.

[James]

Did he come in just to golf?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. He was in Louisville. Friday, he was in Lexington. Saturday, he was at Idle Hour.

[Matt Jones]

They announced it before. I mean, it's not like it was a secret. They have to say where he is.

[Ryan Lemond]

They shut down, Lexi. Like, Richmond Road got shut down? Yeah, like, while he was playing, a lot of Richmond Road was shut down, which, you know, I always have mixed emotions about. On the one hand, it's an inconvenience for people. On the other hand, I don't know what else they're supposed to do. Especially at a golf course like that, which is kind of in the middle of a city. You have to try to secure it.

[Drew Franklin]

Right by a major thoroughfare.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right by a major thoroughfare. So he was at Idle Hour.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

What if you had been on the course? Would you have played through?

[Matt Jones]

I had a guy tell me.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have a source that was in the group behind him, said the Secret Service asked him to stop hitting into him.

[James]

Oh, can't be hitting into people.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know if that's true, but he swore. He sent me pictures that he was in the group behind him, and he said one of his. That they accidentally hit into him. And the Secret Service came back and said, stop.

[Drew Franklin]

Accidentally? Yeah, they're taking shots.

[James]

I might run one up on him. Just to go up and say hi.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just to let him know you're there.

[James]

Yeah. Apologize.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Bam and Tyler Herro got in a fight.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you see this? I did. So apparently, Bam. The allegation is Bam punched Tyler Hero.

[Matt Jones]

Have we heard what it was about?

[Drew Franklin]

I heard that after Tyler got traded, he's made a comment that something about the big man only plays. Is our supposed to be our best player, but only plays defense half the time?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[James]

So I was talking trash about him from a burner account on Instagram, so

[Matt Jones]

that's what I heard.

[Ryan Lemond]

A burner account?

[James]

Yeah, it was DMS and somebody leaked the DMs.

[Matt Jones]

Why is Tyler Hero out there using a burner?

[James]

I think it was his finster, which is your.

[Ryan Lemond]

What's Fince? Oh, his friend's Instagram.

[James]

Your alternate account.

[Matt Jones]

So he was using his finsta to

[James]

talk, and it was in a DM, and then whoever he was DMing leaked it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that means whoever he was finsta and with is not really his Finster.

[James]

I think he even replied in it. Like, why would you screenshot that? Or something like that? But he also shared something on his story where Giannis and Bam had like one of the lowest shooting percentages or something. He's been little subtle nods here, but

[Ryan Lemond]

on the fence, yes. All right. So neither team would comment.

[Matt Jones]

Tyler Hero wouldn't comment.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shannon, if I am Tyler Hero, I'm not fighting Bam.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Why, why are you poking the bear?

[Matt Jones]

Why are you poking it, Bam? Bam is in the top five. I played at Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

I messing with him, guys.

[Drew Franklin]

Amen. No way. But you know, there were teammates at Miami for what, six, seven years.

[Matt Jones]

A long time basis for the team

[Ryan Lemond]

the last four years or so.

[Matt Jones]

Like I like does the cat on cat nature of the crime. Does that bother you or are you

[Ryan Lemond]

just like whatever they're grown ups or

[Matt Jones]

do you like hey, you guys are Kentucky get together?

[James]

No, it makes it interesting. It just shows how upset Bam is. Even though Bam is one of the strongest people you ever see, he's really nice. Almost like teddy bear. Like a big teddy bear kind of nice. So for him to go punch him in the face in Vegas just says how far Hero must have really taken it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean when Tyler Hero got here, I kind of assumed he was a snot. Just from watching him. I never really felt that way. I mean he did the snarl and stuff. I remember he signed autographs at the bar.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I was really impressed with how

[Matt Jones]

nice he was to everyone that came

[Ryan Lemond]

because he got a huge crowd. He probably got the second biggest crowd we had at the bar. It was probably Benny Snell then him. Right.

[Matt Jones]

And he, he stayed through all of it.

[Shannon]

His.

[Matt Jones]

I mean he was, he was gracious with everybody.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then Bam, I think seems like a great dude.

[Matt Jones]

So it does stink that they fought. But this is not going away. When you hear somebody punches someone in the face, that doesn't happen a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

That were just teammates for six or seven years. Does it indicate that maybe there was some bad blood?

[Matt Jones]

I think, yeah, I think it does.

[Drew Franklin]

It didn't just say for started with his post he made.

[Matt Jones]

But you don't make that post Drew, unless like you don't make that post unless you already had some.

[Ryan Lemond]

Some problem with him.

[Matt Jones]

And you're not if you leave ksr. I'm not going to post on my finster.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here are the ratings when Drew was in versus when Drew was out.

[Matt Jones]

Nobody like you don't do that to your friends.

[James]

No. What's crazy, just a few weeks before Bam's in a video with Tyler Hero where they ask him which teammate would you would have your back. And he says Tyler Hero is who I'd want to fight with me.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe that means it hurt him even more.

[Matt Jones]

You think it might been like a betraying way friendship and he was like, I thought you were my boy.

[James]

That was his. The longest tenured two players on the Heat. They had been there through, you know, several attempts at rebuilding the Kentucky Connection.

[Ryan Lemond]

Fredo, you broke my heart.

[James]

But to punch him in Vegas. Yeah, you got to be upset.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you know, I'd get out, give me the bam in the fight. I'll give him Tyler. Hero ain't lasting as long as Conor McGregor did.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

What a joke that was.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you they. You think they knew before and they

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

just didn't want to catch he was cashing in.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. You couldn't turn if the injury happened. You couldn't all of a sudden cancel at the last minute.

[Matt Jones]

You had to go, well, you could.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know if they would have been.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's some video. Did you see the video of. I think it's Mel Gibson. Have you seen this video? Mel Gibson telling Vince Vaughn that he's hurt before it starts.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, wow.

[James]

And there's a picture of Connor going into a medical center a few days before. And it's a knee specialist is where he was walking in.

[Ryan Lemond]

But there's a picture of Mel Gibson being like, yeah, he's not.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

It's an interesting choice though, if you get a knee injury to start the fight with a roundhouse kick.

[T-Mobile Announcer]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because it does look like thing he

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

did when he got in the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe knew I got one in me and that's it.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's next?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Let's go to Alex.

[Ryan Lemond]

Alex. Go ahead, Alex.

[Shannon]

Hey, guys, I've got a 90s country hypothetical question for you. But first, Drew, is there any way you or somebody from the website could reach out to me about doing an article on UK's wrestling team?

[Matt Jones]

We're not doing that.

[Ashley]

Okay.

[Commercial Announcer]

You.

[Matt Jones]

You write them. What's your point? On the show. This is not asked for favor show.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's.

[Matt Jones]

It's.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's radio show. Go ahead.

[Shannon]

Well, people knew how good our wrestling team was.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[Shannon]

In the song Paint me at Birmingham by Tracy Lawrence, do you think he's talking to Bob Ross? Hypothetically?

[Matt Jones]

No. They're walking up to someone on the street, right. And he's. And the guy.

[Tav Ramos]

Exactly.

[Shannon]

That could be Bob Ross, right?

[Matt Jones]

No. Why would Bob Ross be on the street?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Announcer]

Bob Ross.

[Shannon]

You know what I mean?

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. I appreciate the call call. I usually like that guy's calls, but that wasn't one of his best.

[James]

I got to write this wrestling post.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do not encourage people to call and ask.

[James]

I have an assignment.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh my God. All right, we'll come back. Our number two KSR.

[Matt Jones]

What's up everybody?

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