2026-07-22- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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KSR Podcast - Hour 1 (July 22, 2026)

Hosts: Shannon The Dude (hosting for Matt Jones), Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, plus Mario for the TBT scoop
Podcast Theme: All things Kentucky Sports, with special focus on UK football, basketball, the TBT, and generational "feeling old" moments

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Episode Overview

This hour of Kentucky Sports Radio delivers a lively, unscripted blend of University of Kentucky sports news and personal anecdotes. With Matt Jones on vacation, Shannon The Dude hosts, joined by KSR regulars. They dig into the realities of aging, concert experiences, and the changing landscape of sports fandom, and field listener calls on "Ask Anything" day. Coverage includes UK football expectations under new coach Will Stein, TBT (The Basketball Tournament) roster updates, and memorable listener stories about feeling old.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Realization of Getting Old

• Concert Nostalgia and Age Demographics

  • Shannon shares insights from attending a Bush/Hoobastank concert, observing the 40+ crowd and the changing mindset of fans and musicians.
    • "The people that were there are all, you know, 40 plus, and they're all sort of reliving their glory years...I'm like, all right, this is gonna be an interesting show already. The people watching is incredible." (07:26)
  • Humorous stories of questionable concert attire and shifting perceptions as rock bands from youth become "classic rock."

• First Moments Realizing You’re Old

  • Ryan recalls seeing a high school player he had just covered at a bar, realizing he was suddenly the "old guy." (09:44)
  • Drew notes being recognized by younger influencers and UK players who view his era as ancient history. (10:29)
  • Posting concert videos debated as an "old man move," with all agreeing it’s now more for personal memory than social cachet. (11:38)

• Physical Signs of Aging

  • Gray hairs in the beard, getting excited about being carded at a bar, and running out of breath just crossing town are cited as tell-tale signs. (13:50, 28:15)

• Listener Submissions

  • Best "realization you're old" moments are solicited for Barry Manilow ticket giveaways. Examples include pulling a back picking up a spoon and going to bed at 9 PM. (28:15)

2. Modern Concert Culture

• Barry Manilow Ticket Giveaway

  • Banter over Barry Manilow’s famous jingles ("Stuck on Band-Aid", "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm Is There", etc.), some of which surprise the younger hosts. (05:16 - 06:12)
  • Drew: “He also has, like, 'a good neighbor, State Farm is.'” (05:51)

• The Dress and Image of Rock Stars

  • Musicians today seen as less "star-like"; Shannon notes band members at shows look like random roadies, not glam rockers (“They don't put any effort into their look anymore...They're definitely not David Bowie.” 14:16)
  • Nostalgic references to 80s band attire and larger-than-life personas. (15:02)

3. TBT (The Basketball Tournament) Kentucky Alumni Team

• Roster Updates and Injuries
  • Archie Goodwin confirmed as active for Game 3; Marcus Lee listed as out. Mario offers on-the-ground updates (“It was actually just confirmed by TBT on Twitter...Archie is active for tonight.” 16:02)
  • Anticipation for the matchup against The Ville (Louisville alumni), with the hosts emphasizing the importance of not losing to a rival on home turf. (16:46)
  • Intra-team jabs (Aaron Harrison banter: “Andrew was going to be the only Harrison twin to ever lose to Louisville.” 17:05)

4. UK Football: Will Stein’s Fresh Start

• Ticket Price Praise and Fan Engagement

  • Complaints about sky-high concert/event ticket prices segues to UK lowering football ticket prices, which earns appreciation for making games more accessible during inflation. (22:15)
  • Will Stein’s honeymoon phase as new UK coach discussed; hosts praise his recruiting, energy, and embracing BBN (“Will Stein is a walking headline right now, and he's loving it.” 23:32)

• Realistic Season Expectations

  • What constitutes a "successful" first season? Consensus: five wins and remaining competitive in games, especially not getting blown out or embarrassed. (24:25–27:33)
  • “If they can get to five, that's a success this season.” – Ryan Lemond (25:42)

• Alabama Game Outlook

  • Roush (and KSR crew) predicted a possible upset over Alabama in Stein’s second game, citing coaching changes, Bama’s recent early-season woes, and a potential perfect storm for a UK win. (30:53)
  • “If you could somehow just pull off that win...you've definitely got [fan] excitement. Absolutely.” – Shannon (32:32)

• Backup QBs and Dual Athletes

  • Freshman recruit Ponotoski gets discussed as the likely No. 2 quarterback, with emphasis on his dual-sport potential and the surprising economics of NIL vs. minor league baseball. (33:11–36:57)

5. "Ask Anything" Lightning Round

• Five-Year Program Predictions (38:00–41:07)

  • Listeners ask for percentage chances on the following UK sports milestones:
    • UK Women’s Hoops to Final Four: 60–85% (most optimistic prediction)
    • UK Football beats a Top 5 team: 20–25%
    • UK Men’s Basketball to Final Four: 10–15% (“I wish I were more optimistic, but I don’t feel great about it in the next five.” – Drew)
    • Matt Jones gets married: 0% consensus, with good-natured ribbing

• Listener Callbacks and Day-to-Day Gripes

  • The challenges of neighbors over-mowing yards or misplacing trash cans (Drew: “He puts them [his trash bins] in front of my house...every time he does it, I’m like, what are you doing?” 48:10)
  • The decline of teaching cursive in schools and its effect on signature skills for young adults. (45:18–47:11)

6. Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “Does a fat baby fart? Of course I’m going to have my phone out the whole time.” – Ryan Lemond on recording concerts (13:00)
• “We do 10 hours a week together. I don’t know if I spend 10 hours a week speaking to my parents...We’ve done a lot of radio.” – Shannon (06:25)
• “To me, this has been the most entertaining part [the TBT drama].” – Shannon (17:05)
• “You missed the days of the massive 80s hair and the makeup and the glitzy uniforms and costumes.” – Ryan (14:55)
• “Life is all about expectations.” – Shannon (24:24)
• “He does protect his personal life and we all respect that...” – Ryan, on Matt Jones (41:40)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:06 — Show Introduction (Shannon fills in for Matt Jones)
• 04:47 — Announcement: Barry Manilow Ticket Giveaway
• 07:26 — Shannon’s nostalgia concert observations
• 09:44 — Ryan’s "old guy" realization
• 10:29 — Drew’s example: recognized by younger influencers
• 13:00 — Debate on posting concert videos and “fat baby fart” quote
• 14:16 — How band appearances have changed since the ‘80s
• 16:02 — Archie Goodwin confirmed as active for TBT game
• 17:05 — Internal UK alumni jabs (Harrison twin rivalry)
• 22:15 — Cost of concerts/events & UK football ticket praise
• 23:32 — Will Stein energy and fan engagement
• 24:25 — Season expectations: “success” for Will Stein in year one
• 30:53 — Predicting a possible UK football win vs. Alabama
• 33:11 — Backup QB discussion and NIL impact for dual-sport athletes
• 38:00 — "Ask Anything" segment: Five-year UK sports probability round
• 45:18 — Cursive writing is (mostly) obsolete for younger generations
• 47:44 — Drew’s neighborhood lawn and trash bin saga

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Notable Quotes

"The people watching is incredible...I am old. Like, this is now, like the bands that I grew up listening to, this is their demo. Now it's 40, 50, 60 year old people."
— Shannon The Dude, (07:26)

"I remember...the first realization: I am old when I see high school kids in the bar."
— Ryan Lemond, (09:44)

"Does a fat baby fart? Of course I'm going to have my phone out the whole time."
— Ryan Lemond, (13:00)

"Will Stein is a walking headline right now, and he's loving it."
— Drew Franklin, (23:32)

"I think if I had to...as long as you can get the five and you're competitive in the other ones that you lose, I'd say for year one that's success."
— Shannon The Dude, (27:33)

"He also has, like, 'a good neighbor, State Farm is.'"
— Drew Franklin, recalling Barry Manilow's jingle-writing prowess (05:51)

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Overall Tone & Style

Classic KSR banter—affable, spontaneous, and steeped in both sports analysis and slice-of-life observations. The show leans into the summer "dead period" with self-deprecating humor, playful teasing, and crowd-sourced content (calls/texts). The tone is accessible, community-driven, and deeply invested in all things Kentucky.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is a mix of UK sports news, life wisdom, and a celebration (or commiseration) of getting old. Even with UK sports slow in July, the show is rich with relatable stories, insightful fan perspectives on the future of Kentucky football and basketball, and plenty of laughs about aging, nostalgia, and neighborly etiquette. An essential listen for anyone seeking that local sports talk comfort with a hefty dose of personality and perspective.

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Transcript

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[Shannon the Dude]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Wednesday, July 22nd. I am Shannon the dude. It's a little weird coming out of my own voice, talking in to myself live right there. Introducing myself. Matt Jones is on vacation. I am Shannon the dude. And you can give us a call on The Clark's Puppet SH phone line at 859-280-22-2287. A Vision Glass text machine. I'm gonna have to go to Ryan on this one because I do not remember it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Come on, man.

[Shannon the Dude]

Seven.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon the Dude]

You lost me after that. 535, 35, 36, 36, 80, 80. Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

It just rolls off the tongue right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. I, I still don't know what. You guys are just gonna have to help me with that one.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I brought it. I've got it Two days in a row.

[Drew Franklin]

Look at this guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Davision glass text machine.

[Shannon the Dude]

You being all responsible. The show always by the law. So TJ Smith, if you call tj, he'll make him pay. I got Ryan Lemond. I've got Drew Franklin. I am in the Louisville studio. I cannot see the guys because technology has spelled us. I'm not so sure that our phone lines were even working. We had, we had one call on the pre show and it didn't work. And I think Billy had some issues on the leech report. But we'll get through it. It's all good. And it's guys, it's, it's mid July coming up on the end of July. Not a whole lot of sports topics going on. So we'll make it an ask anything day. But I was thinking, you know, the last time that I was leading this show, you guys were actually at my house. We did it out there in the garage. And that's right, you know, it's, it's, it's fun to every now and then be able to be given the reins and sit here and talk about whatever I want to talk about. And today, guys, it's going to be a lot of random topics, so I hope you're okay with that. Last night I went to a concert

[Ryan Lemond]

and heard you talking about the pre show.

[Shannon the Dude]

By the way, just so everybody will stick around, I know that this is going to make you excited. We were giving away Barry Manilow tickets on the show today.

[iHeartRadio Announcer]

Hell, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I write the songs that make the whole world sing.

[Shannon the Dude]

Is that a Barry Manilow song?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. I was gonna say I'm gonna have to lean on you for the text line and all the Barry Manilow songs because I. I don't think I really know any Barry Manilow songs, you know?

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, some jingles he wrote.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, yeah. We talked about this, didn't we?

[Drew Franklin]

What.

[Shannon the Dude]

What were the jingles that Barry Manilow wrote?

[Ryan Lemond]

McDonald's I'm loving you deserve a break. Today at McDonald's, I am stuck on Band Aids because Band Aid stuck on.

[Shannon the Dude]

Barry Manilow wrote that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. He also wrote I'm on. I'm on the American Bandstand Bandstand.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay, that's a little bit old for me. I don't remember that one. But I'm stuck on Band Aid. I definitely know that one.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. So.

[Shannon the Dude]

So is that the most popular Barry Manilow song? Stuck on Band Aids. Because Band Aid stuck on me.

[Drew Franklin]

He also has, like, a good neighbor, State Farm is.

[Ryan Lemond]

There we go. Another great one.

[iHeartMedia Announcer]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

I heard in his concerts, like, he has a little melody where he just plays them all. He plays, like, you know, 20 of them in a row, you know, just little. And everybody loves it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Strings them all together.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

Now you got me halfway excited to go see Barry Manilow.

[Ryan Lemond]

See, that's what I'm saying.

[Drew Franklin]

It's like a commercial break. Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm not here to hear whatever Ryan was singing. I want to hear the McDonald's jingle and the Band Aids jingle.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bandaid.

[Commercial Announcer]

Wow.

[Shannon the Dude]

There's.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's some more. Maybe we'll dig them up and find some more jingles. He's done a lot of famous jingles.

[Shannon the Dude]

You know, I was just sitting here thinking, too. Every day we're together for two hours, I probably spend more time either talking to you guys or at least doing the show with you guys than I do my own family. You know, it's like, we do. We do 10 hours a week together. I don't know If I spend 10 hours a week speaking to my parents, actually. I know I don't. So, you know, it's just one of those things where you start putting it together and how Many hours. We've done radio over the years together, and you times that by what, 15 years or something like that. We've done a lot of radio, so I'm happy to have you guys here with us. And we're going to get into some random stuff. But yeah, speaking of concerts, Bush. Last night I went to see Bush. Ryan, I'm assuming, Drew, you know who Bush is and yeah, you probably know who the band Hooba Stink is.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I love some Hoover stink.

[Shannon the Dude]

Ryan, do you know who either one of those bands are?

[Ryan Lemond]

I've heard of both of them, but I couldn't tell you a Bush song. But I know they're out there.

[Drew Franklin]

Glycerin.

[Shannon the Dude]

Glycerine's a good one. Yeah, Serene.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know that song. Yep, that was Nirvana.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, that's, that's a Bush song.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Shannon the Dude]

But I bring this up because I, I have some observations about going to, to see a band from the 90s that's basically a nostalgia band at this point. First of all, the people that were there are all, you know, 40 plus, and they're all sort of reliving their, their glory years. And I'm looking around and I'm seeing people in their 60s probably wearing stuff that they shouldn't wear. I'm talking about men and women. The first thing I see when I walk in is a guy that has a big beer belly and the shirt wouldn't even pull down over his belly if the belly's just hanging out and he's just standing there and everybody's walking by, going through the line and I'm like, all right, this is gonna be an interesting show already. Like, the people watching is incredible. But as I'm watching all these people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, I, I just came to the realization of, man, I am old. I, I, I, I am old. Like, this is now, like the bands that I grew up listening to, this is their, their demo. Now it's 40, 50, 60 year old people. And I just came to that reminder. I mean, I didn't just realize that I'm old yesterday. I, I knew that, but it was just another reminder that, man, I'm getting old. And these people that are there are all just rocking it out. It's like, it's kind of depressing a little bit. And I, I just, I wondered, guys, if you, like, remember the first time that you came to the realization that you're now old? Because I could tell you mine, mine was about 10 years old. Ten years ago when I walked into QMF, which is a classic rock station, and they were playing Bush and Nirvana and all these bands that I grew up. And I'm going, what's going on here? Like, what? These. These bands are being played on QMF now. And I think it was Vanetti that looked at me and goes, yeah, dude, that song's 25 years old. I'm going, oh, my God, I am old. So, Ryan, do you have, like, a moment that you. You just remember, like, it came to you that, oh, my God, I'm. I'm actually old now? I'm the old guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can say with honesty, it happened this morning.

[Shannon the Dude]

You just. You just realize you're old this morning.

[Mario]

First time?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, not the first time.

[Shannon the Dude]

For the first time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, the first time. The first time is easy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I just got the job here in Lexington, So I'm like 30 years old, and my buddy Punk takes me to a place called Two Keys Tavern. And I walk in there, and the high school kid that I just covered in the basketball game before I went to Two Keys Tavern is in Two Keys Tavern, and he's in high school. I remember. Okay, Yeah, I did. I need to get. This is not the place for me. That's the first realization. Like, I am old when high school. I see high school kids in the bar.

[Shannon the Dude]

I remember Dawson who used to call into the show or when people will come up to us, Drew, and go, yeah, I used to listen to you when I was a little kid, and they're now 22 years old. I'm going, oh, my God. Have we really been on the radio that long? Do you have one for you, Drew? Like, where you're. You go, man, I, I, I'm the old guy now.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, the one you just mentioned happened to me 12 hours ago. Last night, I went to an event in Lexington. There's, like, a little private. They, like, invited influencers and just kind of people from around Lexington. There's some music. It was a good time at the Bourbon Hotel, but there was a lot of younger female social media influencers there. And I was like, oh, I already fell out of place, but I was having a good time. And then one of them was like, hey, you're Drew. I grew up listening to you, and

[Ryan Lemond]

I just stared at my bourbon.

[Drew Franklin]

I was like, yeah, nice to meet you. I'll be over here in the corner by myself, leaning on the wall. So that happened. But it happens a lot at UK media events. I don't remember the first time, but it happens a lot. Say, interviewing players, and you ask them who they grew up watching and they say someone that I feel like was three years ago, they'll be like, oh, I grew up watching Shea. And you're like, not John Wall. And you're like, no, it's before my time. It's like, my goodness, John Wall. Feels like yesterday. Or just looking around the media room. When I started, it was a lot of the names that have moved on. Bromley colors around a little bit, but, you know, he's mostly retired. Tipton, they're all gone. And now I'm one of the. The veterans and older people in there, so really going to work. Anything UK related, whether talking to players or just looking around the room, I definitely feel old.

[Shannon the Dude]

Billy said that I'm also old because I posted a concert video. I guess that's an old person thing now. I don't know. I always did it even when I was younger. But is that an old man move posting a concert video? I didn't like, post the entire concert because I've noticed you can go on YouTube. There's a great thing about if you're a concert fan and you want to see the your favorite band play from last night, there's some people that will film the entire show. I don't do that. I grab like maybe a minute of my favorite song and I may post it on like an Instagram story or maybe I'll post a Twitter, Facebook, whatever. But. But Drew, is that an old man move now to post a concert video if you're at a show?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

We're all old, I guess.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, I don't record the whole concert, but there have been times where like an artist will do an acoustic version or maybe they'll do a cover where I've recorded it and I've actually gone back and listened to it several times. I've even like put my own videos onto Spotify before because it was such a unique one off thing. And then you know, it obviously post that. So I know some people say, put your phone, buckle up, put your phone down at concerts, but there's been times where I've captured something that I've listened to five years later. And I'm sure I posted it in the moment too.

[Shannon the Dude]

Ryan, do you do that when you go to shows? Or are you the guy.

[iHeartRadio Announcer]

Of course.

[Shannon the Dude]

Are you the guy that's obnoxious? Like, okay, like, here's the thing. You're gonna come to Bourbon to Beyond later this year. Who Blowfish is going to play there?

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely.

[Shannon the Dude]

Are you going to have your phone out the Entire time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Does a fat baby fart? Of course I'm going to have my phone out the whole time. That's what I want, to relive those memories. And I don't care if I post it. I don't care if you like it or not. That's a good thing about getting old. We can do whatever we want. And I don't care what you think about it. Yeah, but my moment this morning when I felt old is when you said Mick Jagger was 82 years old to Billy. And I realized I'm closer to Mick Jagger's age than I am to Billy's age.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, my God.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a tough realization that made me feel like, oh, my goodness, I am. I am old.

[Drew Franklin]

Another one for me. I have a little bit of gray hair in the beard. You know, it's obvious, especially in the goatee. And I can't remember the exact concert, but I was at Rupp arena in the beer line, and I was still getting carded. Well, after 21 makes you feel good. And he said, I don't need your idea. I see the coconut. And he pointed at my little goatee. I was like, oh, so I'm getting called out for my white beard. So that, that, that made me feel a little old, too.

[Shannon the Dude]

See, I take it now as a compliment when I get carded to buy here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon the Dude]

To be a hassle, you know, right when you turn 20. Okay, let me. Where's my ID? Let me find. Okay, here it is now, you know, 43 years old. Okay. You know, see, you're right.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're begging them, please, please card me.

[Shannon the Dude]

Of course they're carding everybody. But, you know, I like to feel special. So I. I take it as a compliment when they do that. Now, the. The other takeaway that I had, though, was that I don't know if this is a thing anymore.

[Caller]

You.

[Shannon the Dude]

You mentioned Mick Jagger. You know, Mick Jagger is a rock star. He looked like a rock star. As I'm watching these bands last night, none of them look like they were even like, in a band. They look like just regular Joes. Like, they could have been out, you know, in the crowd, or could have been a part of the. The road crew or something like that. I don't know if that's just a thing that is gone by the wayside over the years. Guys that look like they're like actual rock stars on stage. The lead singer who Estate comes out, and he looks like he. I didn't know if he was like, part of the. The roadie crew or what? But I was like, all right. I guess that's just not a thing anymore for some of these bands. They don't. They don't put any effort into their look anymore. They're definitely not David Bowie. You know, going out there all glazed up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. You missed the days of the. The massive 80s hair and the makeup and the glitzy uniforms and costumes.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

So, like, when we went to see Def Leppard and Motley Crue and Joan Jad and Poison at Hershey park, like, those guys, you know, they look like they belonged up there, but these guys, I was like, all right, I. I guess this is the band. I wasn't sure if the show was starting or not. Anyway, if you got a time that you've, like, the realization of I'm now the old guy or I'm now the old woman. 859-280-2287. I want to know the moment you came to realize that you were old, because I just got a very good reminder of that last night. All right, guys. Later on tonight, TBTS game three, we got Memorial Coliseum hosting it. And our very own Mario, which, by the way, maybe we need to bring him in on this, is reporting that Archie Goodwin is in Lexington and will play. No, I'm not going to go against Mario. If Mario says it, I believe it. But is there any chance that Archie is in town? But maybe he's just going to a wedding? He's not going to play tonight because we need Archie tonight.

[Drew Franklin]

It was actually just confirmed by TBT on Twitter. They put out the roster. Archie is active, and Marcus Lee is. Not only why we bother listing him now, but they have confirmed Archie is active for tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

So Mario with the scoop.

[Mario]

Take that, Shannon.

[Uncle Laser]

Look at that.

[Mario]

Bang.

[Shannon the Dude]

Mario.

[Mario]

What's up, my man?

[Shannon the Dude]

Welcome to the show, buddy. So we're gonna win tonight, right? We got Archie. We got Archie. Are we still riffing on each other or the guys getting along?

[Mario]

Yeah, they're getting along, man. They know the job. The job is to get the W tonight. That's. That's what they're planning on doing. So.

[Shannon the Dude]

So what about Willie? I hear that he's. He's expected to give it a go after getting injured.

[Mario]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know anything about Willie, but, you know, they're hopeful that he's going to play tonight. We're going to need him. This is one game that we need, so.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, I mean, one thing's for sure. We cannot have the ville come in here and beat us in Lexington. That can't happen tonight.

[Tab Ramos]

So.

[Caller]

No, I don't.

[Mario]

I don't. I'm hoping that's not going to happen, but it's gonna be great, man. Gonna be. It's gonna be a lot of fun.

[Drew Franklin]

This is what it's all about.

[Mario]

One game, a lot on the line, and, you know, we'll see what happens. I'm. I'm. I'm confident in my guys.

[Shannon the Dude]

Ryan, I know that the. There's been a lot of controversy around the team, but I kind of like it. Like, to me, this has been the most entertaining part. Did you guys ride? Did you see and Drew. Mario, did you guys see Aaron Harris? And he retweeted a tweet that said something to the effect of that Andrew was going to be the only Harrison twin to ever lose to Louisville.

[Ryan Lemond]

Talking smack to his own brother. Love it.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's good stuff.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you guys are right, man. Nobody wearing red comes and wins at Memorial Coliseum. Not just Memorial Coliseum, Historic Memorial Coliseum. That's just not going to happen. So I bet there's a big crowd there tonight. I bet it's a great crowd, very vocal, and I'm excited to watch it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Now, I understand it's Wild Eggs Wednesday. Mario, are we doing that right out the gate today, or do you want to.

[Mario]

Yeah, we can do it. You're hosting, so you pick the time. Whenever you want me to post it, I'll post it. We can do it on Instagram.

[Shannon the Dude]

We've already got the scrambled word.

[Mario]

I do.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. All right, well, go ahead and post it now. Post it live.

[Mario]

All right, we're posting it on Instagram. KSR the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

KSR the show. Instagram.

[Caller]

All right.

[Shannon the Dude]

KSR the show on Instagram. If you know.

[Ryan Lemond]

First segment, Wild Eggs Wednesday.

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You know what?

[Shannon the Dude]

Here's the deal. If I don't get to it now, I'm going to forget about it and it won't get done. So we're gonna knock it out right now.

[Mario]

Let's do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm gonna. Okay, I'll tell you.

[Mario]

Posting it right now.

[Shannon the Dude]

Post it now. I'll jump on during the break here and I'll see if I can figure it out. And we'll come right back. We'll take your calls. 859-280-2287. I got Drew, I got Ryan, I got Mario Shannon. Billy's not here. He's. He's abandoned us. So we'll. We'll get with him, I guess whenever he gets back for the pre show. Mario, you're gonna be on with me. Tomorrow on the pre show.

[Tab Ramos]

Right?

[Mario]

I am. I'm excited.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. All right.

[Mario]

We got a lot to talk about.

[Shannon the Dude]

Especially if they lose tonight. They've got a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

You're so right back.

[Shannon the Dude]

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[Shannon the Dude]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Pat tweeted us a a ticket stub from a Barry manilow show from October 21, 1980. I wonder what that ticket cost. Speaking of which, another person writes in. It says, one says, let's see. Oh, yeah, it says, I don't go to a concert anymore because it literally cost you an arm and a leg. I don't know if it literally cost you an arm and a leg, but concert ticket prices have just gone, like through the roof. Like trying to go to a show and you go on Ticketmaster and you get to that last page where it says, put in your credit card information. And the ticket that said 50 bucks jumped up to like 120. Like, what? What is this? But it is not cheap. Ryan. I know a lot of us here at the station, you know, it's a good perk of working at a radio station. You get free concert tickets. But if you've tried to buy a ticket anytime recently, you know it is not cheap.

[Ryan Lemond]

No. That's why I would prefer just to have somebody else record it and watch it on YouTube.

[Drew Franklin]

Like you said, you want the bootleg version.

[Ryan Lemond]

Version. Well, we talked about this this week about the prices for like the World cup, just not just concert, any event. Tickets are just getting ridiculous. That's why it was kind of crazy that UK actually lowered their ticket prices for football this year. I was really impressed that they did that when everybody else is skyrocketing.

[Shannon the Dude]

I mean, that's. Yeah, it's one thing that you don't normally see really anywhere in life is prices going back down.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Shannon the Dude]

You know, if anything, they're going to hike the prices up. So, I mean, they're doing it on beer, food, ticket prices. I think we're moving in the right direction. So I think that that's just going to add to the excitement. Let's talk a little bit about football. I mean, because of me, I think we need to put that on a shirt, print them up. Will Stein gave us that quote from SEC Media Day. Then yesterday we got another quote that was, I don't have it right here in front of me, but basically said, I'm a psychotic member of bbn. You know, we talked about Mark Pope and how he won the off season in his first year before the season started here at Kentucky Drew I feel like Will Stein is saying all the right things. He's getting the recruits, he's doing everything the right way before we even played the first game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I mean, he has to win on the field, but since he. Since his first press conference in January, he's just been winning left and right. His recruiting class is awesome. Built for the future. Social media is back. We mentioned that a little bit yesterday, how they're doing such a good job with that. The old regime went pretty quiet. I think most interviews with Mark Stoops, he would say, I don't want to make a headline. I don't want to make a headline. He was saying the bare minimum just to kind of get through it. You wouldn't get much out of him. Will Stein is a walking headline right now, and he's loving it now. We'll see in the fall how year one goes, but to this point, I mean, he gets an A plus on what he's doing in fan engagement, bringing players in, bringing excitement to the building. They got a young coaching staff that he even said himself. You know, at the end of the day, they'll have a beer with you, you know, get the work done and go out in Lexedon and enjoy the town, enjoy the community to a certain extent. Nothing too crazy, but, like, they're just a fun group of guys that are excited to be in Lexington and coach football.

[Shannon the Dude]

Ryan, I think we could all agree that when you take over as a coach, you kind of get the first year free. You know, you get that honeymoon period. But life is all about expectations. So, like, what would you define as success for the team this year, man? Is. Is it a certain amount of wins? Is it how close we play teams? If I said to you, ryan, and I'm coming to you next, Drew, what is success for this season for Will Stein in the first year?

[Caller]

What.

[Shannon the Dude]

How would you answer that?

[Ryan Lemond]

See, that's such a great question, because even, like we talked about a little bit yesterday, they can be much better and the record not reflect it. But even though they're better, I want to be for success. To me, going into the fourth quarter, you know, in it with Alabama and LSU and Florida and all these Tech at Texas A and M, be in the game. Maybe you got a chance to win it at the end of the game, you know, and even if they lose it, I think at the end of the year, if I can look back and say, we didn't get embarrassed, we didn't get blown out, we were competitive in every single game, I would give him an A for that honeymoon year because of just how tough all the opponents are.

[Shannon the Dude]

So you say just be competitive. If we win three games, but we're close, that's going to be success for you?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I would, I would need more than three. Okay, well, the over unders four and a half.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, four and a half.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they can get to five. I mean, I think that's a, That's a success this season.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay, so five wins, you're saying, is the success, Drew?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sounds awful, but.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, I mean, no, that's. That's. You get to set the expect expectations wherever you want. So you say five. What about for you, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, in year one, first time head coach doing a rebuild in the sec, it's hard to put too much pressure on actual wins. Like if he goes to a bowl game, my goodness, we're going crazy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Six wins.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

As I think if you went winless in the sec, that would be disappointed. But if you're competitive and if you can knock off one of the big dogs, maybe get Tennessee, maybe you get that Alabama game, get a good signature win, I think fans will be engaged and excited about the future because it is a tough turnaround from what they've had recently. Brand new faces out there, got a few returners, but brand new everything. And it's his first time coaching. He's handing over play calling duties. Everything's new in Lexington, so he gets a pretty long leash in year one, I'd say. Like I said, if he goes bowling, that's nuts. But five wins, I'd still be pretty happy with. We had five wins last year and four wins the year before with a veteran coach who had this thing built. So it doesn't take a whole lot to turn it around. But that schedule is brutal.

[Ryan Lemond]

Win an SEC home game, that'd be nice for our fan base.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Long time without those.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. You look at, you know, part of the Stoops era here. I mean, he did things that I never thought we would see the 10 win seasons. I never really thought I would see that in my lifetime. Happened twice. So, I mean, I don't. It's. It's tough to put a win total on it, but I think if I had to, I'm kind of with you, Ryan, and saying that, okay, if they get the five, but they can't get blown out the other games, you know what I mean? They can't go five and seven and get blown out in all, all seven losses. As long as you can get the five and you're competitive in the other ones that you lose. I would say for year one that success.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's not forget this is the first year with the non sec game schedule so even has one more harder game than Stoops heads. You only get two of the so called cupcakes. Then Louisville, then you got a gauntlet.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't let Louisville embarrass you.

[Shannon the Dude]

Exactly.

[Ryan Lemond]

That happened.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, we gotta get to a break. 859-280-2287. We'll take your ask anything phone calls coming up next here on ksr. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Shannon the dude, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin here with you. Got got Rick Ryder in here too with us. We're bringing in all the stars. Rick's over there on the ones and twos. Some people riding in with the best moments of realizing that they were old. One person says they reached down to pick up a spoon and threw out their back. That, yeah, that's a good.

[Ryan Lemond]

That'll do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

That'll do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

That'll do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Another person wrote in and said when I caught myself getting into the routine of going to bed at 9 o', clock, you know what, I'm with them on that. Like if somebody has got to get up normally at 5 o' clock in the morning, Ryan, I used to laugh at my grandparents because every night 9 o' clock they'd be like, yep, it's time for bed. And I'm like, nine o'. Clock. When I was younger, I wouldn't even go out to the bars until 11 o' clock at night. Wouldn't even leave the house. And they'd be going to bed at 9 o' clock and I'm going, what? And now here I am, Ryan, doing the same thing. Nine o', clock, I am ready to go to bed.

[Ryan Lemond]

The 11 o' clock news was such a big part of my life for like 20 years. I can't tell you the last time I stayed up to watch the 11 o' clock news. I mean I'm in bed.

[Shannon the Dude]

Didn't you used to be on the late news though?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, that's what I'm saying. It was such a big part of my life for so long now I never, never been. I can drive across town like from my house on the west side to Hamburg on the east side and get out of my car like, oh my goodness, I just ran a marathon.

[Shannon the Dude]

Jeez, it hits you quick.

[Ryan Lemond]

It does.

[Shannon the Dude]

And, and then one more person says that whenever they had to start having their hairdresser cover up their grays Some. Some moments that you realized you were the old person. All right, we got phone lines full 859280 to 2287. Maybe we'll give away the Barry Manilow tickets just by. Best moment I was. I realized I was old call that we get today. So it's a good idea. And if you don't want to do it, if you don't want the Barry Manilow tickets, you don't have to do that. It's ask anything day, so whatever you want to talk about, we're here for it. Let's go to Matthew, first on the phones. What's up, Matthew?

[Caller]

Hey. Yeah, I'm pumped up for, you know, UK football, and I think this is the year to be Alabama.

[Shannon the Dude]

You know, that seems to be a popular pick. Nick Roush. Was he on Fine Bomb the other day saying that? Guys, I think I saw that somewhere that Roush was on Fine Bomb.

[Drew Franklin]

He did. Ralph is the SEC Media day star every year. We're just lucky he wasn't wearing a big foam cowboy hat this time. But he. He rattled the Fine Bomb phone line cages by going on there and predicting a Kentucky win over Alabama. I'm sure Fine Bomb will be hearing about that one for a few more days.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Thanks for the call, Matthew. I appreciate it. Ryan, do you think that Kentucky gets it done? It seems to be a popular pick. I don't, honestly. Roush is the first person that I said that I heard say that they would beat Alabama this year. I guess he bases that off of Alabama recently sort of struggling early in the year, that game being the second one on the schedule. Are you going to jump in there and say that Kentucky beats Alabama with

[Ryan Lemond]

Roush and I. I got to give Drew props. Drew said this in the spring when the schedule came out.

[Shannon the Dude]

It was Drew first. Okay. Okay. Well, then I'll give the credit to Drew then. So, Drew, you're all about it. You think it's going to happen if you were the first person to say it. I guess Ralph jumped on your bandwagon.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he did.

[Uncle Laser]

We can share it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a shared belief with the KSR website crew. Part of it is, you know, they're not sold on Caleb Alabama. He has big shoes to fill. But even though he's been fine, hadn't been up to their standards, they have a new quarterback who will be traveling for his first SEC road game against a defense that has shown nothing this spring and this summer. So it'll be a mystery what even they're going against. Hopefully UK is able to hide their cards in week one against Youngstown. And Alabama has taken early season losses since Deborah has been there. So the opportunity is there for Kentucky to pull off the upset in what will be a rowdy environment. It's just everything is aligning perfectly. They just have to go do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Ryan, can you imagine? I mean, let's just assume we're going to win the first game of the year. Game two, national television. Will Stein taken on Alabama in the second game of his career. Kentucky and beats Kentucky. Can you imagine, like the atmosphere and the excitement of this fan base if that were to happen?

[Ryan Lemond]

This state is so overdue to feel good about our UK team and to celebrate, especially in football. You know, our diehard football fans suffer through those one in 10 seasons. Back in the day and two and nine when there was just 11 games, they would go. This state would go crazy if they start the season two and oh, which includes a home win over Alabama and Will Stein second game.

[Shannon the Dude]

I mean, yeah, if you could somehow just pull off that win. I mean, yeah, it matters what happens the rest of the season, but you're talking about building up some goodwill and some excitement. You beat Alabama, you've definitely got it. You've definitely do it. Absolutely. All right, let's go to who's next. Let's go to Bob. Hey, Bob.

[Caller]

Yes, fellas. My question is, we all know how tough the SEC is on quarterbacks and we know who our expected starter is going to be, but what do we know? I know we got a recruit from Molar, but what do we know about the backups? QB2, QB3. Thanks for listening. Thanks for letting me listen and I'll talk to you later. Bye.

[Shannon the Dude]

Appreciate it. Drew, I kind of lean on you as our football expert here. I mean, both of you guys know more about football on the roster than I do, I'll grant you that. Ponotowski, is he. I mean, is he gonna get any playing time at all or is he just going to set the bench and be a project long term here at Kentucky? Or what about the backup situation they have?

[Drew Franklin]

They have a deep room there.

[Caller]

They do.

[Drew Franklin]

You got a guy from Canada, got Brennan Ward who's been on the team a little bit. I still think Pontoski, even though he's getting a late start, just joining the team at the end of the summer, he'll be here in time for training camp, but wasn't there in the spring. I still think he's so talented and will be competing for the keys after Kenny Menchie that he'll be first one off the bench if you get to that point. Hopefully Menchie stays healthy throughout the season. But when's the last time that's happened where quarterbacks played the whole year? So if I were setting the odds right now, I' even though he's a true freshman, is ahead of the rest of the guys. But they have, they have several bodies back there in case someone wants to emerge and stand out behind Minchi and fall camp.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the thing, and we've said this before in the sec, your quarterback's going to get hit and more than likely he's going to miss some time. So Pontoski I think is going to get a chance to get on the field a little bit, prove what he's capable of.

[Shannon the Dude]

I think Pontowski just sees the writing on the wall being drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, Ryan, he's like, you know what? The Reds are so pitiful. I know they're like his, his home team and everything, but it just goes to show you he would rather go to Kentucky, make some nil money than he would go play for the Cincinnati Reds right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, and I think he saw what happened to Tyler Bell. Tyler Bell was drafted in 66, came played one year at Kentucky. He was drafted top 10. Ponotoski is such a good baseball player, he's probably thinking I can improve my 18th round status by playing one year in the SEC. Maybe a top, top, top round pick.

[Shannon the Dude]

And you know like Billy and I talked about this on the pre after the draft. These guys that go around and play minor league baseball, you think they're making good money. But we looked it up and the salary of like even a triple A baseball player is around $50,000. If you go to a local bats baseball game, Ryan, sometimes I'll sneak into the players parking lot here and whenever I go to a game and I'm like, yeah, you know, I heard, I'm working here. And you could see in the players parking lot the guys that have been up to the majors and the guys that are just coming up based on the car. Like there's a, you know, a hundred thousand dollar car parked right next to a beater, you know, one that's you know, maybe a couple grand. You could definitely tell the guys who have had the big contracts and the ones that haven't.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, the, the bonus babies that make the gazillion dollars that may get sent down to Cincinnati for a rehab assignment. It's obvious what they drive.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, yeah. For Potatowski though, I think it makes Sense. I mean, obviously long term, well, he

[Ryan Lemond]

can make more money, nil money here next year, probably get football nil money and baseball nil money.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's what I'm saying. Yeah, he'd be better off here just, just making the nil money than he would traveling around in a minor league system. And long term, he's going to end up being a baseball player. I think he said several times in interviews that's his first love. But you know, not, not a bad gig when you can do both. But I think long term. Would you rather go out there and get beat up as a football player, Ryan, or be a pitcher and throw every five or six days? You know, throw basically once a week. And some of these baseball contracts are absurd too, once you finally get to the majors.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you know, pitchers are not really athletes. They play one every five days. You got to be an everyday player.

[Shannon the Dude]

How are you gonna say that?

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to be an everyday player. Pitchers, you know when you got. And sit in the bullpen most pictures.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, no, no, no.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't they travel with their golf clubs?

[Ryan Lemond]

They do. They play golf on their off day. Sit down the bullpen on their non pitching days. Maybe they'll long toss and then call it a day. Come on, man.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, I'm going to tell you, when I was playing at Bellarmine, while you guys, you position players are up there doing your batting practice, the pitch was pitchers were running their butts off.

[Ryan Lemond]

We were Scotty Wing and was your coach.

[Shannon the Dude]

Scotty Wigant. He was out there making his new bear crawls, talking about a drill sergeant of a coach man. But he had us whipped into shape. We couldn't beat anybody, but we could outrun anybody in the cross country.

[Ryan Lemond]

Meet Breakout Bell. Foreman's got him.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Let's get one more before the break. Let's go to Brendan. Hey, Brendan. Brendan, can you hear us? All right. No. Brendan. Rick. Let's try. Let's go over to Cody. Hey, Cody.

[Caller]

Hey, how are you?

[Shannon the Dude]

All good. What's up, Cody?

[Caller]

Hey, I've got a question. Percentage chance that any of these things happen within the next five years.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay.

[Caller]

And I've got four. Got four things.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, let's go through them.

[Caller]

Uk. UK Hoops makes the final four. That's Kenny. Kenny Brooks team makes the final four in the next five years.

[Shannon the Dude]

You want us, you want us to go one at a time here? Okay. Percentage chance that. You said Kenny Brooks makes the final four.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Shannon the Dude]

In the next how many years?

[Caller]

Five.

[Shannon the Dude]

Five years. You guys want to jump in there

[Ryan Lemond]

First, I'd say it's going to do it. I would say the percentage is high. Like, I'll go like 85%.

[Shannon the Dude]

85.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. I wasn't going to go that high, drew.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm confident 85 is a little high. I'll say 70.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe even this upcoming year.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon the Dude]

It's just so tough to get there.

[Drew Franklin]

And, I mean, he's already been to one at Virginia Tech. Yeah, it's a step up.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'll go. I'll go 60 chance. All right, what's your next one?

[Caller]

Okay, same thing. Five years. UK football beats a top five team. UK football beats the top five team.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. Top five poll, ranked, team.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Shannon the Dude]

20.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not a bad guess. I was thinking 25.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Drew,

[Drew Franklin]

you know, have a couple every year.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Depends on how many opportunities you get, too.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, top five is pretty high up there.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I could see him getting like a Texas or Georgia in the next five years.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, go and get them.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Texas wasn't top five last year, but, I mean, saw how close they played him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Under Stoops played Georgia close pretty consistently. Now, if Stein takes that next leap like they think he will, I think they can knock off a top five team.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, what's your next one?

[Caller]

UK Basketball makes the Final Four within the next five years.

[Shannon the Dude]

See, now, this is an interesting question, because it all depends on what happens with this season. Like, if things go well this season, Mark Pope might be here for another five years. If it does, if it goes south quick, then I don't know that he's our coach the season after this one. So, I mean, in that point, who knows who the coach is? So I'm just gonna go. I'm going to sound really pessimistic saying this. I'm going to go 10%.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's fair. I mean, we've been only three Final Fours in the last, what, 25 years?

[Drew Franklin]

Been over a decade.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I was going to say, like, maybe 15%.

[Shannon the Dude]

Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I'm joining you, Shannon.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I wish I were more optimistic, but I. I don't feel great about it in the next five since it's been so long.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

The urgency starting to kick in with some success. Even Caliper is title that they turned into the floor of the locker room is starting to get some dust on it. Been a while on that 2012 banner also.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

So where are you going with.

[Drew Franklin]

That's 10%.

[Shannon the Dude]

10%. Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Matching channel.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, what's your last one?

[Caller]

Last Last one now secure is off the table. We'll agree to that. The odds Matthew Harper Jones gets married within the next five years.

[Shannon the Dude]

0.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm going 0, negative 000 in honor of Matt Jones.

[Shannon the Dude]

I appreciate the call, Drew. Any chance Matt gets married?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I think he's open to it, but since he currently doesn't have a girlfriend, it's hard to predict that would happen if he were, you know, had someone he was dating seriously, I'd go a little higher. I don't think it's, like, impossible, but I don't see it as. As things stand now.

[Shannon the Dude]

See, Matt always talks about me being mysterious, but I think Matt's mysterious in his personal life, too, because I don't really know a whole lot about what Matt does when he goes home. He always says that about me. Ryan. I don't know. Like, I know you guys probably see him more because you live in Lexington and that's where he's at now all the time. But I don't ever really hear what Matt does when he's not on the radio. Ryan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he does protect his personal life and we all respect that, you know, sure. He'll. He'll tell us what he wants us to know and doesn't tell us most of the stuff.

[Drew Franklin]

I catch up with him at 10 o' clock with everyone else, I hear about the Reds games and what's going on at the house.

[Shannon the Dude]

See, that's the thing. Like, people think that we do all this show prep, but we don't. We don't. I mean, I don't ever talk to you guys at all, really, unless it's a group text, which I probably won't see until eight hours later because I don't really do group text, as we talked about. But, yeah, we don't talk about really anything before the show. We just turn on the mics and go. And sometimes that's obvious, depending on the day. But, yeah, I'm going. I think we're all going.0% on that. We'll take.

[Drew Franklin]

And with everything we've all gone through recently with Ryan having his health thing, me, we haven't even gotten together outside of work in a long time. We do need to do it, but here recently, the days have been few and far between that we've even gotten together outside of what people hear.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Billy's bachelor party's coming up.

[Shannon the Dude]

And you know what? I'm not going to be there. I'm going to be out of town. So you know what?

[Drew Franklin]

We'll take notes for you there.

[Shannon the Dude]

You go, you guys can, you guys can talk about me while I'm not there. 859-280-2287. We'll take more of your ask anything calls coming up next. It is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Drew Franklin]

Welcome back.

[Shannon the Dude]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio. You got Shannon, you got Ryan Drew here with you. We'll take more of your phone calls. 859-280-2287. A couple of other people writing in with moments they realized they were old. When I told a college student to sign a form, they printed their name because they had no idea what cursive is. Do they not teach cursive anymore?

[Ryan Lemond]

They don't. They went through an era where they do not teach cursive. So like, my boys now try to write their name like on a check or whatever. They it really, they have to struggle because they do not teach cursive.

[Shannon the Dude]

So I'm confused. So how do they sign their name? They just print their name. Like if you have to sign up, you know, you don't just scribble something down. You like print your name, but just connect the letters.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's what they do.

[Drew Franklin]

Underscores at the bottom.

[Shannon the Dude]

Drew, that was a big thing when we were in school. Like, everybody had to learn how to do your, like, your lowercase cursive and you had to connect the, the letters together. And then after you went through that, you had to do your, your uppercase. I mean, I could still write every single letter of the Alphabet in upper and lowercase. I had no. Did you know that was a thing, Drew, that people, I guess younger people don't know how to do cursive.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I could pass a test if you put paper in front of me and said write in cursive. But I probably haven't actually done it in 20 something years. Even when I write a check, I don't use cursive. I write my name. But I, I've just moved on from it.

[Shannon the Dude]

You don't even do like a little like scribble because, you know, when I sign my name in cursive, it's not like I spell out every single letter of the, you know, I kind of do an S and an H and then like a sort of an a and then like a little swoop and then G. That's what I do. And maybe another G and maybe a Y and you can fill in the rest. You know, that's kind of the way I do it.

[Drew Franklin]

My F is even a made up F that they didn't teach in cursive. So I guess I can't even Count my signature. It's kind of my own little thing. I. But I couldn't remember the last time I've actually done it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, you want to worry about anybody forging your signature, then you know somebody. Yeah, you can come up with made up letters. There you go. One more person says on here, when I started taking pride in my yard being the nicest in the neighborhood, we don't worry about Billy doing that. We can get Billy to mow his own lawn. But is that a thing, though? That it's sort of become a thing for me trying to make the lawn look good. When you go out and not only are you mowing the lawn, but you're like putting stuff on there to kill the dandelions. And you're. Yes, I think we talked about this with you, Drew. You said you had something called. What was it that stuff you put on your yard.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I have grandpa's weeder. It's the greatest thing ever. And shout out to everyone that went and bought it. I get no commission on that. But grandpa has a great product. Can't recommend it enough.

[Shannon the Dude]

There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

But yeah, I try to take good care of my yard here. Lately, the weeds have gotten a little out of control. They're not like, they're not visible, but you know, they're. If you got right up on my yard, you could see him. So that's frustrating me. It's not perfect, but I try to keep up.

[Shannon the Dude]

You say your neighbor is mowing part of your property.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, did it again this week.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, so, okay, so what's the point to where you go? Enough's enough. I got to go over here and knock on this guy's door and go, look, man, this is my property. This is the length that I like my lawn.

[Drew Franklin]

It's coming up. He just mows it so tight. I mean, it's like putting green. And I keep mine tall. Also another issue. This isn't a big deal, but it's driving me crazy. I might have to go knock on the door. Happened again yesterday. Yesterday was trash day. Instead of putting his bins on the sidewalk in front of his house, which is about the same length of the sidewalk in front of my house. Yes, he puts them in front of mine. So I have four bins in front of my house and there's zero in front of his. I have no idea why. Like, they're almost identical curbs, nothing blocking either one of them. But he rolls them over to my side. Should I be bothered by that? It's just a small annoyance. But I'm going to be like, why aren't they in front of your house?

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm kind of with you on that. So you don't really know this guy personally.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I'll wave. I'm friendly when they're outside. Couldn't tell you his name. We've not probably not had more than how you do in conversation.

[Ryan Lemond]

They don't. They don't park a car in that spot.

[Drew Franklin]

No, it just rolls them over to my side.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

That's a small thing, but every time he does it, I'm like, what are you doing?

[Shannon the Dude]

I think you've got a legit argument there. I think you got. I think you need to go knock on the door. You need to go air out your grievances. You know, I'm not saying you need to go fight the guy or anything.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not gonna fight him. He's an older man. We get along fine with our waves, but just a couple. Couple small. Ann.

[Shannon the Dude]

All right, we got to take a break. Hour one in the books. I got a lot more random topics and all your calls coming up next. 859-280-2287. It is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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