2026-07-23- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1: July 23, 2026

Host: Maggie Davis (in for Matt Jones)
Crew: Drew Franklin, Jack "Goose" Pilgrim, Ryan Lemon, Shannon the Dude, Nick Roush, Mario
Date: July 23, 2026
Podcast Theme: Reflecting on KSR and Kentucky sports media careers, tales from the TBT game, SEC media days, UK fandom, and behind the scenes with the crew.

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Episode Overview

The KSR crew is joined by Maggie Davis, returning to host in place of Matt Jones. The episode is an energetic blend of nostalgia, behind-the-scenes stories, and Kentucky sports fandom, highlighted by reflections on career beginnings, the quirky demands of sports media jobs, and a deep dive into the recent TBT (The Basketball Tournament) win by La Familia over a Louisville alumni team. Nick Roush calls in live from SEC Media Days with hot takes and coach soundbites, while the team also covers listener calls, the anticipation of football season, and the inside scoop on upcoming UK traditions and personal events.

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Main Discussion Themes

1. Maggie Davis Returns and Team Introductions (Starts at 02:42)

• Maggie Davis hosts, sharing her gratitude for KSR starting her career:

  “The place where it all began for me. KSR gave me my start...10 years ago as an intern. And now this morning, I’m sitting in the big chair filling in for Matt Jones for the second time ever.” (02:46)

• The team reminisces about Maggie’s first odd jobs, including picking out office carpet and interviewing chefs for KSBar at age 20.
• Other crew members recall their own “random media jobs” such as airport pickups, dry cleaning runs, and on-air mishaps.

  Ryan Lemon: “In TV news, I’ve burped, hiccuped, ripped my pants, and been body slammed all on the air.” (16:20)

2. Early KSR Memories & Behind-the-Scenes Stories (03:45–12:58)

• Intern horror stories, funny misplacements, and how media careers launched:
  • Drew Franklin’s first TV report: “My first story was on a cat that had six toes on each of its front paws...” (12:58)
  • Maggie’s early journalism vs. almost pursuing pre-med:

    “I convinced myself I was supposed to be a doctor...I got my internship with KSR and this is what showed me that I could turn this into a career...” (11:43)

  • Jack recalling interviewing Maggie as a high schooler and being blown away by her resume.

3. Sports Media: The Most Random Jobs (06:21–16:28)

• Tales of accidental job duties at KSR and in TV production, illustrating the improvisational nature of local sports media:
  • Maggie: “...I had to come up with questions for a chef and recommend him for the restaurant...with no experience.” (09:14)
  • Drew: “Picked up Matt’s dry cleaning, took him to the dentist in Owensboro, had to drive to Knoxville during an ice storm to pick him up from a diverted flight.” (07:38)

4. Fun with Callers and Inside Jokes (21:11, 23:24, 45:20)

• Listeners call in to share UK pride, media fundraising challenges (walking 50 miles), and past TBT stories.
• Steven calls to remind fans, post-TBT, that Louisville can never catch UK in all-time wins:

  “Kentucky for the next 15 years could be bottom of the barrel...and UL could go 15–0 for 15 years and still not have as many all-time wins.” (21:54)

• Light-hearted discussion on names (Maggie’s dog-name phenomenon), and group wedding suit preparations.

5. TBT Game Recap: La Familia Defeats Louisville Alumni (22:29–26:28)

• On-site reactions, praise for Archie Goodwin’s 22-point performance, and Willie Cauley-Stein’s defensive dominance despite injury.

  Jack: “Our guy Willie, on one bad leg, was the game-changer with taking Montrez out of it.” (25:40)

• Drew Franklin watched on TV: “You could hear the crowd in the second half...The TV broadcast also did a good job of showing Louisville fans next to Kentucky fans.” (23:33)
• Vince Marrow sighting in the crowd, doing “L’s down” and bold football predictions for the fall.

6. SEC Media Days Update with Nick Roush (Call-In) (27:10–37:40)

• Nick delivers the Tampa scene—hot takes, oddball coach moments, and UK optimism under new leadership:
  • On Alabama:

    “Alabama has no juice...juiceless is useless.” (28:11)

  • On Will Stein (UK’s new offensive coordinator):

    “He wants Kentucky to be important, wants to promote the program, wants this to be a tough team that’s going to throw the football...It’s so striking compared to last year.” (31:34)

  • Roush predicts Kentucky will upset Alabama:

    “I’m standing firm that Kentucky is going to pull off that big upset.” (29:16)

  • Lane Kiffin’s antics:

    “He talked for 20 minutes in a 30-minute press conference...When asked a tough question, he brought up a Hulk Hogan documentary and how we’re all going to die.” (34:29)

• Bottom line: SEC is wide open, with more parity and coaching chaos than ever.

7. Countdown to Football Season & Team Social Life (37:52–41:11)

• Excitement builds for football and the upcoming crew wedding, with inside jokes about brown suits, weight maintenance, and high fashion at the event.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

Maggie Davis

• “The funniest part...I was much more blending in. I was wearing blue and white. Of course, that would represent.” (04:31, on her ESPN ‘This is SportsCenter’ cameo)
• “I do meet a lot of people who are like, ‘Oh, Maggie, that’s my dog’s name.’ I’m always like, I don’t know what to say to that.” (20:50)

Drew Franklin

• “I picked up Matt’s dry cleaning a couple of times...Took him to the dentist...Drove to Knoxville to pick him up at the airport one time during a snowstorm.” (07:38)
• “Archie Goodwin showed up because they don’t win without him...He was the best player on the floor; he won the game.” (23:25)

Jack Pilgrim

• “They just, with no experience, were like, here, go behind the board and produce a TV show. I was like, sure, alright, I’ll hit a few buttons.” (13:46)

Nick Roush

• “Juiceless is useless. And that’s Alabama.” (28:11)
• “We’ve just been conditioned and beaten down to watch awful quarterback play...3000 yards is not that hard.” (33:10)

Listener Steven

• “Kentucky for the next 15 years could be bottom of the barrel...and UL could go 15–0 for 15 years and still not have as many all-time wins as the most prestigious college basketball in the country.” (21:54)

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Segment Timestamps

• 02:42 — Show starts, Maggie Davis introduction, crew roll call
• 03:45–12:58 — Reflections on KSR beginnings, early media career stories, funny intern tales
• 13:25 — Drew Franklin’s first TV report (the six-toed cat)
• 16:20 — On-air media mishaps – Ryan’s hilarious TV experiences
• 21:11–22:29 — Listener calls (“Loserville” joke and TBT lead-in)
• 22:29–26:28 — TBT game recap: La Familia, Archie Goodwin, and Vince Marrow appearance
• 27:10–37:40 — Nick Roush’s SEC Media Days update (with memorable Coach/SEC moments)
• 37:52–41:11 — Football tailgate anticipation and group wedding suit humor
• 45:20–47:41 — Listener calls: 50-mile charity walk, TBT organizing attempts

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Tone & Atmosphere

The episode is a warm, raucous, and nostalgic celebration of both Kentucky sports and the wild, unpredictable career journeys they’ve all shared. The jokes are fast, with playful ribbing between crew and listeners alike. Longtime fans will find it rich in in-jokes, but the stories are accessible and engaging for anyone interested in media or UK athletics.

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Ideal Listen For:

• UK fans wanting news, gossip, and laughs
• Anyone curious about the realities behind sports media
• Listeners interested in community spirit, fan culture, and authentic, unscripted sports talk

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Next Hour Preview:
Willie Cauley-Stein interview, more listener calls, and deeper updates from SEC Media Days.

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Transcript

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[Shannon]

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[Maggie Davis]

Good morning. Welcome into Kentucky Sports Radio. It is Thursday, July 23rd. A beautiful morning here in the bluegrass. You can give us a call, 859-280-2287. Today's show, as always, brought to you by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ, he's gonna make him pay. And know your ears are not deceiving you. A new voice coming your way this morning. My name is Maggie Davis. You normally see me weeknights at 7:30 on BBN, tonight on LAX 18, syndicated all over the state, and on Saturday mornings on BBN game day. But for the next two hours or so, I'm juiced to be back with you again this morning. The place where it all began for me. KSR gave me my start in this industry 10 years ago as an intern. And now this morning, I'm sitting in the big chair filling in for Matt Jones for the second time ever. Yes.

[Caller]

Yay.

[Maggie Davis]

I've done this one whole time. Thank you. Today's show gonna be fun because you just heard them. The experts in the house. Drew Franklin, Brian LeMond, Mario. Still hanging out too. Shannon, the dude I think is in Louisville.

[Shannon]

Question mark.

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Yeah.

[Maggie Davis]

Awesome. Whole gang. I'm so excited. A real crew.

[Jack]

Has it been 10 years?

[Maggie Davis]

Jack and I did that math, unfortunately, last time. Jack and I hosted the show a couple weeks ago. And yes, we got hired as interns in 2016.

[Jack]

That feels like three years ago.

[Maggie Davis]

I was thinking about that during your all's conversation yesterday about feeling old and I was like, ooh, I don't want to make it worse, but it was 10 years ago when you interviewed me

[Jack]

over at the dorm at uk. Weren't you still in high school? Right out of high school?

[Maggie Davis]

I was. I think I probably lied on my resume, but I was still in high school. But I was going into my freshman year at UK and it was open to college freshmen or college students. It was probably juniors and seniors, but it worked out. You guys gave me a chance. I appreciated that.

[Jack]

And look at you now in the big chair. We're excited to have you today.

[Drew Franklin]

My earliest Maggie Davis memory is you on the ESPN commercial.

[Maggie Davis]

Oh, yes. That was a good one.

[Drew Franklin]

That was a good one.

[Jack]

Dame Lillard, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Dame Lillard. Yeah, that's right. Yeah.

[Maggie Davis]

The funniest part of that story was I was actually sitting somewhere else. So I was an intern for. For ksr, of course. I was an intern for ESPN that summer out in Los Angeles. And so we had heard that they were going to shoot this. This is Sports center commercial with Damian Lillard. And they offered all the interns a chance to be a quote unquote extra. And they said we could basically not work for the day if we could go hang out and be an extra in this shoot with no promise of, like, making the commercial. The first six hours of the shoot, I was completely somewhere else. Would not have been seen at all. And the person they had sitting where I ultimately sat was wearing red. And then they decided that she was too noticeable and people might pay attention to her. And I was much more blending in. And I was wearing blue and white. Of course, that would represent. And so last minute, I got moved into that seat.

[Comedy Off Broadway Announcer]

Perfect.

[Maggie Davis]

And got to sit there and talk to Damian Lillard for the last hour.

[Drew Franklin]

And you're very prominent. You see you through the whole commercial. Well, not the whole commercial. Very obvious who you are in a commercial.

[Maggie Davis]

And I had nothing to do but sit there and I would just scroll on ksr and I always look to see if you can see my computer because I always think it would be funny if you could kind of see that I was on the website.

[Drew Franklin]

See Drew's face pop up.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes, yes. The old website. Probably now at this point, that was probably 2019, but yeah, that was a good memory. My first Ryan Lemon story is Lex 18. Ryan Lemon. Because obviously that's where I work now.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Maggie Davis]

When did you leave?

[Drew Franklin]

I left in 2007.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Almost 10 years, 20 years ago. My math's not real good, but yeah, the sports department is much different today than it was back when I was there.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes, we are nine strong in the department.

[Drew Franklin]

That's insane.

[Maggie Davis]

But some of that is. Obviously, we do BBN tonight. It's a half hour show, six days a week. It's a lot of content to fill. And Lex 18 just acquired ABC 36. Right. So we got Jeff Pocoro in the house now a person, which has been really fun too.

[Jack]

I was watching Jeff last night. I kind of. I saw him. I was like, oh, yeah, they merged. Merged together.

[Maggie Davis]

Everybody's still getting used to it, but we are one big happy family. Nick Roush going to join us in a little bit too, to talk sec Media days. He saw Jeff down in Tampa and was like, why is Jeff Pocoro holding a BBN Tonight Mike flag? But we're all together now and it's all good. And getting ready for the show this week, I was thinking about all the different jobs you do when you work for ksr. Like even me as an intern, I did all kinds of stuff for the website and podcasting and the social media pages and all that fun stuff. But I did some really random stuff too. You guys have done this way longer than me. Any jobs you've had to do over the years for KSR that strike you as really random?

[Jack]

Ooh, all of them.

[Maggie Davis]

I can go first if you want.

[Jack]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Maggie Davis]

Yeah, Okay. I have two. One was when ks. Well, they're both related to ksbar because I think worked for KSR as an intern for three years at that point maybe. So I think I was. I'd kind of built up a little equity, but I didn't have any restaurant experience. I was like a writer for the website, you know, a couple days a week. Anyway, I end up picking out the carpet that you see up there in the office.

[Drew Franklin]

What?

[Maggie Davis]

Maria and I went to, like, Carpet World or something like that, and we picked out all the carpet. So if you all liked it up there, you're welcome. And if you didn't, I'm really sorry. Cause I was not qualified to do that. I was like 20 years old and I was like, this one looks good.

[Drew Franklin]

I think one of my minute jobs is I picked up Matt's dry cleaning a couple times.

[Jack]

Oh, nice.

[Drew Franklin]

Took him to the dentist couple one time in Owensboro and had to drive to Knoxville to pick him up at the airport one time during a snowstorm. So there's usually my crazy KSR dude. Mario has to go to Cincinnati airport to pick him up a couple times.

[Jack]

The time in Knoxville, that's when they had, like, scary flight home, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah. It was the crafts. And I think Caliperi and Matt were all on that flight from. It was. It was a Cow's hall of Fame, I think maybe.

[Jack]

I think so.

[Drew Franklin]

And the flight to Lexington got diverted to Knoxville because of a massive ice storm. So Matt had to get from Knoxville to Lexington. So I drove down there to get him.

[Maggie Davis]

The other random thing I did, and I was just telling someone this story the other day, like, kind of offhandedly, and she was like, this is the dumbest thing. What do you mean you did that? But I interviewed chefs for KS Bar also as like a 20 year old. I was working for the website and. But I would work sitting up there at the counter, you know, at the bar or whatever. And nothing was open yet. It was just where our, like, little Office was. I was helping do random stuff to get it open. And I remember. I don't know if it was Matt or somebody else was like, we're going to have some people coming in. I think the idea was they would all be, like, waiters, waitresses, hosts. Like, I probably could have handled that a little better, but then someone came in wanting to apply to be the main cook. And so I had to come up with all kinds of questions to figure out, like, what I was gonna do to recommend or not recommend this chef for a restaurant. Again, I had no experience doing that. I don't even know what I asked the poor guy, but I hope he left with a good experience and not one that was like, who was that child?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we hired him. You must have given him a good reference.

[Maggie Davis]

I don't know if you hired him or not.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Maggie Davis]

I don't know.

[Jack]

He's probably intimidated by you. Like, what's her background? Yeah, she's asking me all these questions.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes. No, I had no idea. No idea what was going on. I was like, so, what do you make? I didn't have any, like, really great questions for him. So that was my most random KSR story, I think. Shannon, you have anything like that?

[Shannon]

What you guys are describing sounds like intern work, which I did a lot of, like, for iHeart, but not necessarily KSR. But when you're the new guy at the radio station, and this was a long time ago, I'm dating myself here, 22, 23 years ago, it was putting stickers on CDs, because CDs, you know, were still a thing back then. So it's putting the station logo sticker on the CDs and then going up and hanging, like, banners all over bars. That's. That's the most random stuff I've done, but not a whole lot for KSR, though.

[Maggie Davis]

Drew, we said 10 years ago, I was trying to remember what my first post was on ksr. I think I got hired in, like, May, early summer, and I wasn't really supposed to start until August, but I was just kind of itching to do something. And I went to Forecastle Rest in Peace in Louisville, and I just. I don't know why, but I took pictures of everyone I could find in some kind of Kentucky gear, probably without their consent or permission. I just took their picture, and then I made a post of, like, Kentucky got in at Forecastle.

[Jack]

It's a great post.

[Maggie Davis]

And that was it. And that was my first post. And they were like, you don't have to do this. Yet I was like, I just wanted to have my first post. And I took, like, 15 pictures of strangers at Forecastle, and that was my first one. Do you remember your first article or radio appearance or anything?

[Jack]

I remember my first articles because I was working at Tony Roma's and I was just putting nonsense on the website. I wasn't even covering games yet. I remember in the early days talking about random things I would like. I went to the Capitol a couple times for press conferences that I don't even think were sports related. And I'm sitting there, I'm like, why am I listening to the Governor? I want to go home and make fun of Louisville. But, you know, you just go where the job takes you. I remember when Maria and I interviewed you over at the dorm. Your resume was so good. I'm, like, nudging her under the table because we had separate piles, you know? Okay, there's, like, the hard no pile. There was a few because we interviewed a lot of people. It was a whole day over there. And then you and Jack were like, yeah, let's just go ahead and bank on those two right there. Because the interview was so good and so impressive.

[Maggie Davis]

Well, I thank you.

[Jack]

I've told this story before, but I remember you. What was your high school again?

[Maggie Davis]

Dunbar.

[Jack]

Dunbar. You were like, yeah, I run the scoreboard. I make PowerPoint presentations. I do the box score, I do the interviews. I do video after the game. And I remember being like, do you do the jump ball, too? Like, you had done everything as a senior in high school, so it was an easy yes. When you came through, it really was

[Maggie Davis]

because I had convinced myself I was supposed to be a doctor. I really was like, I'm gonna be an anesthesiologist. That's what I wanna do. Dunbar lets you do half days your senior year. And so I applied for half days at, like, the Herald Leader and all kind of other, like, journalism things. And then one of my applications was at the hospital, and that was the one I got. And I really enjoyed it. I had a great experience and I was like, well, I think that's what I'm gonna do. So I went to uk, actually on the pre med track, which sounds great. Crazy now. And I was a biology major, and I took one journalism class, but I didn't want to give up writing full time. So kind of my senior year of high school, I did all that crazy, random stuff like the Scoreboard and Play by Play, and I wrote the articles and the interviews. No jump ball. I would have loved that, though. That would have been good.

[Jack]

You could have done it.

[Maggie Davis]

I probably could have done that. That would have been a good time. But I was trying to like decide what I wanted to do with my life because I was 18 and it felt like really serious and important at that time to decide. And I didn't really decide until I got my internship with ksr. And this is what showed me that I could turn this into a career and a job and kind of make a living wage. So that is ultimately what made me decide that I could do this. Not just for fun. I really liked writing. I liked that. I loved sports. I didn't really know how to combine them into a job. Never thought I'd be doing it on the radio, that's for sure. Ryan, how about you? You remember your first KSR days?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah, you know, I came in, I was just a fill in, filling in for Mark Krebs and Perrin Johnson when they were doing the show with Matt. I was a fill in and I just never left. He brought me in my first job ever in the media. My first story. I was a. There was a TV station in Owensboro, doesn't even exist anymore, called Cable 2 News. My first story was on a cat that had six toes on each of its front paws. That was my first debut in a network news.

[Shannon]

Hard hitting topics and news right there.

[Drew Franklin]

But in my stand up I said, you know, he has a hard time finding gloves these days. Give me five. I mean, give me six.

[Comedy Off Broadway Announcer]

I killed it.

[Jack]

What got you now?

[Shannon]

Come on, man.

[Maggie Davis]

They were like, put this guy on breaking news. He's our most serious.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh yeah. I had all the holidays, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Easter. They gave me all the holiday stories.

[Jack]

When I started on the blog, I'd already been blogging for another website, so that wasn't new to me. But around 2011 we got KSTV and I moved to Louisville and they had a TV producer that knew producing tv, but he knew nothing about sports. I remember at one point he was like, wait, the football team's the Wildcats and the basketball team's the Wildcats? I was like, yeah, it's pretty cool, like all the sports. So I was kind of working with him on helping with topics, whereas he knew how to actually produce a show. And I had only been there a couple weeks and he had to call in sick one day or something. So they're about to tape a 30 minute TV show. I don't know anything about TV. I'd never been to school for it, but they put me in front of the board with a headset, and they're like, drew, go to Chiron 1. And I'm like, I don't even know what a chiron is. And the keyboard in front of me doesn't have letters. It just has colors. I'm like, what do you all want me to do? And they're like, come on, you can produce. And I'm just hitting buttons and turning sound. I had no clue what I was doing early on. So talking about just random jobs, they just, with no experience, were like, here, go behind the board and produce a TV show. I was like, sure. All right, I'll hit a few buttons.

[Maggie Davis]

That's the best. Sometimes I think we get so in our sports bubble. Everyone in my family, everyone I work with, everyone I'm friends with, for the most part, loves sports of some kind, even if they're not big UK fans. But, like, a producer who knows nothing about sports, like, I forget that those exist. I will say I was at the Derby a couple years ago for LAX18, Ryan's favorite day of the year. And one of our news anchors watched the first race. You know, the Derby's late in the day. We're out there at, like, 4 in the morning. And whenever the first race went, I remember she looked at me and she was like, wow, aren't the horses gonna be tired if they do that 11 more times? I was like, wait, what do you mean? She's like, which one? Sovereignty. And I was like, that is not. It's not the same horses in every race all day. Like, some people just don't know. And I forget. I forget that not everyone.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, you're telling us who that was during our commercial break.

[Maggie Davis]

No, I'm not.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, you are.

[Jack]

Another one. I don't want to pile on my former colleague, the producer, because I did enjoy working with him. We were in a little cubicle together as me, him, and T.J. beisner, who everybody might remember, shout out. But I'm not gonna use his name because I don't pick on him. But the producer is when Joker Phillips was the coach, and he was like, his name's Joker? Like, we had an interview with him. Like, yeah. He's like, is it a nickname? Like, no. The head coach of the football team for this show you're producing is Joker Phillips. Like, he was just so oblivious to all things UK sports.

[Maggie Davis]

Blown away. Ryan, you ever had anything like that?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, there's all kinds of stories like that, especially when you work with Alan Cutler. It's a day of circus every Day when you come into work. But, you know, working in TV news is so weird because you know it. Now you're live for three minutes during your sportscast Here in radio, you have two hours.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, so there's so much more that can happen. But we talked about the other day when I was anchoring sports. I've burped on the air, I've hiccuped on the air.

[Maggie Davis]

Ripped your pants.

[Drew Franklin]

Ripped my pants on the air. Had a contact fallout one time on the air.

[Jack]

Been body slammed on the air.

[Drew Franklin]

Body slammed on the air? Yeah. Farted on the air. I mean, you name it, we picked up on it.

[Maggie Davis]

Your stories. I feel really lucky. None of that. I have not even been body slammed.

[Drew Franklin]

You better knock on wood.

[Maggie Davis]

I know, I know, I know. I will. You're right. There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

There you go.

[Jack]

She found the bell. She's already a pro.

[Caller]

The bell.

[Nick Roush]

I love it.

[Maggie Davis]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Billy almost assassinated your husband.

[Maggie Davis]

Yeah. I don't think it was that bad. I think he made it sound scarier than it was. But my husband. This is funny. Is in the LAX 18 golf league. I'm not good enough. I haven't taken enough lessons to join it yet. So my husband is my representative in the LAX 18 Golf League, and he was out there with a bunch of guys from the office, and him and Hayden Hooper were the two that were right there. Yeah, yeah. Flexing from the E zone. And Billy. He says he yelled 4. I guess he did. I don't know. But Jay said he wasn't that close. He's fine. He's fine.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, Billy made it sound like it almost hit him.

[Maggie Davis]

I don't think so.

[Drew Franklin]

Took him out.

[Maggie Davis]

I think Hayden was more in the danger zone than my husband was.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Maggie Davis]

Chase is. He's good. But he was like, I think that's Billy, our sports. And I think I need to go introduce myself. Yeah, I think Maggie knows him. So that's how they met. They did not know each other before that. Chase had to go up to him and be like, hey, yeah, you almost hit me.

[Drew Franklin]

Your golf ball.

[Maggie Davis]

I think you know my wife. Yes.

[Jack]

So Billy hits into people. He's that guy.

[Maggie Davis]

It was an accident. It was an accident.

[Nick Roush]

Yeah.

[Jack]

You're supposed to wait till they get on out of the way, but. All right, we'll let that slide.

[Maggie Davis]

We'll let it slide. Now, Drew, you mentioned you like to make fun of Lovell. We know that.

[Jack]

Just a little bit.

[Maggie Davis]

We're gonna do that after this because we've spent this whole first segment talking about ourselves. We're gonna talk tbt. La familia getting the win in a rubber match Game three last night. How they got it done. What's coming up next? Vince Mero was in the house. All that and more ahead right here on ksr.

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[Drew Franklin]

There we go.

[Maggie Davis]

Welcome back into KSR, Shannon. Great song. I was wondering if we were gonna get some Maggie tunes today. Thank you.

[Shannon]

I didn't know if you knew. Rod Stewart. Maggie May.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes. This is the like ultimate Maggie song. The rest of them we can do it if we need to. The other one. I remember being so excited. Chris Stapleton put out A new album like a couple years back. Probably like 10 years back at this point. And everyone kept posting one song on the album called Maggie's Song. And I was like, great. A new one. Like this was the Rod Stewart one's, like the only one I knew. And I went and listened to it. It's about his dog dying. Oh, yeah, yeah. So that's why everyone was posting it with pictures of their dead dogs. And I'm like, oh, great. I do meet a lot of people who are like, oh, Maggie, that's my dog's name. I'm always like, I don't know what to say to that.

[Drew Franklin]

Is Maggie short for Margaret?

[Maggie Davis]

It is.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes, yes, yes. Not Peggy, though. You guys have talked about that before. I don't know the Margaret. Peggy lore, but no, it's Margaret goes by Maggie. That's all it is. Yeah, that's what we're talking about. So that's the only Maggie song I know. And then the dead dog one, which you can play if you want. Shannon.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Okay.

[Maggie Davis]

It's a little depressing, I have to be honest with you. We have a couple callers. You want to get them on Now, I see their. I see their names showing up, but I don't know what to do about them.

[Shannon]

You just tell me who you want to go to.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Maggie Davis]

Let's go to Mike.

[Shannon]

All right. Mike.

[Maggie Davis]

Mike, Mike, can you hear us?

[Caller]

Oh, no.

[Maggie Davis]

Good start.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll have to a great start today in the phone calls.

[Maggie Davis]

Let's try Steven. Steven, can you hear us?

[Caller]

Oh, great.

[Shannon]

I guess the phones probably, I'm guessing, aren't working. Let's try it this way. Stephen, can you hear us now?

[Caller]

I can hear you. Can you hear me?

[Maggie Davis]

Welcome to the show. Stephen, what's going on with you this morning?

[Caller]

Morning at working a little bit. I just wanted to point out for any Louisville fan listening, Kentucky for the next 15 years could be bottom of the barrel, worst team in the league. And l l could go 15 or undefeated for 15 years and still not have as many all time wins as the most prestigious college basketball in the country. And that's why they forever be Loserville.

[Nick Roush]

Ls down.

[Caller]

And also Tennessee sucks.

[Maggie Davis]

Stephen, coming in hot. Thanks so much. We appreciate the call. I think that's a good segue to talk about. Tbt. You guys were there. I was watching on tv. Drew, tell us about the atmosphere as La familia gets the win. 6357.

[Jack]

We'll say when I walked in a little disappointed by the turnout compared to Saturday. I Even looked at Mario like, where the hell is everybody? Did they forget about the game? But in that second half, when things got rolling, it sounded great in there. The fans that were in there, excited. I understand compared to Saturday being a weekend, it was harder for people to get. Their game was at 6. I get why the crowd wasn't what it was, but the atmosphere started slow, but turned up in the second half. And then, of course, to the caller's point, Louisville. That's what they do. They lose. Losers lose. And it happened again last night. So we had a lot of fun celebrating and enjoying it. And historic Memorial Coliseum, I'll admit, going into the game so worried, wasn't exactly convinced that they were going to win. But then water found its level, and Kentucky beat Louisville as it usually does.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, thankfully, Archie Goodwin showed up because they don't win without him. He was the best player on the floor. He won the game, and I hope he continues to play with the team because he.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

They.

[Drew Franklin]

They desperately need him. But I'm like, Maggie. I watched it on tv. You could hear the crowd in the second half. We saw a shot of Misty English and Marcia.

[Jack]

Oh, Marshall was going crazy.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Jack]

King trash talker Marcia.

[Drew Franklin]

That's. That's why. That's why she's our Louisville queen over there supporting the uk. But the TV broadcast also did a good job of, like, taking a photo of, like, Louisville fans sitting by. Kentucky fans.

[Maggie Davis]

A lot of those.

[Drew Franklin]

A lot of those there. Yeah.

[Maggie Davis]

Yeah. You mentioned Archie Goodwin. I mean, he led the team 22 points. He had the last two buckets in the Elam ending.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Maggie Davis]

So I was on TV for part of the game, so I missed, like, a little chunk in the middle. Right. But the parts that I saw, I saw a couple of Archie misses in a row, and I'm like, oh, no, no, no, no. Because I'd seen the La Familia was down by 10. They'd gotten the lead. Archie jacking up some shots that maybe weren't the best. That's kind of how TBT goes. And then he comes up huge down the stretch. And I think the redemption arc is a great story for Archie Goodwin. He worked on it last year, and then I felt like he was slipping back down a little bit with. With game one and game two. No shows. He's back. And he talked about that after the game, saying, like, I had to miss because I have two kids and they're my priority. He forgiven? Are we good?

[SpinQuest Announcer]

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[Jack]

I never blamed him.

[Caller]

I'm.

[Jack]

I think the others are worse. We Knew he missed Saturday. He had a wedding. I mean, that's fair. Monday was unexpected, but I never had as much as a problem with him as others. We had a good feeling he would still show up for last night, even after, you know, everything went down on Twitter. I was worried, though. I said, going in the game, we need 30 from Archie. Like, with what Montrez had been doing, has to be an Archie game. He had three points at halftime, and that's where I kind of thought, oh. But then it was almost like you could see a little switch flip with him, and he had what? I guess that'd be 19 in the second half also, you know, he and Morsel combined for 42 points. But our guy Willie, on one bad leg was the game changer with taking Montrez out of it. Montrez, who was unstoppable with Willie out two nights ago. Willie made the biggest difference on the defensive end. He got some great rebounds. So it was fun watching Archie and my new favorite player, Darrell Morsel, who joined us on the Rapid Reaction. Welcome to bbn, Darrell. It was great that they were scoring, but Willie, I mean, really deserves some high praise for how he played, especially on that foot injury.

[Maggie Davis]

Yeah, Willie. Double double, 10 points, 11 rebounds. Vince Merrow in the house. I saw the picture you took with him, Drew. What was that like talking to Big Dog?

[iHeart Media Announcer]

I did.

[Jack]

I mean, I walked straight across the court at the first time out, and I pointed to the door like I was trying to kick him out. And then, you know, he was nice. He said, how's dad life? You know, he's leaning into that. Show him a little picture. Then our guy Paul standing there, Mario and me, is like, hey, let's get a picture of you all. And I did the L's down. And Vince took my hand and pushed it down. I pulled it back up.

[Tyler]

I was like, I'm not.

[Jack]

You're getting the L's down.

[Maggie Davis]

I mean, Vince was not wearing red,

[Jack]

so it was green. I know a lot of people on the Louisville side are saying it was blue. It was kind of like a turquoise, but with the blue tint from the screens in there. It definitely came out as blue, but crazy choice, though. Absolutely. He did tell Mario and me that Louisville, he said, get ready. We're about to beat you by 50. So he was. He was a little out on that one.

[Maggie Davis]

Okay. He's talking football. We're going to do the same thing. Hitting a hard break here. We'll be back talking SEC media day. Next on ksr.

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[Maggie Davis]

I mean, I love Chris Stapleton, but there's nothing that gets you happy in the morning like Maggie's song. Geez, what a bummer. Thanks, Shannon.

[Shannon]

The only song I would think of, this name, Shannon, is about a dog named Shannon that ran away. So I really share that, I guess.

[Maggie Davis]

Wow. Birds of a feather. Okay, I see we have Nick Roush on the line. Is he ready for us?

[Shannon]

He's ready. Let's go, Roush.

[Nick Roush]

We do have Nick Roush.

[Maggie Davis]

Buddy, how are you?

[Nick Roush]

I'm great. It is.

[Drew Franklin]

Hello.

[Nick Roush]

Water outside of this hotel in Tampa, and I just ran into John Daly. What's John Daly doing here? I don't know, but that's. That's the SEC Media days experience.

[Maggie Davis]

I was gonna say originally I was going to introduce you as, like, he's been pounding the pavement, working hard in Tampa. I think you've just been in this hotel for, like, straight days. Have you seen the outside lately at all?

[Nick Roush]

Well, they have the little, like, parties at night. So yesterday I got to go on the pirate ship at Raymond James Stadium, and I'm just immediately was like, well, I guess I'm a buck fan now because this is awesome. Why don't more stadiums have pirate ships in them? I think they would make them much better.

[Maggie Davis]

Well, that is Nick Roush. Hot take of the day. You've had a couple of those since you've been down in Tampa. I saw you on the Paul Fine Bomb show standing firm that Kentucky's gonna beat Alabama this year. Did you get any fun Crimson Tide messages after that? Anything crazy?

[Nick Roush]

No, because Alabama has no. No juice. Wilson says useful is useful. Well, juiceless is useless. And that's. That's Alabama. It used to be when this event particularly was in Birmingham and Hoover and, I mean, Alabama Day would draw out the masses. Like, when Nick Saban was in the room, it was a big deal. Now he's doing media. I kind of feel bad for him at this event. He's great on game day. I don't think he particularly likes being here, but, like, Alabama is a team nobody's talking about. When Kaylin DeBoer spoke at the podium, nobody cared. They were talking about the Ole Miss coach and the former Kentucky linebacker who's now the Florida head coach. Right. It's just. It's weird. People aren't really confident they're going to be that great. They're. They're flying under the radar, little old Alabama is under the radar team. And I just want people to realize it's not so crazy to think that, hey, it could stink. I know that that hasn't really happened in many people's lifetimes, but it wasn't that long ago where they were pretty bad when Kentucky beat him in 97 games that game. So it can happen. It might happen this year. And I'm standing firm that Kentucky is going to pull off that big upset with two.

[Maggie Davis]

It's interesting you say juiceless is useless because I went through every head coach and what every player down there has said, trying to find like the one best line from all of them for us to talk about today. Kaylin DeBoer was the hardest one to pick out a line from. He was so boring, I couldn't believe. Do you think he's trying to do like a Mark Stoops, like, don't make a headline, let's just go out there and prove it type thing? What's going on?

[Nick Roush]

I. I think that's the case, you know, like, the lower profile we have, the better we can surprise people. But, like, you're saying this, I mean, they were in the Rose bowl in the College Football Playoff last year. They won a playoff game. It's just that in that Rose bowl, they got steamrolled by Indiana. And that that stink, I think, has just been sitting with it just. And it's hard to shake it off. It's hard to shake it off. So he's gonna let everybody else take up all the oxygen in the room down here in Tampa?

[Maggie Davis]

Well, I think Kentucky's head coach did plenty of that. Is everybody still talking about Adam Luckett's question and Will Stein's answer down there? Because on Twitter, it is still everywhere.

[Nick Roush]

It lasted until, like, John Sumrall threatened to throw the podium at somebody, which. That I'll get to sign in a second. But there is a. Generally speaking, we people want coaches to not be boring and be coach speaking. Somebody's phone alarm just goes off and is ringing for, I mean, a solid 10 seconds. Like, it was. It was prolonged where some are all had to like, make a joke. And then people online are like, can you believe this bully? I mean, Tom Green is tweeting at Summer like, he can't be serious. Which I appreciate that some are all responded, yes, I was. You're correct. I was not being serious. Like, we want our coaches to lighten up and then when they do something normal, everybody gets bad. It's just, you know, that's why Coach Speak exists and I hate it. I don't like it. And I'm glad that the Kentucky head coach did not do it on Monday because I mean, Maggie, you've done this a long time. You know how it can be like, you're just like, can we get something we.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes.

[Nick Roush]

Will Stein like this this week was just a reminder that he is, he's doing everything the opposite of the way that Mark Stoops did things. Like, it's just, it's been the perfect encapsulation of it. Like last year it was. I don't want to make a headline and this bleep is hard. Right. When I asked him a question in the big room, he was ready to fight me. When Luck had asked Wilke Stein a question, he teed it up and knocked it out of the park. He talked about how he needs Kentucky to be on social media because that's what recruits see. He wants Kentucky to be important. He wants to promote the program and he wants this to be a tough team, one that's going to throw the football. I. It's just, it's so like, it's so striking and while it, you know, you have to wait and see it on the football field, it is just, I think the most refreshing refer. It makes Big Blue Nation. Just so glad that, all right, we finally have a reason to get back on board with this program that was really starting to fester and flounder after so many good years with Marx News. Things are going the wrong way and Wilson is just doing everything the opposite way.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes, Nick, I think if the cause of me comment hadn't happened or hadn't become so huge, we would probably be having a very similar conversation about the fact that Will Stein said he wants his quarterback to complete 70% of his passes and less than that is unacceptable. Do you think that's a realistic goal for him to be setting for Kenny Minchi and the quarterbacks of Kentucky's future?

[Nick Roush]

Yes, yes, because we have just. I wish I had a good Colin Cow Herd analogy for this one, Maggie, but like we've just been conditioned and beaten down to just watch awful quarterback play. I mean, there hasn't been a 3000 yard pass rick tie since 2010. I was a senior in high school. Like, what are we. What is going on? Like, this is unacceptable. 3000 yards is not that hard. But we have just like Mark Stoops did it the hard way. He did it without quality quarterback play. You hire Willston to bring that quarterback playback. When I was growing up, that's what? That's all that they had at Kentucky and Oval, right? It was Lorenzen, Couch, Woodson, Braum, Redmond, laforce. Like the quarterback play was what defined the high level football in the state. And that hasn't been around. You hire Will Scott to fix that.

[Tyler]

That's.

[Nick Roush]

That has to happen. And part of the reason why it has to happen, Maggie, is because there might be some questions about this running back room. So if Kentucky is going to have success this fall, it's going to be because of Kenny Mitchie in this passing game.

[Maggie Davis]

Now the only Kentucky opponent talking today is LSU and it is already the Lane Kiffin show down there. Did you see anything that Lane said or are you busy talking to us instead?

[Nick Roush]

I did see it and it was so like people, Lane Kiffin's antics, you get this image of him. But like a lot of times in press conferences he tries to be boring. It's just when he loses self control, that's when things get interesting. This man talked for 20 minutes in a 30 minute press conference. He tried his best to not take any questions. And then when somebody asked him about like he may, he basically in a, in a feature said that part of the reason he left Ole Miss is it was harder to get players because of their racist past. I'm paraphrasing. But when he got asked that, his way of deflecting was saying, you know, I watched the Hulk Hogan documentary and I realized that we're all gonna die. What

[Caller]

are we?

[Nick Roush]

Yeah, it was, it was something else. It really was something else. Because he's everybody. He's the story in college football now. He's the center of the gravitational universe. He made that crazy move last offseason. It created some crazy content with Pete Golding yesterday. And it also like you make that big move, you get all these awesome players. Well, you got high expectations, they got a tough schedule. And I think expecting the moon from this national championship or bust is probably asking a little bit too much for Kiffin.

[Maggie Davis]

In year one, the SEC added some insane coaches. I think this year is what we've learned this week. Pete Golding was on one yesterday. Will Stein is doing his normal confident thing. You have, you know, John Summerall threatening to throw podiums at people and cracking jokes and trying to talk a little smack toward Lane Kiffin already. Like there's just a lot going on. And so we appreciate your report from down in Tampa. Anything else we need to know before we let you go? Anything else crazy going on down there?

[Nick Roush]

Oh man, it's just, I Think the, the part of all of this that's that I love is that it really sets the tone for the next six weeks. Like, all right, we were getting a feel for how everybody is. And I think the lesson that I learned is that the, the traditional powers that used to just completely dominate this league, Alabama and Georgia, they dominated forever. And everybody else was trying to catch up. Now it's like there's like six teams that are vying for that top spot and then everybody else is kind of just in the same boat. That includes Kentucky. Right? So there are eight. Eight teams that could be eight and four or four and eight. Which one's Kentucky going to be? Can they do it? If they figure out the quarterback they hit On Minchi, if D.J. miller becomes the breakthrough star that I think he can become along with Willie Rodriguez, and if the defense works and it can happen. But on the other side of the coin, what if it even doesn't work? Right. Like, there are plenty of uncertainties and that's what makes it so exciting this upcoming season. There's never been more uncertainty in the sec. You got a nine game schedule, six new coaches. It's a wild time. It's so much fun. And I'm just, I can't wait to talk about it all year long. Okay. Sorry.

[Maggie Davis]

I think we're like 44 days from kickoff, so. Yeah, we're excited. Nick, thanks so much for the time. We appreciate it.

[Nick Roush]

Oh, man. Always a pleasure, Maggie. Enjoy the next hour and 15 minutes with Shannon.

[Maggie Davis]

Oh, we will.

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[Maggie Davis]

He's at Roush. Ksr. Drew, I heard you say a couple days ago you're ready to go out there and tailgate now. I think I'm with you. I think we should do it.

[Jack]

Also this morning it was like 50 something out. I got to wear a little hoodie. Walking around downtown. I wish we could just shut down life and go set up tailgates now. Get it going. I can't wait. Stein's comments certainly added to that on Monday. But it's. It's gonna be a long 44 days as we count down to that first kickoff.

[Drew Franklin]

I think then they announced that they could set up for tailgate on August 8th.

[Maggie Davis]

August 8th. Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Which. That's Billy's wedding.

[Maggie Davis]

Oh, so I guess aren't going to get your spot.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, the whole. We're doing it, getting our spot. We're going to blow off the wedding

[Shannon]

suits on, you know.

[Maggie Davis]

Yes. Yeah, that's true. He's not getting married at 8am you have set up.

[Drew Franklin]

So I Think I can go set up in my brown suit and go straight from there to the wedding?

[Maggie Davis]

Yes, yes. You're going to be fresh if you do that.

[Jack]

We got text alerts last night reminding us in case anyone forgot.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you read that?

[Jack]

I did.

[Shannon]

They double, double down on the brown. They want to make sure everybody's got the brown on. I got that.

[Maggie Davis]

I think everyone in the state knows we're supposed to wear brown to this wedding.

[Drew Franklin]

They sent us this text reminder. Don't forget the dress code.

[Shannon]

I didn't even know.

[Drew Franklin]

Brown, camel, brown, dark brown.

[Shannon]

I didn't even know there was a brown heart emoji, but apparently there is because we got it in that text message.

[Maggie Davis]

Well, that's sweet. I like when someone includes an emoji. Otherwise, like, if it's too many periods, I'm like, oh, are they mad at me? Like, I'm good with an emoji every now and that's fine.

[Shannon]

Light taupe or camel to rich chocolate. That's what you got to have on. It's what it says.

[Jack]

You can also wear a sprout espresso.

[Shannon]

Oh, okay.

[Maggie Davis]

You guys all went to Logan's, right? We did, yeah. Have you picked up the suit yet?

[Shannon]

Not yet.

[Drew Franklin]

Who did?

[Shannon]

Not me.

[Jack]

Well, I went to try it on to get the make the final edits, but I haven't actually picked it up yet.

[Maggie Davis]

Final edits?

[Jack]

Yeah, they wanted. They wanted to make sure it set right on my shoe shoulders.

[Caller]

Good.

[Jack]

And then I will go back again for the to pick it up one last time.

[Maggie Davis]

The only time I've had to, like, go back multiple times for something was for my own wedding dress. And it's like this really stressful, like, do not change size at all for the next six weeks or whatever. Do you feel that way now with your brown suit? Like, whatever weight you are right now, don't change a single pound.

[Jack]

And I was at my absolute fattest just a few weeks ago when we tried it. I'm already down £8 since then in a week, it's been about two or three weeks.

[Maggie Davis]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jack]

I hit the ice cream pretty heavy once baby got here, and I've cut that out. Now it's starting to fall back off. But even when they were sizing me up, you know, I think a lot of people do this. They're like, take down. I'll lose weight in time. I'm actually trying that, so maybe I'll have to get it sized again.

[Maggie Davis]

Ryan, have you gotten yours?

[Drew Franklin]

I have not got it. I got sized for It. But I've not picked it up yet. But I did. I already told Billy. I apologize. I'm gonna steal the spotlight away from him because I will be the best looking guy at the wedding.

[Shannon]

You're gonna look like everybody else.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I won't.

[Jack]

You got our transportation figured out so we can get after it?

[Drew Franklin]

We're trying to get some more people.

[Jack]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

But you and me and Abby and yoga girl are set.

[Jack]

I'll pay. Whatever. Safety first.

[Shannon]

It sounds like Ryan's got something up his sleeve. You said you're the best looking guy. What are you gonna bring? What else you gonna add to it? The fedora. What do you got?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not gonna give away my fashion.

[Shannon]

So you got something that you're gonna add to the wardrobe?

[Drew Franklin]

A little bit.

[Shannon]

Okay, a little bit. I think it's obvious.

[Jack]

Can I pour a vodka cranberry on it like you did at my wedding?

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

And I will wear boxer shorts in case I split. My pants seem to seem.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Thank you for that.

[Jack]

Matt's wearing a fedora, though, so he's

[Maggie Davis]

accessorizing to the wedding.

[Jack]

Yeah.

[Maggie Davis]

Okay. Okay. I was gonna say, Ryan, I didn't notice your shirt until Mario posted the picture of us. You're looking very fashionable today.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I get accused. I have an Android. So all my group chats. I have the green bubble. So everybody makes fun of me and says I ruined their group chat. So somebody just bought me this T shirt that I ruined the group chats in the green bubble.

[Maggie Davis]

I like it. That's good stuff. Okay, well, you're not ruining the show. You're doing a great job.

[Drew Franklin]

By the way, you have it on the A vision glass text machine. It's so refreshing to hear a female voice on the show. Maggie is killing it.

[Maggie Davis]

Oh, thank you so much. You know, and I'm using a real mic. Like, once I came in here and I used the female mic, which I don't think sounds as good. Feels intentional.

[Drew Franklin]

It's this one over here, I think.

[Maggie Davis]

So nobody uses that one.

[Shannon]

Who is on. So no one's on the female mic.

[Drew Franklin]

Nobody's on the female mic.

[Jack]

We should just unplug it.

[Shannon]

We saved that one for Billy. When he's in here, Billy gets it.

[Maggie Davis]

I understand kind of the concept of, like, my voice is higher. Like, if it made it sound better, that'd be fine. But it didn't sound right. It didn't sound right at all. We do have a lot of callers, so let's hit a break here. When we come back, we are going to talk to Jeremy Tyler, everybody who's been waiting on hold for the last several minutes. Wow. I don't like that. I can see how long they've been on hold. I feel bad. Okay, quick break. Coming back, taking calls. Next,

[Jack]

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[Maggie Davis]

Thanks, Shannon. Appreciate it. Can we go to some calls now? Looks like Jeremy's been on the line for a while. Jeremy, can you hear us?

[Caller]

I can hear you. Hey, it's Jeremy. Hey. Yeah, I wanted to give a shout out to ksr. I'm Jeremy Day. I don't know if you guys seen it, but I'm a school resource officer. I kind of took your ideal. I'm out here walking 50 miles today, so I just wanted to call and give you guys a shout out.

[Drew Franklin]

Nice.

[Shannon]

50 miles.

[Caller]

50 miles? Yeah, to raise. Raise some money to take kids back to school today.

[Shannon]

Nice.

[Drew Franklin]

Nice for you, man.

[Caller]

I'm doing it to raise money. Yeah.

[Shannon]

See if you can beat 15 hours. That was my time, probably.

[Caller]

I've had a lot of media things, so I'm not going to beat that.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Caller]

I've had to stop and talk to a lot of people. Thank you. I'm glad you saw me on tv.

[Maggie Davis]

Where are you right now? Are you in, like, around Lexington?

[Caller]

Yeah, I'm walking to 29. Fayette County Public School, elementary school. So right now I'm on Second Street. Just came from Harrison, headed to Carver Elementary.

[Maggie Davis]

Okay. You said you've been doing some media. Is LEX18 come by yet?

[Caller]

Yep, I was there. Yep, she was there. I've made the rounds this morning. They've hit me up, so. Yeah, Shannon, your records. I've had to stop a lot, so your record's good.

[Shannon]

Okay. All right. Well, I know it's tough.

[Caller]

If I didn't have to do that, you'd be in trouble. All right. Thanks.

[Maggie Davis]

Appreciate it. Jeremy. Wow. 50 miles. I could not do it. I know you all have talked about that a lot. But no, I couldn't.

[Drew Franklin]

No way.

[Maggie Davis]

I don't even think, like, I have tennis shoes. I don't think I have the right shoes to even consider doing that.

[Drew Franklin]

Good for that guy, though. Trying to raise some money to help some kids out. Good for him.

[Maggie Davis]

That's great. Let's go to Tyler real quick before the end of this hour. Tyler, welcome to the show.

[Tyler]

Hey, first of all, Ryan, it's great to hear you back and healthy and got a TBT story. I played in the second year of TBT back in 2015. Very different tournament back then. It was just me and a couple high school buddies and we lost by over 90 points. No exaggeration. The next year after that. So it's been the third year I was going to try to get a Kentucky team together. So I emailed around a little bit here and there. I had Jared Polson ready to play. I had emailed Sam alone and he said to try to get a hold of John Hood. And at that point I was like, this is not going to work with me from Delaware to put this team together. But it's really cool now to see John Hood out there coaching and see this team succeed and beat Louisville last night.

[Maggie Davis]

Definitely. Tyler, appreciate the call. We're at the end of this first hour here. Hey, you mentioned tbt. We got Willie Collie Stein coming up in this second hour. Stay with us right here on Kentucky Sports Radio.

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