2026-08-11- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) — August 11, 2026, Hour 2

Hosts: Matt Jones, Shannon
Podcast: KSR by iHeartPodcasts & Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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Episode Overview

This hour of Kentucky Sports Radio focuses on three primary threads:

• The outlandish story of a cheating golfer at a country club event,
• UK football fans organically recreating the spirit of the "Big Blue Madness" campout for the new season,
• A wide-ranging discussion about the most impactful players and pivotal moments in UK basketball history (with plenty of fan interaction and banter).

The segment is rich with calls, inside jokes, light-hearted nostalgia, and classic KSR banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Cheating Golfer at Bushwood Country Club (03:31–16:40; returns at 27:21–29:00; 39:35–41:06)

• Unpacking the Story: A golfer went to extreme lengths to fake a hole-in-one during a member-member tournament, sneaking onto the green at 5 a.m., inserting a ball, and even creating a fake divot.
  • Matt Jones (03:48): "He went out and he went to the green at 5am, put the ball in, even put a fake divot on the green."
  • He almost got away with it, but was seen by an early-arriving member and caught on a maintenance camera.
• Online Fallout: The golfer faced viral attention and online harassment; Matt and Shannon agree losing his club membership should be punishment enough.
  • (05:10) Matt: "He could have never dreamed, Shannon, this was going to happen... I think he was like, I just want to get a fake hole-in-one..."
  • (05:33) Caller/Listener: "Losing his member membership should be enough. Don’t punish the guy."
• Discussion on Cheating: Explores the psychology of cheating in amateur golf tournaments, and how far people will go for vanity and minor prizes.
  • (14:28) Matt: "That’s next level. To get up at 5 in the morning to go put a ball in a hole and make a divot."
  • (15:07) Matt, breaking down the deception: "So, in order to explain why they didn’t see him hit the tee shot, he said, 'Hey, while you guys are finishing, I’m gonna go quickly hit the tee shot and call my grandma.'"

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2. UK Football: The New "Campout" Phenomenon (07:45–09:35)

• Organic Fan Culture: UK football fans camped out overnight to secure tailgate spots, reminiscent of the famed "Big Blue Madness" campout tradition for basketball tickets.
  • (08:02) Matt: "...all these fans started camping out Thursday night, and by Friday night it was packed with people. And Will Stein and Jay Bat and players came and hung out."
  • (08:23) Shannon: "I think we have and our fan base needs that. They love that Big Blue Madness camp out so much, and now we’ve got it for football."
• Team & Show Engagement: Matt suggests broadcasting KSR live from next year’s campout.
  • (08:59) Matt: "If they do it next year, I'll... go do the show out there. I think that would be fun..."

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3. Specialists’ Bonding: The Costco Hot Dog Debate (09:35–13:02; 24:53–25:17)

• Team Dynamics: The UK football kickers and specialists bond by going to Costco together for $1 hot dogs, a ritual met with amusement and skepticism.
  • (10:14) Shannon: "Apparently they are really good."
  • (11:39) Matt, jokingly: "It's the first time I've been worried about the Will Stein era because of the hot dogs. Because this is what our team is doing to bond."
  • The hosts debate if a $1 hot dog could really be the "best in the city."
  • (25:09) Matt: "I will try one this week and I’ll come back and report."
• Cultural Curiosity: The segment highlights KSR’s signature blend of football talk, campus culture, and Kentucky humor.

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4. Greatest UK Basketball Moments & Rock Star Players (28:32–47:25)

• Fan Question: What are the top three most impactful UK basketball moments (post-Jo B. Hall era, excluding coach hirings)? (28:32)
  • #1: Jamal Mashburn’s commitment (29:25)
    • (29:25) Matt: "That is the top of the list… Jamal Mashburn came here... when he knew his first year, the games wouldn’t even be on television."
  • #2: John Wall’s commitment (32:43)
    • (32:51) Shannon: "It made Kentucky basketball cool again."
  • #3: Rex Chapman’s commitment (33:32)
    • Matt and others reminisce about "Rexington" mania and his rockstar-like status.
  • Others in contention: Anthony Davis, Tyler Ulis, Oscar Tshiebwe, Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham.
• Rock Star Status Debate: Which players were true campus celebrities?
  • Cal Era Top 5 (approx.): John Wall, DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins, Oscar Tshiebwe, Tyler Ulis, Anthony Davis (with mentions of Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Devin Booker, and Nerlens Noel).
  • (35:15) Matt: "I think you can make the argument that when he was here, Boogie is number two. I think one and two played in the same year."
  • Fan culture recounted through stories of players’ cars, fan interaction, hype posters, and campus lore.
  • (43:55) Matt on Devin Booker: "We do need to mention though about Devin Booker. I mean, there were people that licked his car."
• Legacy Across Eras: Older legends cited include Kyle Macy, Kenny "Sky" Walker, Tayshaun Prince, Chuck Hayes, among others (45:33 onwards).
  • (45:37) Matt: "Kyle Macy, he's number one [rockstar in the 70s/80s]."
  • (46:11) Matt: "Kenny Walker. Yes, without question.”

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5. Lighter Moments & Memorable Quotes

• "Milk Chocolate Whopperhead": (25:32–26:14)
  • Matt and Shannon crack up over a Cowboys fan’s creative insult of ESPN’s Myron Medcalf.
  • (25:53) Matt: "He read some of them and one of them called him a milk chocolate Whopperhead."
  • (26:28) Shannon: "He needs to have a T-shirt today. Doing the show today with Milk Chocolate Whopper Head on it."
• Hot Takes Gone Wrong: (06:30–07:02)
  • Shannon: "I thought of another bad take we all made after Kentucky beat Purdue in the exhibition game."
  • Matt: "We all had that."
• Basketball Injuries & Warnings: (26:40–27:32)
  • Caller shares a cautionary tale about tearing an Achilles during rec-league basketball, reminding the hosts (and listeners) of the risks as they age.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

Golf Cheating Drama

• Matt Jones: “He went out and he went to the green at 5am... even put a fake divot on the green.” (03:48)
• Shannon: “That's next level. To get up at 5 in the morning to go put a ball in a hole and make a divot.” (14:28)

Hot Dog Debate

• Matt Jones: “There’s no way a dollar hot dog at a grocery, at a Walmart...” (11:15)
• Shannon: “You said you’re a member. I think next time you go to Costco, get the hot dog. Got to see if it's good, see if it lives up.” (11:47)

Fan Campout

• Matt Jones: “Have we created the new Big Blue Madness camp out organically?” (08:01)
• Shannon: “Our fan base needs that. They love that Big Blue Madness camp out so much, and now we've got it for football.” (08:23)

UK Basketball Moments

• Matt Jones: "Jamal Mashburn comes to Kentucky." (29:25)
• Shannon: "It made Kentucky basketball cool again." (32:51)

Milk Chocolate Whopperhead

• Matt Jones: "He read some of them and one of them called him a milk chocolate Whopperhead." (25:53)

On Campus Celebrity

• Matt Jones: “I think you can make the argument that when he was here, Boogie is number two. I think one and two played in the same year.” (35:15)
• Matt Jones: "We do need to mention though about Devin Booker. I mean, there were people that licked his car." (43:55)

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Segment Timestamps Overview

• 03:31–16:40, 27:21–29:00, 39:35–41:06 — Cheating golfer saga
• 07:45–09:35 — Football fans’ campout and new traditions
• 09:35–13:02, 24:53–25:17 — Specialists and Costco hot dogs
• 28:32–47:25 — UK basketball “impact” moments and rock star player debate
• 25:32–26:14 — "Milk chocolate Whopperhead" & Cowboys talk
• 26:40–27:32 — Basketball injuries and aging
• 43:14–47:25 — Old-school UK basketball rockstars

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Tone & Style

As always with KSR, the tone is friendly, playful, and occasionally irreverent, blending sports analysis with local color and personal anecdotes. Listeners are encouraged to interact, call in, and share their takes, creating an atmosphere that is egalitarian, humorous, and rich with Kentucky tradition.

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Summary Takeaways

• Golf cheating can go viral, and the local community is both amused and horrified.
• Kentucky football fans are organically creating new traditions, which may become permanent parts of the culture.
• The most pivotal moments and popular figures in UK basketball history are a subject of endless debate, colored by collective memory, personal experience, and generational change.
• No one can agree if the Costco hot dog is truly elite (investigation pending).
• KSR continues to serve as a crossroads for sports, nostalgia, and Kentucky’s distinctive sports fandom.

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For those who missed this episode, you got an hour packed with wild sports stories, community-building fan traditions, and a living history lesson in UK basketball stardom—plus plenty of laughs about hot dogs, nicknames, and small-town legends.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techie Sports Radio. People seem fascinated by the story.

[Shannon]

I love it. I love this story of the golfer.

[Matt Jones]

It is shows to first of all, it shows a few things. One, it shows how much people will how far people will go to cheat.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Because I have more details on what he did. Shannon.

[Shannon]

Okay, let's get it.

[Matt Jones]

He went out and he went to the green at 5am Put the ball in, even put a fake divot on the green.

[Shannon]

No, he did.

Oh man, the level of detail.

How do they know all this?

[Matt Jones]

They know it because as he was leaving the green a man was driving up to the golf course and saw him on the Green at 5am reported him and footage on the maintenance barn camera caught him doing all they actually

[Shannon]

have video footage of him.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, who's the guy driving at 5am Shannon going who's out there on the green?

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's what I was getting ready to do. Somebody beat me to it, maybe turn into something.

[Matt Jones]

So he almost got away with it.

[Shannon]

But we said it would only gonna work if he was the first group going out.

[Matt Jones]

But they caught him on the maintenance and then apparently he first said he didn't do it and then they said we have footage. So he admitted it.

[Shannon]

Whatever he was going to win. I mean could you not just go out and buy Unless it was like a new car or something like that. Why would you go.

[Matt Jones]

No way. For a member. Member. They would have a. A car.

[Shannon]

You know what I'm saying though? Like, whatever it is, you're going through that much trouble, why not just go out and buy whatever the prize is?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I agree. And now you can't be part of Bushwood Country Club kicked out over the member.

[Shannon]

Member.

[Matt Jones]

And like, I'm going to read. I don't have his name right now, but I'll probably be reading his name on ESPN today and people are going to know. Oh, they said. He has asked. He has said people have started harassing him online and he's like, please stop. And people shouldn't harass him online. But like, he could have never dreamed, Shannon, this was going to happen. Right. I think he was like, I just want to get a fake hole in one on number four at the member. Member.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

And then a free putter, a new putter win.

Losing his member membership should be enough. Don't punish the guy.

[Matt Jones]

Unbelievable.

[Shannon]

I Love this story.

[Matt Jones]

772-774-5254 is the text machine. Some folks writing in. One person wrote. I remember I was insistent that John Calipari would never leave Kentucky.

[Shannon]

Boop, boop. We do.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that was that. That was dumb of you to do because we. It was always a chance he was going to do that.

[Shannon]

Right? Seemed like every summer the topic of conversation on this show was, oh, is he going to go to the Lakers, is he going to go to ucla? What's going on?

[Matt Jones]

My prediction was that we would at some point make the SEC Championship game under stoops.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, like, that's a bad prediction. But you weren't the only one that predicted that, you know.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's. And people are still saying that now that, you know, Will Stein will someday get us to the SEC Championship game. That's still.

[Matt Jones]

How about this one, Shannon? I bet $3,000 on Kentucky to cover the 26 and a half against St. Peter's

[Podcast Announcer]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Ouch.

[Shannon]

Lose 3,000 and lose the game.

[Matt Jones]

And lose the game.

[Shannon]

I thought of another bad take we all made after Kentucky beat Purdue in the exhibition game.

[Matt Jones]

We all had that.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, that's. That's one of the worst takes, but that's universal. Nobody was like, put it, put the brakes on.

[Shannon]

We were all like, on board. Make our reservations for the Final Four. We're going, baby.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. No, no one. No one said. One person wrote my. I thought Michael Kid Gilchrist would end up being one of the top three forwards. In the NBA. Not a crazy take, though, because he was the second pick in the draft and he was right before the revolution where everyone in the NBA could really shoot. You know, before that, guys like Michael Kid Gilchrist would have a lot of success. And then afterwards, like, like he would never have gone number two in the draft today.

[Shannon]

No way.

[Matt Jones]

But back then, you, you, you could understand more.

[Shannon]

You know, he came to Kentucky as a number one player ahead of Anthony Davis at that time.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. Before we go, the phones. UK football fans on Friday night, impromptu, essentially camped out all night. Yeah, I thought this was very cool and very cool for the Will Stein era. So, you know, they do this thing where, like, you get your tailgate spot.

[Shannon]

It was this past Saturday morning and

[Matt Jones]

they did it at Saturday morning and sort of on their own. All these fans started camping out Thursday night, and by Friday night it was packed with people and Will Stein and Jay Bat and players came and hung out. Have we created the new Big Blue Madness camp out organically?

[Shannon]

I think we have and our fan base needs that. They love that Big Blue Madness camp out so much, and now we've got it for football. It just creates more excitement for the upcoming season. You know, you're trying to get your, your tailgate spot ready.

[Matt Jones]

Do you, do you think, though, that can be the thing?

[Shannon]

I think they should try to capitalize on it and just go with it. Like, because you said it kind of happened naturally.

[Matt Jones]

There's enough space out there. That's always, that's always been the complaint that the university's had it at Memorial. Out there, you got as much space as you need.

[Shannon]

Plenty of space. So, yeah, let it happen. Let it grow. Let it be a thing, man. Be exciting. Build the excitement going into the football season.

[Matt Jones]

I'll say if they do it next year, I'd. I'll go do the show out there. I think that would be fun if they will do that. If, like, they should make it a thing. Absolutely. The camp out had nothing to do, in my opinion, with getting the tickets to Big Blue Madness.

[Shannon]

It was the camaraderie.

[Matt Jones]

It was the camaraderie of a, of a hardcore set of fans that were able to come together and do this thing that didn't cost money, but showcase the fandom. And I think that would be very cool to do.

[Shannon]

So can we get that same feeling for football, our hardcore football fans?

[Nick Turturro]

Why not?

[Shannon]

I think so. I think we can.

[Matt Jones]

Especially if they're good this year.

[Shannon]

Yes. Build some more excitement.

[Matt Jones]

So I like it. Now, our Shannon, our kickers told something to the media that. Well, here's my question. Does this worry you or not?

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Apparently the position groups at UK get together and they have position group nights where the position group all goes and does something together.

[Caller]

All right.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

For the specialists, that's the kickers and the punters and the all that. Their thing is they go to Costco and buy two and buy the hot dogs which I think are like a dollar.

[Shannon]

Apparently they are really good.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's my question for you. How good can they be? Well, I mean, I mean like of all the things do we. Is this a good sign that our we have a position group who's like, what can we go to do together? Guys, let's go get dollar hot dogs at Costco.

[Shannon]

First of all, I'm impressed that they all have their membership cards because, you know, not just anybody can roll into Costco, fill out an application, get your picture taken.

[Matt Jones]

And I have one now. My neighbor gave it to me as a house Costco. I mean one more housewarming gift than you two have given me, by the way.

[Shannon]

Well, we got the.

Mine's coming.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yours is coming to the party.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

You know, you go to Costco and you can get anything that you want as long as it's in a five gallon bucket. You can get a five gallon bucket of butter.

[Matt Jones]

But they say that the hot dogs at Costco.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Are the best hot dogs in the city.

[Shannon]

I've heard that her they're good.

[Matt Jones]

There's no way that's true.

[Shannon]

We will maybe need to have a hot dog.

[Matt Jones]

There's no way that challenge.

[Shannon]

I hear.

[Matt Jones]

Henry, have you ever had the Costco hot dogs? There's no way a dollar hot dogs at a grocery, at a Walmart.

[Shannon]

I love the thought of our two punters are Aussies. They're going to go to these two guys. Hey, we're going to go get a

[Matt Jones]

hot dog at a, at a department store.

[Shannon]

Come on, you'll love it every week. Every week. Let's go get this dollar hot dog.

Can't try it, man.

[Matt Jones]

It's the first time I've been worried about the Wilstein era because of the hot dogs. Because this is what our team is doing to bond.

[Shannon]

You said you're a member. I think next time you go to Costco, get the hot dog. Got to see if it's good, see if it leaves it lives up.

[Matt Jones]

There are people who tell me there's even people right now writing and saying, matt, those are the best hot dogs.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I've heard it. The hot dogs are really good.

[Matt Jones]

How good that can they be?

[Shannon]

What are they putting on those hot dogs?

[Matt Jones]

They're a dollar. Like, they've got to be awful. First of all, what are they made of for a dollar? Pig toenails stuff.

[Shannon]

You don't want to know what they put in a hot dog.

[Matt Jones]

Especially ones that are a dollar at Costco.

[Shannon]

Unless it's all beef. They're just mixing.

[Matt Jones]

Sure it's all beef. Yeah, there's certainly all beef hot dogs for a dollar at Costco.

[Shannon]

Well, I guess to go from campus to Costco, you're in the car together for a long time. Maybe that's the bonding they're getting.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'd be interested in what the other groups do.

[Shannon]

Yeah, right. They used to go to somebody's house and fish. When Stoops was here, someone, one of the coaches, had a house on a lake that they would go fish.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, when, when, When Bush Hampden was here, the. The quarterbacks had a pool party at my house.

[Shannon]

At your house?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I didn't realize that, like that was that my pool was once quarterback infested. Brock Vandergrift's Brock Vandergrift.

[Shannon]

Now it's just bug infested.

[Matt Jones]

No, I've cleaned it. But Brock Vandergriff, I guess used to do that.

[Shannon]

So all the quarterbacks may be in their skivvies in your pool Again, words

[Matt Jones]

like skivvies, I hate it. Chase. Go ahead, Chase.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, I was wondering, when is your KSR basketball trial going to be?

[Matt Jones]

We don't know yet.

[Caller]

I will be a good three point knockdown shooter for you all.

[Matt Jones]

Like, I don't believe that. I like you, Chase. You've been to many shows. I don't see you being a knockdown three point shooter.

[Caller]

And then also the golfer is stupid for doing that. Why in the world would you risk your integrity and everything over something stupid like that? I just don't understand that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Chase, I agree with that. I appreciate the call. Why would you risk your integrity?

[Shannon]

We got to figure out what the prize was that he'd risk all this

[Matt Jones]

for what one person writes. I don't know how a guy who takes four footers as gimmes can criticize the dude cheat. That's not the same thing. Okay, that's not the same thing.

[Shannon]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Now I will grant you if I put it all those out, that's harder. And my score would probably go up one or two shots around three, but that's different than faking an entire hole.

[Shannon]

Like, Shannon, that's next level. To get up at 5 in the morning to go put a ball in a hole and make a divot.

[Matt Jones]

And I agree with you, Shannon. It's like devious.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then to bring your poor grandma into.

[Shannon]

That's true. What does she got to do with this?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I feel like that gets skipped over. Act like your grandma is dying and you have to take a phone call.

[Shannon]

Okay, I'm a little confused by that. Why does he have to step away for the phone call? Why couldn't they just ride up there and see it in the hole? Like, what does that even have to do with the story?

[Matt Jones]

Well, no, that's why they didn't seem hit the ball.

[Shannon]

Oh, because he snuck away.

[Matt Jones]

Because if they. Because if they hit. If they saw him hit the ball, they would know it didn't go in the hole.

[Shannon]

I understand. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So in order to explain why they didn't seem hit the tee shot, he said, hey, while you guys are finished, I'm gonna go quickly hit the tee shot and call my grandma.

[Shannon]

Gotcha. Okay.

[Podcast Announcer]

My God.

[Matt Jones]

Now I will tell you. I would have been suspect. There's layers if a shot I didn't see. He said it was in the hole.

[Shannon]

Layers of deception here on this.

So remember, you're playing against a team of member.

[Matt Jones]

But. But I will tell you, it's hard to if you're playing again. I've told you a story about when I played in the Glasgow member game.

[Shannon]

Oh, yes.

[Matt Jones]

And the dude had the audacity to set to accuse me of cheating.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Said I hit it on the wrong side of the pole. Which, by the way, shouldn't even be a rule. Stupid glass.

[Shannon]

Why is the pole out there anyway?

[Matt Jones]

You can't bend it around the pole. Well, I can if I got the talent.

[Shannon]

I did it on purpose.

[Matt Jones]

But he said I bent it around the pole and I did not bend it around the pole. But I thought to myself, you gotta be pretty audacious to tell somebody they're cheating. So maybe they just were like, I don't want to rock the boat. So we'll just act like he got a hole in one.

[Shannon]

So I guess they really bought the story at the beginning.

[Matt Jones]

I guess. Well, if somebody says they went to call their grandma, you're not going to be like, you don't really have a sick grandma. That would make you seem like a jerk. Well, let me think about. You're right, Shannon. He has to be so devious because he has to know the only way they won't challenge me is if I say my grandma's about to die.

[Shannon]

Yeah, if I was calling my wife, they wouldn't.

[Matt Jones]

They might challenge you, but you're not going to challenge somebody who's calling his grandma.

[Shannon]

He needs privacy to talk to her. We don't want you to be so. Don't be loud in the background because we don't want to, you know, mess up the call.

[Matt Jones]

So devious. Austin and Pikeville. Go ahead, Austin.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Just wanted to say it does not surprise me at all that on Ryan's aux day, he plays fat bottom girl.

[Matt Jones]

Well, but you didn't guess it. Although I will say one person did guess it at 10:37am And I didn't see it initially. She guessed it. So you know what? She will win the tickets.

[Caller]

Oh, no, I wasn't trying to win the tickets or anything. I. I ride a motorcycle with speakers on it, and that song is on my playlist. But when it comes up when I'm on my bike, I'll usually skip it because pull around me. Probably don't want to hear that. It's kind of embarrassing.

[Matt Jones]

I. You know what? I appreciate you having that understanding. I appreciate the call. He's right about that, Shannon. Or ride fat bottom girls.

[Shannon]

You just listen to the music part.

[Matt Jones]

Look, he's nine.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I've introduced him to a great rock and roll classic song.

[Matt Jones]

Don't. Don't play that at your school. Shady Rays are basically the same quality as the $200 sunglasses that Ryan Lemon buys. And I'm not. They are premium, but they don't cost nearly as much. Polarized lenses that cut out the glare. Friday we will be at Shady Rays in Louisville. You can check them out for yourself. And at Oxmoor center in Louisville, shadyrays.com if the weather's good, we're gonna be outside and you can test them. It's Shady Ray. Shady there@ray's.com. use my code KSR for 30% off. Hope the weather. Weather supposed to be good Friday so we can be outside.

[Shannon]

I think it's supposed to be. Yeah, we have big crowds too.

[Caller]

And we're out.

[Matt Jones]

There's a big rain coming tomorrow. Do you see there's. They said we could get seven inches in Lexington.

[Shannon]

I've already got a flood advisory in Lexington already.

[Matt Jones]

But that's Wednesday.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Tonight, Friday. All good?

[Shannon]

Yes. Friday, good.

[Matt Jones]

Take a break.

[Caller]

Be right back.

[Julie Pinero]

KSR on Solita. We share the messy stories of traveling alone as a woman.

[Matt Jones]

Your duolingo is not going to come back to you when a man is inside of you. Oh, no.

[Julie Pinero]

I'm Julie Pinero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita. Trading the pity for possibility.

[Podcast Announcer]

Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were like, you smiled at us. Not a lot of people smile around here.

[Matt Jones]

I can wait four hours for the

[Julie Pinero]

next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Nick Turturro]

I'm Nick Turturro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the Longest Yard, or Spike Lee's blackkklansman. But I'm also from Queens, which means I know pizza. And on my new podcast, Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro, I deliver pizza from Prince Street Pizza to a new guest.

[Matt Jones]

Are you delivering pizza now?

[Nick Turturro]

Then we sit down for a real conversation. I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins.

[Matt Jones]

What are you doing with my belt?

[Nick Turturro]

To Alex Rodriguez. Just to let you people know we're talking to one of the goats here. To Bill Burr. I don't think I've ever met somebody so exactly out of their mind as I am. And now we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Turturro. It's called Happiness. Delivering Happiness, Mariano Rivera. And many, many. Open your free iHeartradio app search delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro. And listen.

[Caller]

Now.

[Podcast Announcer]

Our town is small taters by most standards, right? But to the people who grew up here, it's everything.

[Julie Pinero]

What happens when a quiet Tennessee town becomes the frontline in a battle over the future of America?

[Matt Jones]

Developers with right wing ties have purchased

[Shannon]

hundreds of acres of land in the area.

[Matt Jones]

The first thing you see when it pops up is the pioneers in Appalachia.

[Julie Pinero]

But they weren't just planning houses.

[Shannon]

We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and embody the Christian way of life. Stop right there. Is that normal?

[Julie Pinero]

A podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment?

[Shannon]

God need men to rule.

[Caller]

Great.

[Julie Pinero]

And decides to fight back.

[Podcast Announcer]

Do not use my hard work to sell your bull. They're not just opposing what's being planned for here.

[Shannon]

Our hometown is not a test tube.

[Podcast Announcer]

They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration.

[Matt Jones]

Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you?

[Julie Pinero]

Listen to Our town on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Fred Armisen]

Hey, Portlandia fans.

[Podcast Announcer]

Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen here, you

[Fred Armisen]

know us, or rather, you know them. Tony and Candace, Nina and Lance, Spike and yes, the chicken.

[Podcast Announcer]

We've played a lot of iconic characters over the years, but today we're showing up as ourselves to tell you about Podlandia. AO Rewatch, our brand new podcast.

[Fred Armisen]

Each week we'll revisit an episode of Portlandia from the very beginning. Breaking down the sketches, exploring the backstories of our most iconic characters, revisiting the Portland locations you know and love, and opening up about our creative process.

[Podcast Announcer]

How did any of this get made? Why do we think that was a good idea? We're ready to talk about it.

[Fred Armisen]

And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life. Guest stars, collaborators, and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Podcast Announcer]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised. Not just words, but a song about.

[Shannon]

Well, I thought he was gonna write. I thought you were all gonna write a song.

[Podcast Announcer]

I remember you thinking that.

[Fred Armisen]

Listen to Podlandia Ayo rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Matt Jones]

This will actually be a good memory. Was us going to Billy's wedding.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, you weren't on there. This song played and we all started singing. It was the one song that unified the van.

[Shannon]

It kind of got us going in the right mood too.

[Matt Jones]

And I, I, I will swear by this song. I don't care. I think this is one of the, like. Everybody likes it. This is a song you could play and like nine year old.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Dancing. You could play this at UK and people would go crazy.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

My mom would probably bop for this song. I'm not sure Larry would do it.

[Shannon]

He might. My little head bop.

[Matt Jones]

But it might be the only song in the last 20 years. I could see Larry potentially bopping his head too.

[Shannon]

It is the best guilty pleasure song ever. Everybody likes this song.

[Matt Jones]

It is. Just turn it up here for a second. See, look, all four people in here right now. It's awesome.

[Shannon]

I love this song.

[Matt Jones]

Put you in a good guy on the Motorcycle. He's not. Although he. I wonder if he guy on the motorcycle might turn it down.

[Nick Turturro]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

He's playing if he's gonna stop. Like if you saw a Son of Anarchy going. Bumping my heads like.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it is one of those songs. You got the window down, but we put to a stoplight and it comes on. You pull your window up.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, Matt, I don't know how somebody who lied and said they shot 81 at Beth Page Black can criticize. First of all, I did shoot 81 at Beth Page Black. Best round of golf I've ever played. It was not from the championship tees, but it was from the blue. And I have three strangers who can verify it. And I've never played that well before and I don't play that well now, but it was just on a day. And the thing that's good for me about Beth Page is there's not a lot of water, Right.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And you can actually spray it a little bit.

[Shannon]

Okay. And then still play it well.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it's got rough, but like this wasn't. They didn't have it set for the Ryder cup, so it wasn't the rough. You would see like when the US Opens there.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Well, this guy knowing he was the first off the tee, it must have been a big prize. And he said, I need this. I'm going to go for it. But his cheating levels should kick him out for the not. Just remember, remember, maybe all golf course

[Matt Jones]

Shannon people are saying you can get hot dogs and a drink for A$50.

[Shannon]

You can't beat that anywhere. I mean, that's. Those are throwback prices.

Yeah. Our specialists probably aren't getting the big nil money. They gotta find something they can afford.

[Matt Jones]

I will try one this week and I'll come back and report.

[Shannon]

Please do.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, all right. I'll try one this week. One person goes, Matt. I am loving Matt. Myron in the afternoon, by the way. Three to five o', clock, three to five on ESPN radio, ESPN app. And you can get on Disney plus. But I lost it yesterday when the guy called Myron a milk chocolate Whopperhead.

[Shannon]

I didn't hear that.

[Matt Jones]

So Myron was on first take and he made like a derogatory comment about the Cowboys. And Cowboys fans were just coming at him like, go search his Twitter. He's got hundreds of cowboy fans saying the most awful things to him. And he read some of them and one of them called him a milk chocolate Whopperhead.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

And we just. We just. I'm Gonna be calling him that.

[Caller]

Wow. That's it.

[Shannon]

That's his new nickname.

[Matt Jones]

He thought it was funny.

[Shannon]

A Milk Chocolate Whopperhead. Because again, I took a bad take on the Cowboys.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Is that mean, Shannon?

[Shannon]

No, I kind of like it. And as long as Myron's good with it, I think you get to call him that from now on.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I could call that with no context. Like, if you just turn on the radio and you hear me call him a Milk Chocolate Whopper Head, they might

[Shannon]

be like, if he could pull it off. He needs to have a T shirt today. Doing the show today with Milk Chocolate Whopper Head on it.

[Matt Jones]

I like that. Johnny Versace. Go ahead. Johnny Johnny. All right, we'll try different Johnny Johnny. Go ahead.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Caller]

I was just going to give you all a warning about playing basketball. My wife was like, you're too old to play. And I got asked to play in a church league and tour my achilles. In the second game, you got 39.

[Matt Jones]

See, the thing about the Achilles, that's an injury that, like, I believe you get it. You lose it a lot more as you get older. And then when you tear your Achilles, like, you're done for like a year and a half, you're going to be on crutches. I mean, you're going to be an Achilles. Is. There's a reason why in Greek mythology it is your Achilles heel. Because it will come. Exactly.

[Caller]

Yeah. So, and then also that guy who cheated on golf, he was a 2 handicap. So assuming he didn't cheat to get to the two, he was a pretty good golfer.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's even worse.

[Shannon]

Well, now you got to question that. What do you cheat to get a 2 handicap?

[Matt Jones]

See, that's a problem. See, they're gonna. I appreciate the call. It's gonna be like the couple that was making out in Central park, right now, they're gonna get into his whole life, huh? Never know, Shannon. In the world today, you never know what's gonna happen. Like, you gotta. It's kind of sad. On one level, yeah. But on another level, like, have we heard any more about the couple that was making out in Central Park?

[Shannon]

Nothing. Oh, they had their 10 minutes of fame or whatever and then I haven't heard anything since.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm sure they want to be left alone now, right?

[Shannon]

Only thing I heard was the guy had a job offer on the table that they withdrew. The firm withdrew the job offer after that broke.

[Matt Jones]

But see, don't you feel like that's too much to withdraw? The guy's job. Job offer because he was making out in Central Park.

[Shannon]

Just getting some smoochers again.

[Matt Jones]

See the way you say things.

[Shannon]

Get some smoochers in Central Park.

[Nick Turturro]

I don't.

[Matt Jones]

Just chills. Dylan. Go ahead, Dylan.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, can y' all hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

Hey, I just wanted to get your all's take on what the top three most important slash impactful moments in UK basketball history is. It could be like recruit signings or coach hirings or anything like that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, okay, I appreciate the call. That's a very hard question. Let's just not go through all history. Let's just start. Let's start in, you know, 19. Let's start when Joe B. Leaves. Okay, Most important. And let. And let's do something. Let's not. Because I think the easiest answers would be hiring Cal, hiring Rick. Let's take the hirings off the table. So since 1986, most important UK moments for me, number one is clear. Jamal Mashburn comes to Kentucky.

[Shannon]

That is the top of the list. Got us back relevant again.

[Matt Jones]

Made it to where Kentucky basketball was approached. Jamal Mashburn came here. Think about this, folks. When he knew his first year, the games wouldn't even be on television.

[Shannon]

You're right.

[Matt Jones]

And he was a top five national recruit. That said, I'm going to go play at that school even though for one year no one will see me play.

[Shannon]

And he did it anyway.

[Matt Jones]

And he did it anyway. That's number one.

[Shannon]

Huge.

[Matt Jones]

We'll do the other two right after this.

[Shannon]

TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

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

[Matt Jones]

This is also one of yours, right?

[Shannon]

Yeah. Bowling for soup, 1985.

[Matt Jones]

A bunch of people guessed Bowling for Soup on the gas. I didn't re. I didn't realize you've been so obvious about your Bowling for Soup love.

[Shannon]

Well, Shannon would play it in the rotation once in a while and always, like, talk about how. I love this song. It's about 1985. This year I graduated from high school. So everything they talk about in this song, like, oh, yeah, that hits me.

Listen to this. Every single morning.

Every day. Every bottom girls, I go blind. 1985. Every day.

[Matt Jones]

Is that. That's now you do that?

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So you listen to this every morning?

[Shannon]

Every day. It may not be in the morning, but at some point I play my playlist and those are singing for us. For Madonna, there was Springsteen, Nirvana, way before. Oh, I'm on the wrong verse. It Sounds like you listen to hell. Or that she's uncool because she's still preoccupied with 1919. 1985.

[Matt Jones]

Well, first. That's beautiful.

[Shannon]

Thank you very much.

Brought a tear to my eye.

I Love this song. 1985. Great year.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I didn't know until the break that our guy Henry here is like a ladies man.

[Shannon]

No, we heard about that. Lady killer.

[Matt Jones]

Lady killer. Girls writing him from Cape Cod all over the country.

[Shannon]

Does Ryan have any advice?

Oh, I gave him some good advice.

You gave him advice? What was the.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you walked out. Oh, there's no reason to be embarrassed. His mom embarrassed him there.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I listen, I gave him some good advice.

What was that?

[Matt Jones]

Your advice was terrible. Your advice was don't stay away from girls.

[Shannon]

If a girl breaks your heart, you start dating their best friend.

He told a nine year old that?

[Caller]

Yes.

[Shannon]

Life lessons you got to learn early piece of advice. That's great advice. You broke it hard.

[Matt Jones]

You break up a friendship in addition to a relationship.

[Shannon]

The girl shouldn't have broke my heart. Almost started dating her best friend.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Now you know. That's okay. 772-77-45254 is a checks machine. We just announced the COVID zero fantasy league.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

So if you listen to cover zero right at the beginning, I give you the email address to join our first ever attempt at a fantasy league.

[Shannon]

That could be really a lot of fun. I think you guys will enjoy doing that throughout the season.

[Matt Jones]

I will. The live draft.

[Shannon]

The draft will be the biggest highlight.

[Matt Jones]

I'm committing, however, Shannon, to multiple hours with people I don't know.

[Shannon]

Oh, you're going to hate that, though. I know how you are. You're going to be wanting to tap out by after you get, like, your lineup together, you're going to be like, I don't need any.

[Matt Jones]

I'm like, Mario, you do the rest.

[Shannon]

You pick my bench, Mario.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so top three most important UK basketball moments. You agree with me about Jamal Mashburn?

[Shannon]

Jamal Mashburn is number one.

[Matt Jones]

I think number two, without question, is John Walt.

[Shannon]

I think so. I think that's an obvious number two. It made him committed, made Kentucky basketball cool again.

[Matt Jones]

To me, those two are like head over heels higher than everything.

[Shannon]

Totally agree with you.

[Matt Jones]

And I think it's in that order, too, because people don't. Kentucky basketball was down when John Wall committed, but Kentucky basketball was dead when Jamal Mashburn committed.

[Shannon]

Yeah, we were in NCAA trouble at that time.

[Matt Jones]

We were two years without being on television. I mean, you were talking about Being forgotten. Now. What's three?

[Shannon]

I've got what we're starting with. Jo B. Retiring. I've got one for the conversation. May not be number three.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, what is it?

[Shannon]

Rex Chapman committing to Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

So that was not under Joby. That was under Eddie Sutton. Okay, I'll hear that. Make the case.

[Shannon]

Well, he was down between Kentucky and Louisville. Everybody thought he was going to lean.

[Matt Jones]

Louisville and North Carolina.

[Shannon]

And North Carolina. You know, the Joe B. Hall era was ended kind of with a thud. And she bring in Eddie Sutton. And they just all. Again, it made Kentucky basketball relevant again. They called it Rexington, for crying out loud. It was the young and the Rexless. His first.

[Matt Jones]

Josh Hopkins will always talk about. Because I'll always say nothing was like John Wall. And he'll go, I agree. But Rex was maybe right there.

[Shannon]

No doubt.

[Matt Jones]

Like we said, people would line up and would sneak into the parking lot at the lodge. Shannon. Just to touch Rex's car, his irex.

[Shannon]

That's crazy.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, because he had a. He had a license plate that said IREX on it. The state of Kentucky made an exception back then. You couldn't even do those kind of license plates. They made an exception for Rex.

[Shannon]

I didn't know that.

[Matt Jones]

And it said Iraq. Wow.

[Shannon]

There have been, in my opinion, two rock stars Kentucky basketball during this era. John Wall and Rex. Rock stars.

[Matt Jones]

When you meet people not from Kentucky, they'll say, well, what about Anthony Davis? I mean, we all live through it. Anthony Davis is big, but not like.

[Shannon]

Not like John Wall, like John Wall, not like Rex.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, okay, Cal era, five biggest players while they were here. Like. Like celebrity. I'm not saying best celebrity.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

John Wall, clearly number one.

[Shannon]

Number one.

[Matt Jones]

Can I make a controversial number two?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Demarcus Cousins right there with him.

[Shannon]

You can bet you can make that argument.

[Matt Jones]

I think you'd make the argument that when he was here, Boogie is number two. I think one and two played in the same year.

[Shannon]

Fans loved both of those guys.

[Matt Jones]

And just with an adoration.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You know what I think is number three?

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Oscar.

[Shannon]

Oscar's up there. He was at the time. He was everybody. A lot of people's most favorite player.

[Matt Jones]

I think Oscar was. And it got tainted a little bit by the end.

[Shannon]

But.

[Matt Jones]

But Oscar, there was just an adoration of him that you just don't have

[Shannon]

a lot that first year. He was amazing. Where people loved him, not just as a player, but as a person because he was such a good guy.

[Matt Jones]

Number four. Most I read.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't think about That I think especially with children. And I would even almost go read Slash Rob.

[Shannon]

Yes. They were kind of connected there.

[Matt Jones]

They were kind of connected. For whatever reason, people just lumped them

[Shannon]

together and they came off the bench.

[Matt Jones]

Then I would say, you can make a case for Anthony Davis.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You had the poster with the arms, right? Devin Booker.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Now, Devin didn't start becoming like that till the end, but when they did the autograph tours, Devin Booker got crowds that no one got. Mostly girls. But there was like a Devin Booker thing that just was wild. I'll throw another one out there. Shorts.

[Shannon]

Yes. Because of the.

[Matt Jones]

You don't like to think about it now. Like people forget about. But like George. George was huge here.

[Shannon]

People loved him. He's got.

[Matt Jones]

There was just a thing.

[Shannon]

Likable guy, charismatic guy.

[Matt Jones]

Any other contender? Well, MKG was. Was, you know, in the same way that Boogie was kind of connected to Wal, KG was kind of connected to Davis.

[Shannon]

I know somebody I'm putting in my top five. Maybe number four.

[Matt Jones]

Who's that?

[Shannon]

Tyler Eulis.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's a really good one. Especially the second year.

[Shannon]

Yeah, the second year. His. His second season as the point guard was the best of the Cal era as far as numbers and accolades and things.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let's rank them. Are we universally wall number one?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Who you put number two? I put Boogie. Are you going to put him there?

[Shannon]

I think you got to, just because of what it. What those two guys meant at that time, their fan base.

[Matt Jones]

Number three. You want Oscar, Anthony Davis, Euless.

[Shannon]

I had Oscar in my head. Those are my top three. We were identical in our top three.

[Matt Jones]

So four.

[Shannon]

I go Euless.

[Matt Jones]

You're going to go useless. I'm going to go AD but it's close.

[Shannon]

Yeah. And we're not talking about ability. We're talking about.

[Matt Jones]

I'm talking about. I mean, remember when that poster came out with him with the basketballs and everyone in this city had that poster or wanted it.

[Shannon]

Right, right.

[Matt Jones]

I bet the Herald leaders never sold that many copies as the Boogie poster

[Shannon]

when they put it in the newspaper. I forgot about that one.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's right. All right, so fifth you got. So would you put AD fifth on yours?

[Shannon]

I'm probably going to put Reed.

[Matt Jones]

You could put Reed over AD now,

[Shannon]

again, this is not an ability. It's just on rock and roll, rock star status.

[Matt Jones]

Hmm. I'm gonna go with you, Liz. So you don't even have AD in your top five?

[Shannon]

No, because he was kind of under the radar when he. Not under the radar.

[Matt Jones]

Remember, everybody come to the games with the brow. Like people. The student section would all wear the brow.

[Shannon]

I'd probably have him six. But I'm putting Reed ahead of him right now.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think you could. The only reason Reed for me is not in the top five is that Dillingham had a lot of guys. Like a lot of people, too.

[Shannon]

Yeah, my son.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly. Especially young black kids. Love Rob.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Shannon]

Oh, no doubt because of his mixtape. He had. Everybody knew about Rob.

[Matt Jones]

Knew him before he even came here.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good point. But I think it's easy to forget how big Oscar was for about a year.

[Shannon]

See, that's why I've got him number three.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

That first season, I think even your mom said Oscar was her favorite player.

[Matt Jones]

Oscar was. That's a great Oscar. Probably was my mom.

[Shannon]

I think she said that to us one time.

[Matt Jones]

Johnny Versace, Go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. I played golf my whole life and the member. Member is pretty much war at every club. So any kind of cheating is going to be a problem.

[Matt Jones]

It's crazy. Like member guest Ryan fun. Member. Member battle to the day. Cutthroat. Yes. But go ahead.

[Caller]

So the other day, quick story. I played golf my whole life. Like I said, I had the reverse of the hole in one issue with the guy that never loses a ball. He's a terrible golfer. Hit the ball up to an elevated green. I see it hit the green and we all walk up there and he's looking behind the hole in the. In like tall grass and finds his ball, hits it up there. And when we get up to the hole, his first ball is in the hole. So he essentially, you know, played a provisional or whatever you want to say and could have had the first eagle of his life.

[Matt Jones]

Just had. Good luck.

[Nick Turturro]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well. Well, there you go, Johnny. I appreciate the call. I have.

[Shannon]

You had a hoe in one?

[Matt Jones]

I had two, but I had two by the time I was 15 and have never gotten another one.

[Shannon]

On the Middlesboro course.

[Matt Jones]

Got one. My first one was at the old par three course we talked about. Not Meadowbrook, but the other one.

[Caller]

Oh.

[Shannon]

Here in town.

[Matt Jones]

Remember. What was that one called out on Mason Heedley?

[Shannon]

It's gone now.

[Matt Jones]

It's gone. And then the second was at Millsboro Country Club. Number three.

[Shannon]

Didn't know that.

[Matt Jones]

And then never. I've never even come close since.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

This is for yoga girl.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Gotcha.

[Shannon]

This is our song.

[Matt Jones]

This always makes me think of when Obama won and he had Michelle dance to this at the opening thing.

[Shannon]

Vince Merrill and his wife, I think they did.

[Matt Jones]

This is.

[Caller]

I think.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's a pretty common, like, first dance at a wedding. What was Billy's. They had one. Was it like. What was it, like, stained or something?

[Nick Turturro]

No.

[Shannon]

Well, it was with his mom. He danced to Incubus, but I'm trying to remember. Well, that was with his mom. But not their first dance.

I can't remember what they're.

[Matt Jones]

I can't remember. They had, like. Billy took less. Okay. So this we talked about. Great. Billy's wedding ones. 1. Billy can't dance at all.

[Shannon]

I can't either. But he tried. He gave it a good effort.

[Matt Jones]

He took lessons.

[Shannon]

He did.

[Matt Jones]

I give him credit. He tries.

[Shannon]

He tried.

[Matt Jones]

But for a guy who, when he was a kid, was a rapper especially. He claims to be a bit.

[Shannon]

Especially such a star athlete.

[Matt Jones]

He has no rhythm at all.

[Shannon]

Zero. Like me.

[Matt Jones]

Negative rhythm. You have more rhythm than him.

[Shannon]

I don't know. But Billy. Lisa was out there trying. He was trying.

[Matt Jones]

He was trying.

[Shannon]

Yeah. He tried the little. Little Tango. And I don't know what else they were doing out there.

[Matt Jones]

Foxtrot.

[Shannon]

Foxtrot.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Some other ones. Just in terms of guys that were huge when they were here. Even though I think when he was the biggest was not during the Cal era. Patrick Patterson was big those first couple years because he was kind of the. The centerpiece of those teams in terms of who fans related to.

[Shannon]

When Patrick Patterson committed to Kentucky, they were ready to have a parade downtown, and he was like the 16th prospect in that class. But everybody was so excited that he chose Kentucky. It was a big deal. It kind of helped jumpstart ksr, you

[Matt Jones]

know, one we're forgetting because it's easy to forget because he got hurt. Nerlands was Nerlands. People would wear that box top hair.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know, they would wear that. That in this, like, students wore. I mean, Nerlands was really, really big matter of fact, I. I think Nerland was bigger than some of the guys we mentioned in terms of how big he was at the Durham before he got hurt.

[Shannon]

Yeah. If we're talking about popular players, kind of rock star status, he's. He's in your top 10.

[Matt Jones]

We do need to mention though about Devin Booker. I mean, there were people that licked his car.

[Shannon]

That's right.

That's pretty next level stuff. Licked his car?

Anybody ever licked your car?

[Matt Jones]

Not that I know.

[Shannon]

Maybe Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you know, you drop some

[Shannon]

ice cream on the handle.

[Matt Jones]

Think so. Michael. Go ahead, Michael.

[Shannon]

Hang on. That's my fault. There we go.

[Caller]

And.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[Caller]

Real. The. The county, like famous people. You know, locals have. We have two in Lebanon. We had snare pole and then we had the world famous Turtle man.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

Oh yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Turtle man went world famous. What is a snare po?

[Caller]

I'm not 100 sure. He was just an interesting fellow that would sit on the old courthouse steps every day. You could drive by and snare pole was there.

[Matt Jones]

I got a lot of rumors he

[Caller]

was a multi millionaire. You know, that kind of.

[Matt Jones]

I always liked. You know what? Appreciate the call. I always like when people think people like, there was a guy in Middlesborough, his name was Dallas Shackelford. People were convinced he was a multi millionaire. And I'm always like, well, why is he dressed like that? They're like, it's just who he is.

[Shannon]

Why he's got all the money. Saved it on clothes.

[Matt Jones]

He didn't spend any. So. Yeah, like there's. That's a small town thing. The mystery that somebody might have a lot of money and they've got it buried in a hole in their backyard because the irs.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I want him to get it. Terry. Go ahead. Terry.

[Caller]

Yeah, I was just calling to wonder how you can leave without Kenny Skywalker.

[Matt Jones]

Well, because we said the cal. Error. I mean Kenny Walker again. Now if you're going to go.

[Caller]

Okay, I apologize. I didn't hear that. Or. I'm sorry. Sorry.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So let's. Appreciate the call. Let's go back some years.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Kyle Macy, he's number one.

[Shannon]

He is number one rock star.

[Matt Jones]

There are so many kids who are my age who are named Kyle or Macy.

[Shannon]

Yep, that's right.

[Matt Jones]

There's a whole generation of girls named Macy or guys named Kyle.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

My age. I mean at transy they were like

[Shannon]

five Kyle's because of him. Because of Kyle Macy.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Kenny Walker. Yes, without question.

[Shannon]

I think he's number two.

[Matt Jones]

You're Going through there. Kyle Macy, Kenny Walker, Rex Chapman. Those are your biggest players of the 70s and 80s.

[Shannon]

Would you agree for rock stars? Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Those three guys, 90s Mashburn is one.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Who's two?

[Shannon]

Tony Delk.

[Matt Jones]

See, I. That's not who would come to my mind. I would say number two for me.

[Shannon]

Travis Ford.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe Travis Ford maybe because he's from Kentucky. I think Antoine Walker was big. His kids like to do the dance.

[Shannon]

That's a good call.

[Matt Jones]

2000s. Tayshawn.

[Shannon]

Tayshawn.

[Matt Jones]

Chuck Hayes.

[Shannon]

Yes, that's a good call.

[Matt Jones]

People would forget how huge Chuck Hayes was during his time.

[Shannon]

Loved Chuck Hayes.

[Matt Jones]

People loved how he played.

[Shannon]

My friend named his son Chuck Hayes Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Chuck Hayes kid.

[Shannon]

Charles Hayes Jones. I think

[Matt Jones]

so. Yes. I think that's a good cross section.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think when you go back in time, think about how many people over the years old timers have called this show and brought up Cotton Ash.

[Shannon]

Love Cotton Ash.

[Matt Jones]

And Louis Dampier. You know, those are the ones that like older people will always say to you Cotton Nash, Louis Dampier.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Trying to think of some other Cliff Hagen because he's. Because he's from Owensboro.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. While you're thinking, well, Stu DraftKings. Shannon, you ready?

[Shannon]

Let's go.

[Matt Jones]

Go to DraftKings.com I was. I told you on Friday I wasn't believing the Reds. I don't. And I ended up being correct. They got swept against the National. I knew that was going to happen. The spread has just come out for Kentucky Youngstown State.

[Shannon]

I didn't think they were going to have a spread.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they got one. So we're going to pick it way in advance for DraftKings. Bet 5, win $250 Kentucky. Just guess it. Let's just do for DraftKings rather than pick the game. Let's guess the spread. All right, Shannon, what is the Kentucky Youngstown State opening spread?

[Shannon]

I'm going to say Kentucky 17 and a half.

We'll say Kentucky 27.

[Matt Jones]

27. Should I ask Henry? He is nine.

[Shannon]

Yeah, sure.

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky by how many? You can't get on the microphone. Come here real quick. Quickly. How many? How many? This Kentucky win by 14. 14. The answer 23 and a half.

[Shannon]

23 and a half.

[Matt Jones]

23, and a half is this is the spread that's high but also kind of low against a non Division 1 team.

[Shannon]

And I think Will Stein is going to want to show puts a lot of points on the board. Light up that scoreboard that first game. So I think they'll probably go over that.

[Matt Jones]

I hope that is correct, Bob and Jamestown, you have 15 seconds.

[Caller]

What's the new number? Two. And fast food.

[Matt Jones]

I don't even know what that means.

[Caller]

In five seconds, Burger King now is past Wendy's.

[Matt Jones]

Is that official or just in your mind?

[Caller]

No, no, it's official.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you, Bob.

[Shannon]

Well, have it your way.

Poor Henry's mind just melted.

[Matt Jones]

See? What a way to bring it out. We'll see you later. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.