B (11:23)

I didn't. I don't know.

A (11:25)

I don't understand that. Like, that's the one thing we did right. You know, we have no football traditions. They created that one, and then they just stopped. So I don't really. I don't. I don't really get that either. But overall, we won. That's important. This was a game they could have lost. I mean, let's be real. During the off season, the mo. The hottest potential upset pick by most national college football people was Toledo over Kentucky. That was the hottest pick. That was the one you heard the most. Kirk Herbstreet today picked it as a super underdog of the week. You know, we won, so that's important. I sat there and thought during the first half, I had, like, if you've listened to ksr, like, you know, I get nervous during games. I actually don't get nervous as much during football, probably just because my expectations are often that we're not going to do well. But I was nervous today because there's a part of me saying, if they lose this game, I mean, just forget it. You know, there's no way this fan base is going to be engaged. So I had, like, that pit of my stomach nervousness, and we won. And I do think that that was not a given going into it. Vegas is so good. Like, the betting lines are so good. Remember, it opened at 13 and a half, got bet down to seven and a half, ended up at 10 and a half. If you got it at seven and a half like I did. Bill, you made money. If you wait till ten and a half, you lost. And you've been really upset about that 95 yard drive at the end. Yeah, but none of that really matters as opposed to winning the game. I have concerns about this offense. I'm pretty optimistic about at least our front seven. On the defense, I'm more optimistic about the offensive line than I was probably coming into the season. But if I'm honest, I'm probably more pessimistic about the quarterback and the wide receivers than I was. I think I talked myself into like, we got all these options at wide receiver. It's going to be exciting. And yeah, I mean, Law didn't even have a catch. Calzada did not look sharp. And now you do have to wonder, you know, what will happen now. I will say this. It's very important not to overreact to game one either way. Remember last year in game one, Vandergrift looked really good and we destroyed Ohio. And you saw how that year ended. Go back to 2018. That year we were really good. We struggled with Central Michigan, didn't win until the end of the fourth quarter. So these games, it's usually against a Mac team where we start the year, they're not always tied to what actually ends up happening. But this fan base wants to see more from its offense. We used to take the defense as a given. Last year it wasn't. Maybe it'll be more of a given this year, but I don't know how you can watch that and not be at least a little concerned about the start of the Calzada era. Billy, what was your initial takeaway? I was really happy about the defense. Jeff Pocoro talked a lot about Alex Afari and how great he was. He was great. First of all, Alex, 13 tackles, you know, we've talked about how he could. He will be an NFL draft pick. That's why. 13 tackles. He's the leader I think this team needs on defense. Billy. Absolutely. So for him to move from secondary to linebacker, he looked great. And then also our punter laid a big hit. I mean, for the. Having said, take that zero toughness rating and stick it. He laid that guy out, didn't he? That was a heavy off season. He'd been waiting for that shot. I think he had been waiting for it. So I'm interested to see. Let's go ahead and open up the lines. 859-280-2287. What's your take if you were at the game, I was not at the game. So I would like to hear your take from inside the stadium. What did you. What was the feeling? You know, next week Ole Miss is coming. Obviously we beat them last year. They're going. They've been preparing all off season for next week. It's going to be 3:30. It's going to be national television. It's going to be probably the best atmosphere. Assuming the weather's good for a Kentucky game we might have all year. What are we going to see? I think after this game tonight, I guess the question would be am I more optimistic or less about next week? If I'm honest, I'm probably the same because I thought we were going to win this week. I thought it was going to look ragged. I probably thought we'd look a little better on offense and a little worse on defense. So we're kind of right where I thought we were. And then next week we'll kind of have a sense. Is this going to be a team that's competitive this year or is it not? Next week we probably find out. 859280, 2287 give us a shout. Let us know what you think it is. The local toy dealers KSR post game show Kentucky beats Lido 24 16. We'll take a break. Be right back. Take your calls on ksr. It is the local Toyota dealers KSR post game show Looking at the text machine, one person writes. Matt, you got to the first segment. Didn't say anything about putting cutter bowling. I didn't because I know people are already going to think that on their own. I wasn't to a point yet today where I thought they should do that because we led pretty much the whole game. So I didn't think you would make that change. Now I will say Calzada's got two more games to play. Well, in my opinion he's gonna have to show something against Ole Miss or Eastern Michigan something. I mean if we get through the Eastern Michigan game and we see another performance like this, then I think you have to ask during the bye week, do you consider something else? But I'm not ready to say that yet. I think it's probably the case that if you're gonna play a good team like Ole Miss, Calzada probably gives you the best chance to win next week. But I don't think it's a crazy conversation to at least start thinking about it. But he's going to have two more games when you get to Eastern Michigan, which I Don't think is a very good team. If he is not producing something throwing, then I do think you've got a bye week. That's when you would think about it. Whether you would do it or not, I'm not sure. Let's quickly talk about what's happened in the rest of college football. You had Arch Manning look bad, Billy bad boy. I mean, like, like bad like not just. Not just didn't look like a man in a Heisman candidate look bad. I, I think I, I sort of thought maybe he wouldn't be as good as people thought, but I'm not sure I predicted Bill he would look bad. Yeah, well, Paul Feinbaum didn't help, you know, appointing him better than Tim Tebow already every show he's done for the last month. But I mean, Ohio State kind of owned that game throughout. So not a great performance for the sec. I mean, Texas can still be fine, make the playoff, but not a great, great showing. What's probably more concerning is that right now Florida State leads Alabama 17 to 7. Florida State has not even been good in the last few years and Alabama's losing. It was a monsoon during the second quarter. If you want to talk about a seat being torching hot, see what happens if Alabama loses today. My guess is they'll come back. They tend to play one game like this early in the year often, but a little bit, you know, a little bit of a surprise. There's not been a huge upset yet on the day. So the big story has probably been that John Sumrall said Northwestern denied Tulane's request to wear purple jerseys, right? White jerseys, in honor of the, what, 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And he was very mad about it. Said Northwestern had disrespected the city of New Orleans. So, yeah, I mean, feels like they should have agreed to it. But that's also a pretty strong statement that Northwestern just come in and go, we hate you, North. It's like, when did they. What did they do? Don't disrespect New Orleans, man. I guess. All right, but. But it's 20th anniversary. If you're Northwestern and they want to wear a special thing, just. Just let them do it to Lane. End up crushing Northwestern, by the way, Tulane. If you were to ask me what team might be the most likely to make the playoff, they're probably the answer because with Boise State having lost in week one, they're probably the favorite to get that non power four slot. And of course, every time John Sumrall does well, people hear chatter about it all right, Billy, who's up first? Taylor. Taylor. Go ahead, Taylor.

B (20:18)

Hey, guys. Currently on my way up to Cincinnati for the Cats Reds double header on this fine Saturday.

A (20:25)

Yeah, man, don't make me sad. I mean that like the loss.

B (20:28)

I don't think it's going to go very well.

A (20:30)

I think it is what it is, but go ahead.

B (20:33)

Yeah, to Calada's credit, he did have two passes that, that, that one that got overturned on the sideline and then that he did.

A (20:40)

That was a good point zone.

B (20:42)

That was the pass interference.

A (20:44)

Good, good, good point on both those. But especially that was a good throw on the one where his elbow was out of bounds. That was, that was to law, right? Am I correct about that?

B (20:53)

Yeah, I think it was Hester, maybe. I can't remember.

A (20:57)

You're right, you're right, it was Hester. You're right, Hester.

B (21:00)

But yeah, I, I, I, I'm with you. I'm not really changed at all going into the Ole Miss game. But the one thing that I have a complaint about is the in game atmosphere was horrible today.

A (21:12)

So talk about that. I, I get complaints probably every home game about atmosphere, but I think there's, it is unlikely to me that I can ever remember a game where I got more than I got today. Now, of course I wasn't there, but one person said. And we love him, Billy. But one person said it sounded like Rick was the DJ from the morning show. And we love Rick.

B (21:38)

Yeah, it was.

A (21:40)

But was it that bad?

B (21:42)

It was, it was pretty bad today. And you know, back in the day, people used to complain about the music being too loud. And today, today it felt like you couldn't really, even really hardly hear it. And then they, they got rid of the one tradition that got the stadium jacked up. The fourth quarter happened. Everybody's just looking at each other like, all right, what's going on? Where's, where's Grove Street? And it, I mean, the stadium was dead at the end of the fourth quarter. People already leaving anyways. But then they didn't play the traditional song, Grove street to get people excited. And I mean, it felt like a ghost town in there. There was no energy in the stadium at all.

A (22:14)

Yeah, I appreciate the call. Atmosphere has been a consistent complaint. And I've had the complaint from, from when I would go to every game. But for whatever reason, I heard more of it. There were more messages to me. Maybe it was just because Grove street didn't get played and that's why everybody focused on it, but I heard more messages about it today than maybe any game I can ever remember. So I don't know. They do a terrible job making the music and all that modern at Kroger Field. It's always been like that. It's better now than it was 10 years ago. But I don't know if maybe like somebody was out. I mean, could Rick have been the dj? Well, they probably got Dumas Walker in, so it was probably. Apparently they did. Somebody did tell me they did play Doom as Walker. But, you know, I. I don't know. I don't know why it's so bad. It feels like it can't be that hard. They do a good. They do. They've done better with basketball. Like, why can't. Why is it still like that for. For football? What's next? Jacob? Jacob. Go ahead, Jacob.

B (23:25)

Hey, Matt. Just wanted to say that I was pleased with the both of the running backs. I think they're a definite step up from. From last year. One area that I think could definitely improve is like setting the edge. I felt like, you know, they were getting, you know, east to west, okay. But they didn't get that edge set and so they couldn't really turn it up the field. So I think that's something that could definitely be improved upon. And I, I will agree with the environment comment. I had a couple ladies behind me that were probably at least 40 years older than me asking when the It's a Party song is going to come on.

A (24:10)

Yeah, I mean, why would they tell us something? Why would they change that? I mean, I appreciate the call. Like, you know, they have tried unorganically or inorganically to create a tradition at UK football forever from the claw thing to whatever. And that was one that came organically and that people liked. I don't really understand why you would change it. It's the one. It's the one thing people seem to think was kind of cool and. Yeah, when people's grandmothers know it, you know, you could argue maybe that makes it to where it's not as cool, but like, it's cooler than Dooms Walker. Where's the. It's the party song. I love that. Ethel. Is it a party yet? Where's Waka Flocka? The hateful truth is next. Hateful truth. How are you?

B (25:07)

First time, Long time. Matt who?

A (25:09)

What's up? Bama comes up short on first down. Go ahead.

B (25:14)

Well, I just gotta say this team has a long way to go. Stoops is not motivated. At one point during postgame show with Tom Leach, he said that Calzada was not fully prepared. Well, that's all on Coach Stoops.

A (25:29)

Who said they weren't fully prepared?

B (25:32)

Mark Stoops did at one point. I forgot the exact wording, but basically it wasn't that Calzada was fully prepared.

A (25:45)

To be fair. I didn't hear him say that on the radio comments. I listened. Now, if he said at the press conference. I did. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I did not hear him say that on the radio comments. Are you saying that was on the press conference?

B (25:56)

Well, I think I heard it on the radio part. It sounded like he said that they.

A (26:01)

He did say it wasn't his best performance. And he said, yeah, he said he wasn't very good and it wasn't his best performance. Billy, do you remember, did he say he wasn't prepared? Not that explicitly. I don't remember. Okay. Why? I think it's important. Like if that were true for a seventh year, that's a bad sign. But, you know, maybe we'll look back and play, see what he said, but go ahead.

B (26:23)

And in my opinion, there is no way in the world that a Mac school that finished six in their conference should come in and have more yards than the SEC school school. Toleda had 329 yards and we had 300. And I think everybody's saying our defense was great. They wasn't very good. If you're giving up 329, to be.

A (26:46)

Fair, a lot of that is that 95 yard drive at the end. Right.

B (26:50)

And don't get me wrong, they should know.

A (26:52)

I agree with that completely. But at that point, and I'm not disagreeing with you. Right. It shouldn't have happened. I do think that they kind of let their foot off the gas. I mean, I, I didn't watch the game at any point and not think Kentucky's defense was controlling the game. Did you?

B (27:12)

Well, there was a lot of it that I just felt like, you know, they finished six in the Mac, we're in SEC school, it's time to get after a little bit. We played a lot at the very beginning. We'd run the clock down to nine, five seconds.

A (27:24)

Yeah, I don't like that. You're right.

B (27:25)

Why are you scared to death of Toledo? Run after him. Get some.

A (27:31)

I think, I think that is a totally fair point. Appreciate the call. Totally fair point. I still felt like for most until the fourth quarter, I kind of felt like our defense was controlling it. Now, it is fair to criticize that fourth quarter, but I think the defense is still going to be good. Florida state is up 17 to seven. Just broke one. They're inside the five, Billy, to potentially go up 24 to seven. Wow.

B (27:55)

Yeah.

A (27:57)

That would be. Touchdown Florida State. That. I mean, that would be an unbelievable result not only if Alabama lost, but to just get taken to the woodshed by Florida State. Wow. What's next? Peyton. Peyton. Go ahead, Peyton.

B (28:15)

Hey, man. First time.

A (28:17)

Who are.

B (28:19)

I was at the game, I would say probably 85% full. 85%, probably.

A (28:26)

And when you consider the off season we've had, when you consider the off season, the negativity, the sort of 11% approval rating that the athletic had and all that, I actually don't think that's bad for your first opponent. I expect it'll be full next week for Ole Miss.

B (28:42)

I agree. Another thing. I got a couple things to say. Calzada, seven year, seventh year, could. Old enough to have children. You gotta hand that off to the running back, not get a safety there.

A (28:57)

Yes. Terrible play. Terrible play. Especially at a time in the game where, like, we're owning it. Don't do anything stupid. That was a terrible play. You're right.

B (29:06)

And then the last thing is, is Lane kids, like, if we do play bad next week, Lane Kiffin will try to put 80 on us.

A (29:14)

He will. You're exactly right. He will. Since we won last week, last year, he will definitely try. And we just can't let him do it. Appreciate the call. Shout out, by the way, to Aiden Laros, the punter, after that safety. That was a great kick to. Because, you know, they could have ended up with good field position there, momentum, who knows? And he pins them inside the 20 after that. That was. That was very, very well done. What's next? Big blue Josh. Big blue Josh. Go ahead.

B (29:41)

Yeah. We talk. Hey, Matt, Big blue Josh here. And I got two quick points for you. Well, I know Calzada is going to get a lot of slander, but I think a lot of that's on our offensive coordinator, Bush Hamden. I think you should have made some better plays, but if Calzada can't throw over 15 yards.

A (30:00)

I appreciate the call. That's a fake voice.

B (30:02)

I don't know.

A (30:02)

That's a fact. I appreciate the call. That's. I appreciate the call. Billy. Yeah, he's gone. No, I was on the phone when he said it earlier. Okay, that was a fake voice. That wasn't his real voice. Plus, since I heard somebody say something before, I'm okay with whatever point you make. Absent not cussing but you can't use the fake voice so that you could. I, I listen, I've been doing this while I can hear it. What's next? Jerry? Jerry. Go ahead, Jerry.

B (30:29)

Hey, Matt. Well, the important thing is this is a dangerous game. They could have lost and they want it.

A (30:34)

Correct. Correct.

B (30:36)

But the, you know, going forward, I think I said before, if they won by more than 14, you could feel better about the rest of the season. Less than 14 and we'll see. I think the defense looked good most of the game. Thing that worries me about the defense is when they went to tempo, the defense struggled and let him run a 95 yard drive. And ole Miss is coming here next week and they'll see that the whole game.

A (30:59)

That's a good thing. You're exactly right about that. Part of me wonders though, because I heard Tom and Jeff say this, like Toledo doesn't ever do that. Part of me wonders if maybe they weren't completely prepared for that because they don't do it. But you're right. If that's a sign of things to come, then we're in trouble because ole Missile do tempo. A lot of teams we play will, but I kind of wonder if maybe that was just something they didn't prepare for a lot because that's not what Toledo normally does.

B (31:29)

Well, we'll see and everybody's discussed it. When we get these SEC games, they're going to load the line of scrimmage with eight or nine guys in their Kentucky to throw the ball. Throw the ball much more. 95 yards a game. So we'll see. I would have loved to have seen him blow this team out by more than 14 so you could feel better. But you know, like I said, hey, we'll just, we'll find out next week and we'll see what we will tonight. They're playing tonight and, and we'll, you know, deal with no more. But, but yeah, and everybody's right. Lane Kiffin, he's going to try and do a Steve Spur on us if, if he can because. Because of what happened last year. So we'll see.

A (32:05)

You're exactly right. Appreciate it, Jerry. I, I would be interested if somebody who knows more about football like the X and O's than I do would have the. What do they call it? The All 22 or whatever film. Yeah. And. And see if our receivers got open because, you know, you can't, you can't see that on the broadcast. You can't see where the receivers are. They're following the ball in the line. Of scrimmage. So I. It would be interesting to me to see if guys were open. I remember Levis's. Levis's. Second year. Freddie's saying to me, hey, you know, Will's not playing great, but some of these guys just aren't open. Like, they don't. They're not getting open downfield. And so you can't always see that. So it'd be interesting to see, like, our guys open or not. And. And it's just. There's just no way for me to know that based on what I. I see, you know, on the game film. What's next? Jose. Jose, how are you?

B (33:07)

Hey, Matt. First thing to say is happy birthday. My mom actually has the same birthday, so.

A (33:12)

Well, thank you. Happy birthday to your mom.

B (33:14)

Yeah, thank you. Second thing is, I am extremely disappointed. Less than 100 yards passing. That's disappointing. Not even a touchdown. Very disappointing. Back to our stands being really empty and our punter being the best player. That's extremely.

A (33:31)

Well, first of all, I don't think either of those things are true. I don't think the stands were really empty. There were. You know, and that's. You're. Were you at the game?

B (33:42)

I was up.

A (33:43)

Okay. So you have to remember the camera angle where they shoot the game from. They're shooting the visitor sidelines. And so you're seeing the upper level, the visitor sidelines is always going to be the most empty part of the stadium. So that's why it can be misleading. Now, it is not true that the punter is the best part of the game. Alex Safari was great. We had a lot of defenders play well. Our running backs were good. I know that's a good, like, joke to say the punter's the best player, but he's not. Alex Safari is an NFL player, and he played excellent today.

B (34:18)

Okay, I guess we'll just agree to disagree.

A (34:21)

You know, you won't give me that. Alex Safari would play excellent with 13 tackles.

B (34:24)

No, Alex Safari. Alex Safari played great. I mean, he was. He was an amazing player.

A (34:29)

And so you won't say he was the best player.

B (34:31)

He got all the tackles. Okay. No, he was the best player, but who was the best player on the offense?

A (34:36)

Well, the running backs were pretty good. I mean, you know, we had one.

B (34:41)

Big run that was about.

A (34:42)

Yeah, but some of that's not. I mean, some of that was, you know, they. They can't make a hole where it doesn't exist. Right. I mean, I look at running backs, I judge them by. When you get a. But when you get a lane, can you hit a burst and go, Dowdell did that. And then secondly, how many yards do you get after you get hit? And these guys, while they're not Benny and Chris, While they're not Benny and Chris, they did pretty well. They turned a lot of 2 and 3 yard gains into 4 and 5 yard gains. And when we were running up the middle, we kind of controlled the line of scrimmage. So I thought they played pretty well.

B (35:16)

Okay. I mean, I mean we're giving up a safety to a max team.

A (35:21)

Yeah, but that was on, but that was on that one. On the running backs. That was on Calzada in the offensive line.

B (35:26)

No, not on the, not on the running backs. Exactly. And Calzada, the running backs and the offensive line are the heart of our offense. That's. Yeah, I mean.

A (35:38)

Well, I mean that may be true. We'll see. I, I am not, you know, I'm not quite as down on. I, I thought the running game. In order to be a team like a Mac team and beat them relatively easily, you need your running game to dominate. I don't know that I would say it dominated, but I'd say it was close to dominant. I think they ran the ball really well. And of course then they finally got rewarded by busting one. I also note about our defense. We had two strips, Billy, and just didn't come up with. Yeah, right. I mean those are two plays that you could have had the game be over in the first half if those two, if those two strip. So that, you know, that's a big fourth down stops as well. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So I'm, I'm pretty positive on the defense again, the last drive sucked, but put that to the side generally. Pretty, pretty positive. 859-280-2287. We will take a break and be right back. It's the local toy dealers KSR post game show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Alabama driving, you got to think maybe driving to try to stay in the game. 247 with 6 minutes and 49 seconds left in the third quarter. Just an absolutely crazy result tonight. What you get LSU and Clemson, which should be, I don't know, those, those are LSU is my pick to win the whole thing. Of course they, they could lose tonight and it wouldn't really matter. But be interesting to see where those two teams are. I always tend to over, I always tend to go against Clemson, so I'm gonna do that again tonight. But you do, you do wonder. I Mean, Texas lost, Alabama's losing. I wonder what's. We'll see what happens with the rest of the top of the SC guest. He got a big win last night with Auburn over Baylor. Baylor's one of the probably that's a game where, you know, Auburn is one of the bottom tier teams in the SEC to go on the road. Win at Baylor. That's a pretty good win for the conference. Tennessee beat Syracuse, was up most of the game by a decent amount. All right, who's up next? Bluegrass is next. Bluegrass, what's up?

B (37:45)

I'll tell you what, Matt. When I listen to the replay of my voice when I call in, I sure wish it was a fake voice. I tell you that much.

A (37:53)

I don't know yours. I know yours. Yours isn't fake.

B (37:58)

I tell you what. Now you did caught me off a ledge. I was a little bit aggravated. But I guess that's why I listen to you, Matt, because I was really, you know, peed off a little bit. But, but I tell you what, I was in Austin when Vince Young put that read option in, you know, and when they ran it and never, not one time did I ever see him run it inside the end zone. Now you can't put that, that's a Bush Hampton thing. That's not a. Yeah, I agree. Actually making a wrong read.

A (38:21)

I, I, I'm glad you said that because there you go. He did make the wrong read. But you're right, I don't understand why you run that right there. Because you, you ha, you, you make it to where if your quarterback makes the wrong read, you're setting yourself up for exactly what happened. Now, Bush would probably argue I got a seventh year quarterback. I gotta be able to trust he makes the right read. Maybe.

B (38:43)

So you've got to run some kind of dive. You got to run some kind of dive really quick so we don't have to make a decision. We just push them. Hey, don't we have bigger guys, our guys making more money? I mean we've got to win one on one competitions right there.

A (38:56)

And we generally did, though. I mean, that's the other reason I thought that was weird is generally when we were in those situations, we'd get three or four yards. So it's just an odd, it was an odd decision. You're exactly right to do it right there.

B (39:10)

All right, thanks a lot, fellas.

A (39:11)

Appreciate it. 859-280-2287. What's next? Snoop is next. Snoop. What's up, Snoop?

B (39:20)

How you doing? I think, man. Well, the reason we O.C. did what he did was because we're going against Ole Miss next week. We don't want to give, we don't want to give everything away.

A (39:30)

Okay? So that argument comes into play probably every year at the first game and generally speaking I give credibility to it. But Snoop, I can't give credibility to it this year because this was a game you could lose, right? Like Toledo's pick to win their conference. And I have to think maybe they didn't open up the whole playbook, but I have to think they put a lot of it in because this was a game that literally if they lose, it's hard to see how Mark Stoops is still the coach next year. So I, I, a lot of years I agree with you. I'm not sure I agree with you.

B (40:13)

But do you think we was ever in a position today where coaches was like, okay, we need to open up the full playbook.

A (40:19)

We need to let these show exactly all they got? That's a fair question. What I would say is there was a long period of the game where it was 10 to 2 and it was a one score game and we had multiple chances to score and probably put the game away. And we had like three or four possessions where we didn't, where, you know, we'd get to like their 40 and then punt. You know, I would have look at it.

B (40:48)

I feel like Mark don't ever want to put, he's never one of those guys that are always about putting, putting the game away. So I guess that's true.

A (40:54)

You're right about that. You're right about that. You're right. Thank you Snoop. Appreciate it. I, you know, the only time in this game I was really nervous, like really nervous was like when it was 10 to 2 and we just kept it felt like we're on the brink of making it a two score game and we just couldn't do it. And that was the time. I would have thought if you're holding anything back, and I kind of don't think they were, but if you were, you do it right there. Because it was 102 for a long time. What's next? Kyle is next. Kyle, go ahead Kyle. 859-280-2287.

B (41:28)

Hey Matt, I, I gotta give credit to Brad White. I mean he's the only coach on our staff. Whenever he talks, I feel like I believe him. You know, whenever he talks about being ready, prepared, I believe in Brad White. And, and my second point is I know that you follow golf. I'm A big golf guy. And I love getting into the statistics of golf with strokes gained. And my favorite statistic is what we call the eye test. And when I look at Bush Hampden's body of work last year and now today, that eye test statistic is just telling me he's kind of stinky. I just, I'm kind of done. I'm out on that. I think it just.

A (42:09)

Well, when you say that. Let me go back for a second to you on, on the eye test on golf. How does it work in golf? Like, because Jim Fury has the worst golf swing that's ever existed.

B (42:20)

What's one of those things where it's like all the stats, you know, for example, like Rory run the Masters and then he goes and he won the players. And then you go through and it's like, statistically he's one of the best players on tour. But the eye test is telling me he's kind of in a slump, even though his statistics are good.

A (42:36)

But I see what you're saying, okay, that makes sense.

B (42:41)

And Bush's statistics last year were bad. And so it's kind of validating the eye test that it just kind of stinks. I think.

A (42:49)

I worry about it. I appreciate the call because I will say this. Outside of the first game of the season last year, I don't think Bush Hampden's offenses look good. Yet even the games, we look. Even Ole Miss last year. Remember what our big play was, Billy? We just threw a bomb, just threw it up in the air like up for grabs. And Barry Brown went up and got it. You know, I, I haven't loved, I have not loved the Bush Hampden offensive experience, but part of it may be that I just don't really know what we're doing. I don't, I, I don't know what his game plan is. I don't know. You know, it looked like tonight we were pounding the ball old school, Mark Stoops run. And then all of a sudden we get to the 40 and back to back possessions. We throw six out of seven passes when we're in an area where all we need is like 5 yards to probably get a field goal that, that gives you a two score lead. I, I didn't understand that. I didn't understand the play call that led to the safety, you know, know. So yeah, I, I'm probably not totally in on it because I don't really understand what he's trying to do. Let's do two more. We'll take a break. Who's next. Cameron is next. Cameron. Go ahead, Cameron.

B (44:14)

Hey, man. Billy. Hope you all doing all right. So like into this game, as I was watching, the things I'm excited about just as a Kentucky fan, the, you know, the, the pass rush and everything as defensive lineman, fantastic. Al Safari to me, him moving from defensive back to linebacker, you can see the speed. He's all over the field. He's something that, especially in SEC play, he's going to be able to make plays on the perimeter and stuff going east to west and everything. But if Calzada can't figure out how to come off of like our, our run game, which is what Marcus wants to do, and be able to put a ball downfield for 20, 25 yards, then that's a problem. It's just something we got to figure out. So, you know, that's just, you know, my opinion. Happy here. Your thoughts and I can hang up and listen.

A (44:57)

You're right. I mean he appreciate the call except for the one where he went out of bounds. That's the only time they went deep where they were able to get a completion. And the caller, I don't know who said it. I guess it was Jerry who said they're going to put 8, 9 in the box and say beat us deep. That's going to happen. And then we have to ask ourselves, do we have wide receivers who can do it? And again, I can't really see on the tape to, to know. 24:10 Florida State leads Alabama. Five minutes left in the third quarter. I keep saying this because this would be. I think this would be a pretty monumental upset if it were to happen. What's next, Dennis? Dennis. Go ahead, Dennis.

B (45:39)

Hey guys, a few points here. Number one, bluegrass is absolutely correct that safety is on the offensive coordinator. Number two, you just mentioned it. I was there at the game. The wide receivers were getting no separation.

A (45:54)

Okay, so you were watching.

B (45:57)

Yes. They got no separation today on the off on. They got no separation. That's a problem.

A (46:04)

It is a problem. Now again I will point out and I would if I. If I hadn't heard Luck it on the pregame, I would have thought it's even more of a problem than it was. But Luck, it did say that there are two of the four guys in Toledo secondary are going to be NFL draft picks that they are like much better than a normal max secondary. But in the SEC we're going to be playing a lot more of those guys.

B (46:26)

Yeah, but yeah, that's a problem, Matt. And sec, you're playing against NFL defense backs Every week.

A (46:32)

He's exactly right. So. Yeah, no, you're right. You're. You're exactly right.

B (46:39)

So that's a major problem. So not all that was on Zach Calzada today. His receivers were getting no separation. The only people that was getting open today, and that's probably a lot of had to do with the play count, was the tight ends.

A (46:52)

Yeah, you're right.

B (46:55)

I'm very concerned about the wide receivers.

A (46:58)

All right? And I think that's a fair. I think that's the reason. I think that's fair. Remember earlier this week, Bush Hampton was asked when the depth chart came out and he said, there's three receivers and they're both oars. And he said, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Bush Hampden, Billy said, I guess we'll see. Well, maybe that was. Maybe that was more of a bad thing than it was. We just got so many guys who can. Well, maybe he was a little too bold with his offensive line comments. He just decided to not go that route again. Yeah, I mean, I, I thought our offensive line was pretty good. I mean, they had a. They have one or two breakdowns, but I considered what it was last year. I thought it was certainly improved. All right, we'll take a break. We will come back for the final segment. 2416 Cats beat Toledo. We got one more when we come back. It's a local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR post game show. I'm not gonna put. I'm not gonna say the. The last name here just because. But I do think this is a funny text. On the text machine. 772-774-5254. One person writes, My son is on T ball team coached by a guy named Anthony. We played a game against Bush Hampden son. We crushed him. Bush was heard commenting, wow, their team is really well coached. He was impressed by my friend Anthony's terrible coaching. I lost all faith in him then and there. Oh, no. Oh, no. Poor Anthony. Right? Hey, he's calling him out. He's impressed by that. Did you watch the Lee Corso's final thing? I did, yeah. It was very sweet. Let me tell you a couple things I thought were very nice. That. First of all, how about Fox Sports showing it as well? Yeah. On their show. That's awesome. There are some things that are more important than trivialities, like what network and that was very cool. I thought it was cool that Ohio State like had him be part of it. Obviously great symbolism. First time he did one of those was at Ohio State. Next time, last time he does it is there. He was like one of only two people to pick Ohio State. Ended up being. Right, Billy.

B (49:16)

Yeah.

A (49:16)

He also was the only person to pick Florida State and they're winning right now. Well, that's a homer pick for him. That's a homer pick. But also, wouldn't it be cool to see Florida State win for him? That would be a little something special on this day. There'd be no doubt about it. I, you know, one of the great, like we've talked about his impact on, on college football and I'm, I mean, everybody said it, but he also, I just, it is incredibly sweet that in a society where we like throw people away too often when they, when they get older and try to, you know, forget about him, that he still was allowed to keep doing that and finish kind of on, on his terms and have that moment. I just thought, like, that's what's great about. Put all the nonsense that happens with college sports and all that. Then you get stuff like that. And I just thought that was very cool. So a lot of people made that happen. But I thought that was great. All right, let's. We'll do one More segment here. 859-280-2287. Who's next? Quickly, on the flip side, did you see Portnoy? What did he do to. He like, he like talked trash. To talk trash. Yeah. Just had everybody. I mean, you got to assume he's going to do that. Why are you bringing him on if you don't want him to do that? Right. Isn't that the. Oh, Florida State with a huge air. Right. It's. They get. What are you doing letting the ball hit you on a punt. But I mean, Billy, if you're going to have him on, you got to assume he's going to do. That's going to be his role, right? Yeah, yeah. I mean, if you didn't want him to do that, then don't bring him on the street show had a Michigan shirt, got everybody and, you know, riled up. He should do. And then picked Ohio State. You know, credit to him either, you know, if you don't want him to do that, don't, don't put him on the show. Who's next? Robbie. Robbie. Go ahead, Robbie.

B (50:57)

Hey, guys. I was at the game today and I, I thought the atmosphere was great. I saw it dwindling into the first half. My question would be is why didn't they pass the ball more to Law. I felt like, I don't know, I felt like he was, felt like he was getting open.

A (51:20)

Yeah. I don't know. Well, okay, well, you could see. Did you think he was open? I mean, I, that other caller said he didn't think so.

B (51:28)

I mean, I did. I mean, what I saw there were plenty of opportunity to throw the ball to him. And another question I had was Quizzenberry. I noticed they didn't bring him back out after he almost fumbled that, that punt return there.

A (51:43)

Well, you could, you could understand. I don't, you know, back to your first question. I appreciate the call. I. Hard for me to be able to say on Law. I will say this. In the off season, they, everyone around the team would tell you Law will make big plays, will bust it. On a team where I didn't see anybody open, if he was open at all, they got to go to him because they're going, they need it. I mean they, they clearly don't have a ton of guys that can get separation. And I mean, he had, I don't know how many targets did he even have, Billy, do you know how many times they even threw it his way? I'd have to see. But his name wasn't mentioned a lot really. I only saw the one time I could, I can think of one. But. Yeah, who's next? Luke. Luke. Go ahead, Luke.

B (52:33)

Hey, Matt. Normally I am a negative Nancy about games like this, but I don't want to be completely negative. Just don't think that's super productive. Defense was solid, run game, you know, some positives for sure. Offensive line wasn't a disaster. But you know, frankly, you know, I watched on the All22 camera and the receivers weren't really that open. But to be honest, a good quarterback, those, his receivers open and.

A (52:59)

Okay, so you, you watch on the, you watch on the All22 camera. So you felt like there was enough that if he was, if he was playing well, he could have gotten him.

B (53:07)

If he was good.

A (53:09)

I mean, like, you know, like, I.

B (53:10)

Mean, realistically, when you're playing, when you're playing at this level, Matt, you've got to throw guys open. I mean, that's just the reality of it. These defenses are good. These guys are phenomenal athletes. You got to throw them open. I mean, NFL, if you're going to be a college quarterback in the SEC or the Big Ten or playing the NFL, you have to throw receivers open. That's just how this works. You're not always going to throw to wide open guys. And frankly, he can't do it. I mean, I think you give him the Ole Miss game because I think you kind of have to. But if he stinks it up. I know you were talking about that bye week. Now you got to put him in against Eastern Michigan. You want him to have an easy game to get his feet wet because he'll be playing against a defense that isn't that great. Get him some confidence. Then you've got that bye week to work on anything that he didn't do well and fill in some holes, figure out what he does well. But one last thing, if I may.

A (54:00)

It's okay. Let me just stop right there for you before you. Before you do the last part. That's actually a very good point. That's a very good point. I mean, I. I sort of thought of it the way I had said. But you make a decent case in saying, like, give him a game where. Because, you know, remember when he started last year, Cutter Bowley, first game, he had to go on the road to Texas, Right? And now you'd make him go on the road to South Carolina. Those are tough places to get your feet wet. Go ahead with your other point.

B (54:28)

Yeah, I just want to say, with this bush Hampton, this dude sucks. I mean, I don't know how else you can say it other than that. I mean, you listen to the guy talk for 15 seconds, and I got to ask, is the guy stupid or is he stoned? I mean, and if I'm asking that question, that's not a good sign. Like, I don't know what he's doing on the off. I mean, that safety was so atrocious and that. Why are we calling a read option in the shadow of our own goal post, bruh, get under center and run the ball down between the tackles, you run through the A gap, man, you.

A (54:54)

Spin half that dodge. I thought you said you weren't being negative.

B (55:00)

They won. They won. So 1 0. You can't go 120 until you're 10 right there. I ended pod couldn't help us out.

A (55:06)

Appreciate the call. I love that he started that by saying, no, I'm not gonna be negative him. And then by the end, he was yelling. That really made me laugh. Let's do. We'll do four more. Who's next? Jason. Jason, Go ahead. Go ahead, Jason.

B (55:25)

Hey, man, I'm laughing at the previous caller there. Just wrapping it up. I want to touch on a few things that you said on here. I'm driving home from the game. First off, crowd showed up after all the negativity on the off season. Crowd was there, wasn't expecting to sell out. Much better crowd atmosphere. Our music atrocious. Never got the crowd into the game. Hyped up. Thank God it was not a big game. O line did a good job controlling the game. We ran the ball when we needed to quarterback. Play week. Also, I want to answer a question for you. What Bush Hammond is doing when we get over to the 40 yard line. We throw six times in a row. He's looking at his stat sheet and looking at it going, oh, we've ran the ball more times than we've thrown it. I've got to catch up with that. That is the Boise States play calling system. That's what they want to do. They want to be 50, 50 on all play callings. Terrible way to look at it. Go get us in field goal range in that game for us. That's my thoughts on it. Agree with the previous call.

A (56:21)

Good.

B (56:23)

I was gonna say agree with the previous caller. If Godzilla comes out looks like third against Ole Miss, we've got to make the call to move the ball. And the last point I was going to make is receivers are decently open but also that goes on to play calling. We've got to do a better job of making play calls to open our receivers up. We are running too much play option which leads to two routes. Those are either a slant or an out. And those are easy things to cover if they know they're coming. That's. I'll hang up and listen to you.

A (56:54)

It's all, all good points. I mean I, I agree with, with, with virtually all of them. It's interesting what you say about the Boise State thing. I don't know that I've heard that their goal Is to do 50, 50, but if it is the case that he's looking in there and going, we need to pass the same amount as a run. Especially in a game like this where you're owning the line of scrimmage. That would be a huge mistake. I just, I really, really hated those play calls. I know it's like a third time I brought them up, but I really hated them because I genuinely thought if we can get this to a two score game, it's over. And that ended up happening. But it took way too long. We had multiple opportunities to get it to a two score. I even thought if we have a field goal we're going to be fine. And it took a long time. And if it wasn't for. Well, I guess, I guess Dow Dalles was the One that got to 24 points, but nevertheless, that should have happened earlier. And I. I don't know why we threw on those. On those calls. Three more. Who's next? We have a young Wendell on the phone. Wendell, how are you?

B (57:51)

Good, good.

A (57:53)

What's up?

B (57:59)

I went to the game with my dad. I was driving back. I think the wipers.

A (58:07)

Wait a minute. Did you drive?

B (58:08)

The running back.

A (58:09)

Hang on.

B (58:10)

No.

A (58:10)

Did you drive? No, I don't think you have a license.

B (58:21)

Yeah, and I think the running backs are way better.

A (58:25)

Okay.

B (58:26)

Bad. We did a bad play. Call on a safety. That play was just.

A (58:33)

Yes, we did. Well, all right, well, let me tell you, if you're gonna get behind the wheel, remember, buckle up, Wendell, and put your phone down. Okay?

B (58:41)

Okay.

A (58:43)

All right. There you go. Thanks, Wendell. You got to be safe. I thought that was a good call. I don't want to hear your mouth, Billy. What's next? Jimmy is next. Jimmy, Go ahead, Jimmy.

B (58:53)

Hey, Jimmy can hear you just fine, Matt.

A (58:56)

Okay.

B (58:57)

To be honest, though, Jimmy's a little. He's still a little down. I moved little Jimmy into school last week. Kind of been pouting, looking forward to the day to kind of lift my spirits up, and it just didn't do it. Not at all. I don't know. I just. I just wish we were better.

A (59:18)

Part of it is, I think, part of it. You tell me if you agree with this, Jimmy. I, I. For me, it's about what you wanted to have happen. Okay? So if you looked at this and said, I want to feel really good about this team and I want to come out of this thinking we're going to go to a bowl, then, yeah, I could see how this would be a little disappointing. I came into it saying, we cannot lose this game. If we lose this game, the Mark Stoops era might be, like, on its way to being over. We cannot lose this game. So from that perspective, I mean, I guess I'm not as down because my goal was just, do not lose.

B (59:57)

I get that. But I'm tired of being that way. I want to be. I want to beat these type of teams like a SEC team should. You know what I mean?

A (60:04)

I do. But remember, this team beat Pitt and Mississippi State last year. Now, that now, granted, was awful. Last year. They were awful. So, I mean, yes, you need to do better.

B (60:16)

All right, one last thing. So when do you think we will have an over 300 yard passing game out of this offense? Are we talking 20, 27? Like, when is this gonna happen?

A (60:29)

Oh, yeah. I don't not this year. Yeah, I don't know.

B (60:34)

What's the over. Under?

A (60:40)

I will say.

B (60:41)

I'm gonna say 20.

A (60:43)

Because the problem, here's the problem with getting 300 yards when we're playing some of these teams like Tennessee Martin, if they could do it, they don't want to do it because they don't want to embarrass them. Right. So I'm going to say yeah, but.

B (60:57)

That'S, that's a problem.

A (60:59)

Here's what, here's what. We're going to do it. I appreciate the call, Billy. We're going to, we're going to get the, we're going to get 300 yards passing when we play our second Mac team in 2027. Hold on, let me stand on one line. Second. Not the first, but the equivalent of the Eastern Michigan game in 2027. Oh, okay. All right. That's when we do it. So it's like game three, right? Because basically our schedule is going into a pattern now. Bad team, first SEC game, bad team. That second bad team is 2027. We're throwing for 300. Well, do we have that now? With nine conference games, they had to back up Kent state to like 20, 31 or something like that. Good point. Will they ever throw for 300 yards? Never. All right, one more. Who's that? Travis. Travis. Go ahead, Travis.

B (61:55)

Hey, Matt, this first time caller, I just had a question I hope that you can answer for me. Back home where I live, I can't really talk to nobody about football because all they can answer is, oh, we're a basketball school and that's why we got a good football school. And my question has always been is, you know, Rupp Arena, I've been there and I've been to the Kroger Field. Rupp Arena holds 20 some thousand. Kroger Field, I believe 70. And without saying much more, my question is why can't we be a football school and a basketball school? With what I just said, without going into much detail, we should be up there with.

A (62:45)

It's a much broader question.

B (62:46)

Our name should be up there with Alabama.

A (62:49)

Here's the big reason why. Okay, here's the big reason why. There's many reasons. Demographic. We don't, we don't, we don't produce talent like a lot of these other states in our state. We don't have the history resources. We have good resources, but we don't have great resources. And the other thing is what you said about the first part, remember all these other schools, like they don't care about basketball really. Now, Alabama's been good recently, but at some point Nate Oats will probably go do, go do something else. They don't really care. But the biggest thing is demographics. Like the state of Kentucky, we do not produce football players. We are never playing a home game in recruiting except for like two or three kids a year. And like in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, we, we're like farther away from those schools than all the schools that are recruiting now. In a world of money. And I appreciate the call, in a world of money, that stuff matters a little less. But these other schools have money too. Like we, you know, we have a couple of really big donors who write really big checks. But here's the thing. Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, they got like a bunch of those people. We have two. I mean, we have a lot other people that give money, but we only like, they've got a ton of people. So you're in an arms race with, with teams that have everything we have and more. And we already start behind them because we don't really have a history and we don't really produce players in our state. So that's the short answer to what is a kind of long question. Oh yeah, we share the state with Louisville, not all these states like Louisiana, Georgia, they don't really share the state with other programs recruiting the same kind of players. So it just means for a lot of reasons that we're behind. However, we did beat Toledo 24 to 16. We get the victory, we start one and oh, which was the most important thing. And now next week is Ole Miss. We got a whole week to get ready for it. But before then, enjoy your Labor Day weekend. I will be on ESPN tomorrow morning. We will not have a show on Monday. Also remember, KSBAR is closed on Monday as well if you were wanting to do that. And then next week we're back in back, ready to go. We'll be back there on Tuesday for the show. Billy, thank you very much. Thank you man, for, for staying with us. Thank you everybody. Have a great Saturday night. LSU and Clemson this evening should be fun. This has been the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. This is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes. Applebee's just cooked up the ultimate option play with their new ultimate trio deal. You can choose from three of their delicious appetizers and pair them up with three sauces for just $14.99. Craft your perfect trio from over 80,000 different combinations in this flavor packed plate. Built for one or to share if you're generous. You can stick with the classic pairings like boneless wings and buffalo sauce. Or you can spice things up and try some unexpected pairings like dipping chicken Won tacos in our honey Dijon mustard. It's time to head to your neighborhood, Applebee's or order online today. Now that's eating good in the neighborhood. For years, everyone thought Verizon had the best network because they did. But now the best mobile network in the US is T Mobile. T Mobile's network has the most advanced 5G with more towers, and their signal.

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