2026-09-08- KSR - Hour 1

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3:058th. I am Matt Jones here live in Bristol, Connecticut is actually where I am on the ESPN studio campus where you can get Ryan and Drew and Lexington Shannon's in Louisville. You can give us a shout out on the Clarks Pub of Chalphone Line 859-282-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772745254 and this is in sponsor by the TJ Smith Law office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. Ryan this morning it's only 64 degrees up here. So great weather. Walked in the front door here at the ESPN studios. I actually had a badge that worked for the first time. I have a working employee badge. I was able to scan it. Say hello to people. I saw preparing for sport center and it was like wow this is like a professional place up here. Yeah my first question you was did you remember your fancy new badge you were able to get in. I had my badge. I would have thought I would have forgotten it but I remember it. Parked. You got parked through the parking lot okay. They let you in no problem.

4:08I had a dashboard you know they always used to have to escort me in and make sure I wasn't going to rob anybody and sitting 15 feet from me Drew. I can actually see them just down the hall. Are the goliques Mike and Mike goliq they are just down the hall. I got to have a muffin with them this morning. I'm a wow. Yeah. I had a muffin and they I think one of them had a bagel. You're breaking bread with the goliques. I was I was breaking bread. That's right and it was nice. You know you and I drew we met the senior Mike goliq at the super home. But I never met the junior one and this is all building towards tonight's mandatory fun trivia and trust falls in West Hartford Connecticut with all the staff. That sounds exciting. It also sounds like you're no longer the outside or I mean you're you're splitting bagels. Oh my goliq junior we didn't split it. I didn't ask him if like hey would you like can I have half a year's we we each had our own bagel but okay but it just feels like you feel more natural around there. It sounds like people speak to you now

5:11Shannon you know what I mean like I used to walk around here and like now some people will look I'm going hey I'm so and so so I got a question are you in miren going to be doing the show and one of the main ESPN studios this week then we're going to be doing the studio in the old Mike and Mike studio. So if you remember watching Mike and Mike right that's the official like ESPN radio studio so we'll be in there we'll be but we will be together what's very rarely happened but we'll be together for at least today in the month. So so uh here you say you're doing a trust fall are you actually doing that or are you just joking? I don't know if it's a trust fall but it said it was team building game. Like who would you want to do a trust fall with there like uh I think Rich I feel like we'd trust that we'll catch you. I know I'd like to do it. I know I'd like to get you to catch me. Yeah. Steve and I Smith will let you fall on your head. I don't think he's going to be there. I don't think it's the whole ESPN crew. I don't think I don't know if McAfee is going to be here. Oh yeah. But this is a big week like everyone is here on Cape. Those guys may be here as well because it's you know ESPN has a Super Bowl this year. So we have a meeting

6:12tomorrow. I think it's like everyone that works at ESPN to hear about the Super Bowl plans. Right. So I'm going to know the Super Bowl plans Ryan. That's exciting isn't it? It is exciting to be a part of it. You know ESPN's making a big deal. As soon as the Super Bowl ended this past year they started advertising the Super Bowl next year. So when they're trying to make it a huge big deal. I'm sure you and Ryan should be a part of it. The Super Bowl needs a little publicity drew a lot of people haven't heard about it. So that's why we got to make sure we publicize it. Yeah. So you're getting the actual script like you know what's going to tell you all about it. They're going to tell me who's in it. Oh that's awesome. So yeah I don't so that happens and then we have a photo shoot as well. So there's a lot going on and you know I'm excited. It's a little nerve-racking but it's it's fun. But we were still got KSR today and I'll be here all week and we need to start with the win on Saturday. I know that was three days ago. So it feels like it was a few days ago. But it was a I thought an exciting day to be in Lexington. If you listen to my post

7:13game show you heard a lot of my thoughts. I'll summarize quickly. Awesome environment. Beautiful day. And then I thought you know you couldn't ask for a better kickoff to the Stein era and offense that looked competent. It was efficient. Pretty much moved the ball at will on offense and all of the new guys look like they can play Kenny Minchi 18 of 27. I thought made the right decisions only had one or two really bad passes. No turnovers. You got to see you know they didn't have to play CJ backstored much but when they did he looked excellent Jason Patterson played a lot and actually I thought looked really really good. Got to see a lot of receivers including a couple young studs with Darby and Prince Jean. They use the tight ends a lot with Willie Rodriguez and Skinner and just overall feel good day. Now it was hot and there were other things happening which we'll talk about later in the show. But just from a football standpoint Drew I'm not sure you could have come

8:16away much better. I guess your only complaints would be that the defense seemed to give quite a couple long drives to youngstown but you take that little nit picking aside I think it was about as successful as it could have been. I completely agree. I mean, Brungard had a few moments. He made some really nice throws. We saw a good he is but overall you kept him in check. My favorite thing overall like most people is how we started game. We took the ball and scored. I mean we scored on the first five possessions. We treated an FCS defense like an FCS defense or wasn't any wasting time when he playing with our food. Just drove the length of the field and seven plays and put a touchdown on the board. And you know, Minci over 300 yards no turnovers but also as placement all throws look good you had receivers making plays after the catch. It's everything we wanted to see in the nine or eight months waiting up to this moment to actually see the products down brought with it guys being schemed open. You had tight ends making plays. You know from an offensive standpoint I literally have zero complaints. I think they could have scored you know even more if they wanted I think they

9:20agreed. I think offensively it was dominant. Now you could you can argue and I think we we will that the defense there were some concerns but you also remember you're playing one of the two or three best offenses at that level. But you know, I mean, Stein is an offensive coach and we were wondering is this going to look like a great offense and Ryan the early suggestions are it could. Yeah, the fun was back at Kroger field again. And like Drew said you score in your first five positions. You know, every time you touch the ball, you're fine in the end zone C J back to two touchdowns. Nine different receivers catching a pass to tight end get touchdowns to fresh and receivers get touchdowns. I mean, it was just the offense did create a lot of excitement. I think that we can get to look forward to being on down this weekend against Alabama. I have to tell you, I think the thing that I was maybe mo the two things I was most excited about tight ends being involved. We heard every single year of the stoop's air. We're going to get the tight ends involved. Almost never happened. The tight ends combined for eight catches and were open a lot. And then I

10:22loved through these two freshman receivers. I know Prince Jean had only two catches, but one of them the one he scored was electric. And then you can just tell Darby's going to be a superstar. I hope he's a superstar here because I think he's going to be one of those dudes that everybody in the country wants at some point. But man, he was electric and you know, we don't have a lot of guys like that go through this school and to be able to see them in person at a young age. I don't know how you couldn't be excited. Yeah, those two guys looked awesome right away. I mean, that's who you can build an offensive around moving forward. I mean, assuming this continues throughout their freshman year, those guys you can really look forward to for the future beyond this season. And then I'm glad we got to see the other tight end. Remember on the pregame show, I told you skimmers. Yeah, you're all in the skinner. I just kept looking at people and going Drew said Skinner. And then you did. Well, we've all been, it's been Willie, Willie, Willie, all off season. And he's deserved that. He's all SEC. But it's the intention's been on how good Rodriguez is. We haven't talked enough about Skinner and even Boyer who had a 31 yard catch

11:23with him. That whole room is good. And we didn't need long to see that the Skinner Skinner is also a weapon right there with Rodriguez as well. But I mean, both of them led the team and catches Shannon. Are you like me that every time they say Skinner, I think that wrestler in the night. I was thinking about it just then as he said it. I mean, he said that was such a horrible wrestler. He was like supposed to be a Louisiana. I got to get it. Florida crocodile man. Was that what he was? Yeah, I had like the claw around his neck. I look as a necklace. And he had a dip in his mouth. I would be like coming out of his mouth. And he lost. He was the worst guy in the WWF. Yeah. But now, I heard that. That's what I think. But as far as the team itself, like I didn't know what to expect going in. But if you said to me, like, what has to happen for you to remain excited about this team, that was it for me on Saturday. I mean, I think that's a lot was great too. We haven't really mentioned that. Let's talk about the offensive line. I believe I saw a stat. I think it was Justin Rowan said, Ryan, no pressures. Right. None. Yep. They didn't they didn't have one pressure on Kenny Minchi all day. Kenny Minchi was not hit. Right. All day. Now, I know that's

12:28a small defensive line. I get it. But that's still pretty impressive, isn't it? Very impressive for the entire length of the game that Minchi was out there. He didn't nobody laid a finger on him. Nobody got a hand on him. And on the other side, we were running at will. You know, CJ Baxter, and you mentioned Jason Patterson. I thought Patterson looked great. You know, it earns an RB two spot. So the offensive line definitely got a gold star on the side of the day. Now you go to the defense. You know, we stopped them the first drive and then they they had a couple long drives. I the only disappointment to me in the game was the fact that they did that two minute drive at the end of the first half. Our cornerbacks looked weak. But then I heard then, you know, I've sent with Nick Rouse and Adam Luckett who tell me our two best ones didn't play that they were available, but didn't go in the game, assuming they're healthy. Drew, that made me feel better, right? They were they are too. I from what I understand that they were available if necessary, but they didn't want them to have to go. That makes you feel better.

13:29I was a little frustrated. We didn't get a ton of pressure on the quarterback, but then, you know, he's a runner. So they're probably trying to be careful. So I wouldn't give the defense an A, but you know, we did win and we held them to 13 points. Yeah, Nichols didn't play whatsoever. He was a returner. It'll be the best of the bunch. They're going to need him a lot. But then you had a guy like Mick Millen who was barely mentioned at all. He stepped up, played the most snaps of anyone on the team. I mean, it wasn't great, but to go from not even anyone expecting you to play and you take it on that assignment, I thought he played pretty well in that. But the team in tackles. Yeah, some other guys like Aaron Gates is going to have to play better. He was they picked on him a little bit, playing the kind of nickel star position. But overall could be better, but it's not like panic mode for anything. It's hard to grade, playing offense like that because they did keep Brungard in check for the most part. Just didn't get a lot of pressure on him, but that's not how you play him. Now, Ryan, did you go, were you at the game or no? Yeah, we talked up in the press box. No, no, you and Alan Cower talked in the press box. That's right. Shannon, let me just say this. What?

14:33Ryan and Alan Cutler during the game were like the two old dudes in the muppets. That's the word. They really were. Like they, first of all, they put them next to each other in the press box. Bad decision by you. The two of them were just like, I mean, nonstop loud. I mean, I got to hear about more of their medical issues. Like, and I was sitting on the other side of the room. You all were, drew were they not the muppet on the men during the game? There is one point I was talking to Rouse and like it, we were like, we should ask them to say one thing about the game. I bet they couldn't because it was mostly, we're that Tom Nancy Cox got a flat tire in the station and we had to go. We fixed it. It was just telling stories. One after another. People running walk, walking over. They were hugging everyone. They were taking pictures. You would have thought, Shannon, this wasn't a football game. You would have thought it was there like wedding and I've been in those press boxes. Like it's quiet up there too. It's so quiet. You got to talk about these too.

15:35Ryan and Alan Cutler, they were doing their own commentary during the game. They had a podcast going. The LA X-18 history. It was unbelievable. Ryan, you seemed like you were happy though. Very happy. I enjoyed every minute of it. There were two seats to my right. We're open and two seats to his left. We're open. So just two of us. I think I don't know if people didn't want to sit around. Just like, just like this talk. Shannon, the entire press box was full. But they had like multiple seats next to everybody was social distancing from Ryan and that's exactly right. They were like, oh, here, here's the COVID do. Oh, get away from those two. I don't know how I didn't remember you at the game because I couldn't not remember since you were basically the Tom Leach of the press box. Yeah, I left at halftime to go say, you know, the equipment for the post game show. But like this, a lot of the people in the stadium also left at halftime because it was so hot. I saw people struggling to get down. I was 100 people. They said that had a heat exhaustion.

16:35But that girl really had to be treated. Yeah. People get treated hours before the game. Not even like you would say that was the hottest. When I was on the field, that's one of the hottest times I've ever experienced in my life. I don't care what they say. The temperature was. There's temperature. And then what it's like when you're standing right there. And I can see why people did that. But we'll talk about atmosphere, etc. But on a football standpoint, I give the game a minus. And I'm only doing that because of the last drive at the first half. I would give it a otherwise through what would you? I'll give it an a. I took that as, you know, Will's big history, big tradition. I took that as a nod to past regime and past areas of football that we gave up that last touch. But overall, it just looked like a clean product already in week one, especially offensively. And that'll only improve. You know, competition get better. The offense is only going to look better too. I think they look pre stacked. Ryan, what's your grade? Yeah, I like the A minus grade. And I'm going to hold comment on the

17:39defense because I think they just played it so safe. They didn't really, I think, wanted to show Alabama a lot. So they didn't attack, didn't blitz. They just played it really safe defense. I'm going to hold judgment on them. Overall, though, the offense is just going to get better from here on out. Shannon. I'll go with the name as well. I thought that this might actually be a game at half time. It never really was a game from the word go. So I think overall, you got to be happy about it. Yeah, eight five nine two eight 0 2287. Text machine is seven seven two seven seven four five two five four. We're going to take a break. Let us know what you think about the game. We're going to talk about the atmosphere and some of the stuff around it and a crazy weekend in college football that's next on KSA on the new podcast. Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. 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. Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they

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21:53Cranes by Audrement Donald at the Wonderland Bookstore on 14th. That's crazy. I went to the Wonderland Bookstore yesterday and I heard Nora Jones do a reading of Zero Dark Thirty. No way! Look at the last bookstore though. Kim Katrol is reading the guitar tabs of yesterday. A panel of Eurovision participants. And we do a little Halloween sometimes. Does the Pope dress up? He winks on Halloween. It's right up next to the microphone. I hear you get the elbows here. The eyelashes hate each other. You never seen Italy so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween. Listen to artists on artists on artists on artists on the IHERD radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back, Tucky Sports Radio. A592802287 on the text machine. I got this text, which not would not be something I would normally read, but I like the style of this woman. She wrote, Matt, my boyfriend Logan and I've been dating for a couple months. He is a very dedicated KSR

22:54listener. Listen to every episode. We now think it's time to take our relationship to the next level. That used to be Facebook official, but for Logan, I think it would be better to be KSR official. So could you all decide that Jennifer, a Tennessee fan and Logan and Kentucky fan are KSR official on air? I'll do that Drew. You want to call him KSR official, Jennifer and Logan? Yes, as long as both parties agree to this. Yeah, look at this one side. But yeah, assuming both are in. Yeah, let's do it. I don't know that your KSR official until you show up at a KSR remote. Well, they're coming to the Alabama game so you can come Friday. Remember, there you go. Friday, we are at Countryborne boy in Georgetown. That's usually our, if not our biggest remote right there. It's you know, actually it is. It's usually our biggest besides the one at the SEC tournament. It'll be Friday. We do it for the biggest home game. I decided Alabama was the one this year. So you Jennifer and Logan should come to Countryboy Friday in Georgetown. And then you'll be, you'll be good.

23:56Plus she says she's rooting for Kentucky rhyme because as a Tennessee fan, she will not root for Alabama. Well, I would say there's plenty of room in the big blue canoes. So get the dip out of your mouth, Jennifer and come join us. I like skinner. She's being nice. Well, welcome you. Come on, man. She's being nice. I have a story to tell about you, Ryan. I'm going to save it for a little later in the show. But I have one I've been waiting on since Saturday. So just you just not the Alan Keller story. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. But it's very you. And I'm interested in sharing it. So let's, let's talk about the atmosphere at the game. Great crowd. It was nearly full. The top corners were not. Drew, is that the student section up there in the top right? Is that for students or is that like student overflow from the, so the student overflow. They didn't overflow. So I would guess that student. But besides that pretty much full.

24:56It was a wide out. Would we agree the wide out was really successful? It's probably the best our fan base is done when it comes to one of these wide out blue out type things. I was impressed. They kind of came through on Saturday. And the a lot of people committed to the bit. I saw people with like white shoes, white pants, white shirt. It wasn't just like, let me throw in a white t-shirt. It was all out. I wore white, I wore a white t-shirt for the first time since I don't know when. So I followed it. I thought people did a really good job. Lesson there. Drew is tell people in advance. Right? I mean, let them know. And then everybody did it. Yeah. In the past, they'd wait. People are already in the Lexington, having dinner tonight before when they get the news. It's like, well, this is about a pack. So I'm wearing what I got. I just want to see if it's going to work this upcoming weekend. Do you think that's going to work? Well, we'll talk right now. That's, that's going to be tougher. But I'm going to try to make it simple for people. Okay? Because it's because I think we can do it. I do think we can do it. Then it was really hot. I mean, it was really hot. I, Ryan, can you remember

25:56a hotter game in the stadium? Not at Kroger Field. We talked about the one at Papa John's. The first game of Papa John's was ridiculously hot. But that may be the hottest game I can remember at Kroger Field on the field. It was insane and the people, you know, I mean, look, the football stadiums, they kind of retain heat because you're sitting in a little bowl. I a lot of people left. I mean, by the, by the third quarter of the place was essentially empty. But Drew, I don't really blame people because I mean, it was, it was brutal. It was brutal out there. I can't blame them either. Our show ended at 11 a.m. I walked straight to the press box and didn't leave the press box until like an hour after the game. I wanted no part of it. You know, camera people that are on the field during the game were coming up just soaked from sweat. So I stayed out of it in any fans that went home early. I can't blame you. That was a hot day. I can't blame them either. And I don't, it was very empty at the end, but I can't blame anybody. It was dangerous. It was so hot. It was dangerous. Like Shannon said, about a hundred people were treated for heat stroke. It got

26:57dangerous. Yes, it did. So some things, it's some things that worked and maybe some things that didn't. I love the walk out Drew with having Stein walking with the camera on him. I love that idea. It's kind of taking off. Well, Morgan Wall and spend the most recent one to do it. But many years ago, that's right, Shannon, how the rock would come in, you know, coming from the back. And then, I think Bill Clinton did it. Maybe first at the Democratic Convention one year. I love that thing. I think it would be really cool. If as the years go on, former players are behind Neem Drew, you know, like I think it would be cool last time we beat Alabama Tim couch was there. So I'd love when you love to have Tim couch walking with him this week Saturday. Definitely. I would save those for big games like this one, because I think they might run out of people over time. They might. Big nights, certainly Saturday. Have Craig yeast and Tim couch right next to him walking out. Have them or you know, I mean, there's there people you could do at least for a while. They need to fix the execution a little. Then they cut away from

27:59him to music and it just kind. I don't know if that worked, but the idea of having the coach walk out, I think is actually a really cool idea. Probably just need to refine it. The biggest complaint most people have was the sound system. It's weird because again, I was on the field for a lot of the game and it sounded great, but I think it all depended on where you were. There were people who wrote me and said, I thought it was the best that I'd heard. There were people that wrote me and said, I couldn't hear one thing. And I talked to somebody afterwards with UK who said, look, the acoustics of the place are hard. And the problem is we can't even test it because the acoustics change when there are people there. So like it can sound really good when it's empty. Then when people are there, it sounds different. And so I think it's going to be a game by game thing. I think what's clear is that for a lot of people, it didn't work Saturday and they couldn't hear the new announcer who I really liked her. But I think a lot of people couldn't hear Will Stein's dad. I

29:01think a lot of people couldn't hear him. The music, I think you said Shannon sound like an old car where you just had a lot of bass. And you know, hopefully I think they really want to improve it. I'm told a complete overall, which is what the stadium needs will cost a ton of money and they just can't do that right now. And so Drew, I think they're trying to make the best of what they can. Yeah, you're right about how it was different everywhere too. Some people said they only heard music. Some people didn't hear any music. Just they got to get this figured out. We've been having this conversation for 20 years. I think somehow it might have gotten for some people worse. So, you know, I don't know what to say because otherwise, I thought they did a lot of cool stuff. And I think you're going to see more of it Saturday against the band. We'll take your call. I five nine two eight, oh 2287. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney called TJ. He'll make them pay. Now more Kentucky sports radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. So, he didn't play this. Drew, did you miss it? Oh, they played it later in the game. They didn't walk out to it. Right. So, they kept it around.

30:05When did they play it? Second half. Fourth quarter. They're going in the fourth quarter. Yeah, I left. I left at that point. If I've nine two eight, oh 2287, when person writes, man, I didn't think our crowd was very loud. Why do you think that is? I thought it was loud at the beginning. And then I do think they dissipated and noise, but Ron, it was so hot. I mean, like it sucks the energy out of you. I can't really play. The crowd showed up. And I think everything after that, you just have to blame on circumstance. That's really nobody's fault. Yeah, I think the energy level was pretty good. The start of the game. The team came out. The first couple of drives, but like you said, then it just got was so hot and we were scoring every position. The energy level dropped a little bit, but I was still overall pleased with our crowd on Saturday. Another person writes, Matt, are you surprised? They played Alex Safari. I was a little bit, Drew, just because they didn't play until the third quarter. I guess they're just trying to get him involved, but that means they're going all in. I think we're going to see him all season. Yeah, once he was on the field, you've rolled the dice. I guess they feel good about it now.

31:08I think you had like three snaps. I might have played more than that, but I understood holding them back because other guys spent all of camp preparing to be in that spot while he sat on the sideline. Now he'll probably be ramped up for a bamo, but at least we want understood, you know, a slow bring back every set out waiting on a decision. Once you play, you're making the decision to play. There were other schools that played guys like that. I think Ole Miss did as well. So I think they probably collectively believe Ryan that the SEC is going to allow guys like that to play. So I think that's probably why they felt okay about it. Well, when you asked Jay bat on the pregame show, he was very adamant. Oh, yeah, he is rostered. And almost implied that he is going to play. We're going to play that guy. And as good as Bo Barnes played at Middle Linebacker. You had Alex Safari, all of a sudden, my backer core. Now we got something. You're right. Yeah, you're you're exactly right. 859, 280, 2287. I'm going to talk about, by the way, we got to talk about the Michigan game, Niles, you game, Louisville, etc. One piece of news before we go the phones, UK has announced

32:12John Palumbo will be the new deputy athletic director. He looks like he will basically be the number two at UK, kind of in charge of fundraising. This is not this is not the Palumbo's here. So I initially so that people like member Jennifer's on TV and Joey and there are a lot of people know the Palumbo's. And they have a son named John and John is a house last week. They have a son named John. That's right. So a lot of people I think thought that that's who it was. This is not as far as I know not related to the Lexington Palumbo's, but he comes from Michigan state with J bat. He was part of the group that set up the entity that essentially UK has with champions blue. They had that at Michigan state and he will be in charge of fundraising. I don't know anything about him beyond. If you're going to hire the Michigan state AD and his expertise is fundraising. Then Drew, I think it makes sense to hire his fundraiser, right? I think that makes probably a lot of sense.

33:13Yeah, and this was expected. I didn't know who it was, but you know, you usually bring your right hand man when you take a job like this. I mean, Mitch Barnhart did it when he took the job 20 something years ago. And now we have Jay Bats guy. He was even with him at Georgia Tech. They've they've been on the timeline for a while, not just in Michigan state same timeline. So not surprise. He brought his guy over because this is what you do. And now we're finding out who he really is. That's exactly right. So sounds exciting. Jay bat was really good on the pregame show for those of you that heard it. We had a big crowd out there with us too, but that was I thought it was great for him to come on. And you know, I watched him a lot of Saturday. He was walking around talking to fans, taking pictures. I mean, he was out there amongst them. And I think that's what you want to see. So I thought that was a great start as well. Who's up first, Shannon? Joey. Joey, go ahead, Joey. Hey guys, I was just calling say a Kentucky 27th, Alabama 24th. My big concern is any man she when he gets under pressure because he absolutely had no pressure on him at all. And I

34:17think it's when you see a quarterbacks real play when they're out of rhythm. But the next thing I want to say is you wish you've been out of it. You wish you've been out of rhythm more. No, no, I think that's when you see a quarterback how good they really are when they're a little out of rhythm. Yeah, when when people get to them more, you know, he did great. Yeah, you know, he did great. But the Michigan game was a joke and the same Michigan fans stormed the field after they cheated a little team like that. That was that was hilarious. Yeah, well, I mean, sit you on. I appreciate call. Let's just get to it. Thank you. I'm not sure the last time I've been more mad. I've been in the game. I didn't have anything to do with or care about than that one. I felt such a sense of injustice watching that game. As I watched them, I was watching it with Hubby at my house and as soon as they put that second off, Hubby goes, they're going to score right here. And then they did. And he literally just got up drew, walked out and got an Uber and went home. I think it

35:22disgusted him that much. And it kind of disgusted me. I was so frustrated. It felt like it was such a sense of unfairness that had occurred. And then of course, it's embarrassing that they that they stormed the field. I mean, that's just embarrassing. Same time, it's hard to tell kids not to storm the field. So, but it is embarrassing for Michigan that they did that. Now, the big 10 is put out an explanation. They've said there's a clock that we don't see. There's a new clock. That's not our clock that people on TV don't see. See why. I've been watching college football in sports in general. I had no idea there was a secret clock that was not synced up to what everybody was watching on TV. It's the first time I've ever heard of such a thing. It's very convenient that it happened here too. Well, it also shouldn't exist. I mean, Shannon, even if we were to suggest that what they're saying is true. Okay. You can't have that because you're going to get this exact situation where people assume one thing and it's not true. I find it to be completely bogus though.

36:26First of all, if that was true, why did it take them an hour and a half to put out the statement? Right. They didn't put that statement out for an hour and a half. They had to think of a good excuse. They had to think of something, right? They had to go, well, we're going to say. And then, you know, there were no replays that suggested it. There's that one replay of the guy on the field showing a fan through his camera thing. But why does that guy have a replay that TV doesn't have? I just, it's not, it's nonsense. And also you'll never make me believe that if it was the other way, they would have put another second on for Western Michigan. Does anybody think that would know? Never, never. I was so mad. And I was too, I have no thoughts about Western Michigan going into that game. Oh, Michigan. I don't even dislike Michigan, but I was so mad. It just, like, it was like it ripped at my sense of internal fairness. I get really mad when I think people are not being fair to people. It's probably what causes me sometimes to yap at folks or to be

37:29snippy on Twitter. I just hate unfairness. And that felt so unfair, Ryan. I cannot think of a game at any point where it felt more unfair, even with like a foul call, there's a level of judgment, right? Or, or, but this just felt like the proof is there and you're being unfair and I'm angry. And I can't remember the last time I've been that upset about a game. They, they stole that game from Western Michigan kids and they deserved it. They played that good enough. They should have won the football game, which by the way, their number one receivers from Frederick Douglass, Avion Chinat for Western Michigan. That was right. Yeah. But like the only thing other game I can think it was the 1972 Olympics in the Russians. Yeah, people, I wasn't around then, but I could see why that, but even with that in some ways, you're like, well, it's the cold war. It's like, why are you going to pick on Western Michigan? Yeah, exactly. I mean, they earned the right to win that game. Their head coach was way more classy about after the game that I could have been. I'm actually mad at him. Yeah. He needs to have

38:32been madder. Is it okay? It happens. No, it doesn't. The president got up there was like the explanation feels right to me. You got to wonder how much did they donate to Western Michigan in I.O. Yeah, they got like over a million dollars to play Michigan. I have to, well, that may be part of it. They don't want to like not get to play them again, because it's probably such a huge part of their budget. Yeah. But I can tell you, Drew, I would have been making a scene. I would have made a complete scene. And I would have been madder if I was the coach after I saw the replay, then I would have even been on the field. I'm with everybody else. I was so mad about it. Sunday morning, I'm like staring at my scrambled eggs like I can't believe they did that to Western Michigan. That's night. I would have been like Mike Davis running out on the court. The Kentucky game. But let me, but why do you think guys? Because we all had this reaction. Literally, hubby got up and ordered new brand walked out. He was so mad. Why do you think it offends us so much that that happened? Cause it's the little guy. The little guy got beat down by

39:35them by the man and Michigan's the big ugly man in this system. Our massive upset. It was going to be the talk of college football for the right reason. Instead, it's for the wrong reason, because they get to get over. And they just looked like the better team. Their coach was so calm and collected to the very end. You're like, man, they just deserve this. You just tell about looking at them. Also, just being in state, if it was Western Carolina versus Michigan, you might not be as mad, but it's like they're in the big house. Half of them probably were Michigan fans. Right. And I think part of it is with all that was going on leading up to the first game where like, there was all this already felt players going to play and lane kiffin doing lane kiffin things and all that. It had felt like sort of the icky side of college sports had been really prominent. And Ryan, here was a chance to have like what's great about college sports, right? To get a moment like that. Like that's in part why the games are so great. You can get moment. You can't get that in pro sports. There's no equivalent of Western Michigan beating Michigan in pro sports. Cause everybody's really good and everybody's making money. But in college sports that can still

40:39happen. Unfortunately, in basketball, we've been on the wrong side of it a couple of times. But there's a reason why people like St. Peter's and Oakland winning. And here it was after a week of nonsense. Here it is. And then it felt like it just got taken from them. And all the things people say about college sports were proven to be true. And I think that's partially why I bothered me too. I hadn't thought about that angle, but you're right. You know, Michigan's NIL budget. I'm sure there are players on that team that makes more than some coaches on the Western Michigan staff. You know, they may have so much money in their program and their players are making. So here's little bitty brother from down the road going to come in in your house and punk you like that. They should have got they should have got the win. Yeah. I'm still mad. I'm just got worked up again about it, Janet. I was I mean, I don't know for it. But I really and I don't believe their explanation. I mean, I, I just I don't believe it. And even if it happened, Jen, just let it go. No, would anyone have been mad if they just said the clock was out. Nobody would have been mad. No, I mean, even Michigan fans would have been like, we got beat. We got beat. Yeah.

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45:58I have to cut the last bookstore though. Kim Katrol is reading the guitar tabs of yesterday. A panel of Eurovision participants. And we do a little Halloween sometimes. Does the Pope dress up? Hi he he winks on Halloween. It's right up next to the microphone. I hear you get the elbows here. The eyelashes hate each other. You never seen it least so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween. Listen to artists on artists on artists on the I heard Radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back Tuggy Sports Radio. 8592802807. One person writes, my mom went to Western Michigan. My dad went to Michigan. We watched the game together and see only time in my life I've ever seen my mom cuss my diet out. Good for her! She should have. I'll cuss your dad out. I need to be cussed out. And then when they storm the field, what goobers?

46:58That's the one. I don't know what's more embarrassing. The revs getting it wrong right over the fans. The fans are pretty embarrassing. I mean you beat Western Michigan. They just lost. This is worse. You know, like people are saying, well Matt, what about the when they gave the technical and Isaac Humphries or the calls that Higgins made in games? That's different though because like that's my team. I've never had a moment where I cared about a game that I don't care about more than this. Plus those are also judgment calls to some extent. Yeah, yeah, technical is a judgment call. Yeah, but that was not we could all see it was zero. Yeah, we could like you say when's the ones that you've ever heard of a secret clock being used in a college football game? Just see if we just making stuff up. There's a secret clock. Did you notice last night? I know it was a power outage, but they had a little thing on there that says this is not the official game clock. Like now they got to put that. They need to put that on air. Wow. From here on out now. They may have to. Yeah.

47:59Pairing the NFL, if there's a clock difference, the league is told to go with the one on TV. You got to see what the most people are watching because that's so if you want people to not think you're cheating. Yeah. Yeah. I hate the secret clock makes me so much secret clock. How can we not sync up this? How can we not sync up two clocks in 2026? We can't figure it out. You know right now in this studio, there's a clock here. Yeah. And it's the universal clock. Let's see if you got the same thing I'm looking at right now. What is yours? I got 10 52 31 32 exactly. That's exactly 10 52 37 38 38 39. Okay. So I'm in Bristol, Connecticut and you're in Louisville. Yeah. And we have the exact same clock. Yeah. This is the clock used on all broadcasts in America radio. If you were to right now go to a clock in in you know new Haven or in Georgia, everybody's got to same clock. How can they not have the same clock at a game? It's a great question. They have the secret clock.

49:01We don't have we can't look at that clock. The super secret clock. Yeah. He'll unbelievable. All right. One person writes I want to know what Shannon thinks about Kirk Herb Street having a store in order for people to buy products from his dog. Well now Billy would hate this but I love it. I'm for it. I'm a dog person. I'm for it. I'm for it. I'm on for it. Yeah. As long as the money goes back to buying things for Peter, I don't want Kirk Herb Street dipping his grubby hands in there. Yeah. I need to go for dog food dog treats. A dog sweater dog toys. I don't want Herb Street getting any amount of this in I own money. I'm gonna have to whisper this because of where I am Drew. I'm way there's been way too much Peter. The dog. I'm way out on the street. I'm with you. I'm so far out. Why? Why? Why? Why do we why do we say it's a dog Drew? Why do we have to see his dog and everything? I love dogs. And I don't mind that Kirk travels with this dog.

50:04Why do we need a store with merch for this dog? And is there anyone in the world who wants Peter merchant nice like at the end of the day? Are they just boxing all this up and realizing they made $14 that day at the at the pop-up shop? What's the shirt? I mean, does it say Peter on it? I don't know. But they bring his dog like I don't get it. Can you imagine like if you were having a news report about the Iran war and the and the anchor just also had his dog sitting there? I mean, why? I think I'm just a fine I'm sure it's a wonderful dog. He's a good boy but you know what it doesn't mean he has to be on the screen. Well, they've made him into a character at this point, you know. But he doesn't talk. He barks. Remember at the Super Bowl he was in a little car. He wasn't even walking. He was being paraded around like a little hot will. Would you Ryan your dog guy? Would you buy Peter the dog merchandise? I'm a major dog person but I would not buy anything from another dog. Now we'll say this.

51:08I was excited when Elizabeth Warren brought her dog to that pep rally up in Iowa. That's just because you wanted to pet it. I did. And if it hurt her street was around and Peter was there, I would want to go up and get Peter on TV. Would you wouldn't want to watch Elizabeth Warren's dog on television? No, it's little overkill. They put him in their opening segment. They showed him sitting there and all nice and pretty with a little hat on. Yes, a hat on. Stop. Who's up next? Let's go to Brett. Hey, Brett. Go ahead, Brett. Hey, what's up fellas? Great sports week in UK this week. I don't know if you'll see Jay bad at the volleyball game at Regalitville but that was sweet. I was wanting to know since they bat got hard. Is there any other university across the board just based on athletics as good as Kentucky with dinner for the volleyball and football, Pope baseball, track and field even.

52:11There are some. I mean, you know, I think you got. Ford is good at a lot of sports. Alabama's good a lot of sports. Michigan's good a lot of sports. I mean, but we're certainly. I mean, I appreciate the call. We need to be better at football and basketball before I do that. And women's bat. I mean, look, we've been good at all these sports. But we're not winning titles in any of these sports. Except volleyball. volleyball is our only one. The national power. I think if you could get the basketball team to where it was historically. And the football team could get to where it was at the best of the stoop's era, then drew. I think you'd have an argument. But right now it's a little tough with both those programs having struggled. To agree, I mean, we're better off than a lot of places, but we have a lot of winning to still do to fit the description he had. Yeah. Right now volleyball is

53:14the best program on campus. Yeah, it's tracking field. Maybe second. Yeah, and it's kind of not close to be honest with you right now. We'll take a break. Come back. Hour number two. It's KSI. Hi, this is Kylie breakman, Angela Gerrata, Jeremy Colhand, Patrick McDonald. And we're the hosts of the artist on artist on artist on artist podcast. The improvised character comedy podcast were each week a new panel of artists discuss their craft. Join us for a panel of Eurovision participants. And we do a little Halloween sometimes. Does the Pope dress up? He, he winks on Halloween. It's right up next to the microphone. You get to, I hear you get the elbows here. The eyelashes hit each other. You never seen it least so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween. Listen to artists on artists on artists on artists every Thursday on the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude

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