9-4-2026 - KSR - HOUR 1

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3:13And yet I was worried about the heat. I was worried they put us in one of their, what do you call these barns? I mean I know it's a barn but does it have a phrase in the... Drime barn. In the Drime barn here in right outside of Lebanon. Guys Ryan Limon drew Franklin and Shan the dude. He gave Shan the Clarks pump a chop phone line 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-7745254 and this edition sponsor about a TJ Smith Law office. We call TJ El-Macon Pay. Drew Hemp as far as the eye can see. Yeah it's a very cool scene here. I remember last time we did it out there, understand while we're inside today but it feels very, very Kentucky here in Lebanon with the big hemp fields stretching. It does and when you're in Lebanon that means you're in Marion County which means ham and they have country ham. I just gave Mario his first ever bite of country ham. What do you think of it? Feed him. Yes. I didn't feed it to him. I just showed him where it was. But this I will say Ryan I think from a country ham perspective the best country ham I've

4:16had is in this county every time we come here. We've been here several times. We've been here out the farm a couple times. We come down to ham days every year. We'll be here again in a few weeks for him. Up for him. And that's Cedarwood Country Biscuit Sandwood. Country ham Biscuit Sandwood. Which is like the best any of us is ever. He really is and they've got him over here for everybody along with Cordbread THC Seltzer. This is going to be a very there's a lot of stuff to discuss today. A lot of it kind of in the last 12 hours some positive some negative some I think you're going to this would be one of those days you're going to need to be on your phone today to keep up with all the tattening. Let's just go over big picture. What's all the tattening? Kentucky place tomorrow gets young Stan State. And kicks off at one o'clock our pregame shows at nine for the first time since in nine years we're going to be doing our pregame show at the stadium. We've always well we kind of got kicked out of the stadium when I took hey Kentucky however many years ago that was so that was. Man that was about not actually I was long yeah 10 years ago. Then they wouldn't let us do it do it there anymore.

5:18We have been invited back which is very nice. The last time we were in the KS bar the opening of the KS bar side won't be till next week. So we're going to be out there. We're going to be live next to the catwalk which means we will get to broadcast the catwalk which we haven't done in a long time. What I think will be a huge catwalk tomorrow. One of my favorite points when we used to do the pregame show there was in Commonwealth Stadium was during the catwalk and how Patrick Coles would go the other side of the catwalk just to avoid me. You send me out in the middle of Nadeus some interviews. He would see me coming and what your best memory is. Yes him. I'm not avoiding you. Yep. I'm trying to chase him every game that year. I tend to think of it a little differently Drew. I think of it about being with Jared Lorenzo and how excited he would be at the catwalk and watching everybody come in and stoop and bints and all those guys really excited to get to be there tomorrow. Me too. I love doing the shows at the bar and I'm excited to get started doing those again this season. But I miss the old tailgating shows being their part of the environment. I love tailgating. We don't really get to do it as much with this job. But when we're doing the radio show there it does feel like we're a part of it.

6:19And I'm excited that we get to do it tomorrow. This will be their second catwalk of the year. They've already done a catwalk in that mock game that they did last week and Will stunts to take the earbuds out. You don't have any earbuds in. I want you going over interacting with the fans. You're just bumping. So I like that. No, get off your phones. Yeah. Your headphones out and we're there to greet and meet the fans. All right. Just got I have an update to my update. Oh my. Rick do you have breaking news? That's not scoop. That's the breaking news. But Barthie. Wanting a nah. There you go. Yeah. Melon Montelevich of UK. Originally the university had thought had broken his index finger. Further test this morning it's determined not broken. Just severely jammed and he will be back shooting hopefully by the end of next week. That's great news. So that is great news. What looked like bad news. Drew they went and did more tests.

7:20Now good news. See always got to get a second opinion. Love that. They shared the photos from the football field yesterday two days ago. Yes. And he had a big split. That looks pretty concerning on him. But just being jammed back to shooting next week with still a couple months before the season. That shouldn't be too much of a concern. Hopefully no lingering issues just being jammed. That's great news. That was not the news. When I pulled up here in the car. So I'm glad that the further test ended up being in up being what it is. Yeah. The index finger on his shooting hand. I guess you look cause for concern. It's so far out. If you're going to get it. If it's going to happen. Happen now before the season gets ready to start. But glad to see it's not broken. It have all the things too. I mean losing Mark Mitchell and you're going to rely on Montelevich so much to shoot this season. He's the one guy you definitely can't have injured. Yeah. Listen. That's great news. It is on his shooting hand and his index finger which I would say is a little bit more. I would say is along with your middle finger probably the most important fingers when you shoot. But with that said, if it was broken he wasn't going to be allowed to shoot for four to six weeks from what I was told.

8:24Now if the equally is exciting to me is the difference between jammed and broken is the fact that he's going to be able to shoot it. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, what I'm worried about the timeline is if it's broken you have ligament damage that could mess with your fill and your release. But just jammed. You think that he'll right back to where it was. So that's awesome news. That's that's great news. So make sure. And here's just a social media question. I put the update by retweeting my original one. But I don't want to freak people out who only see the original one. Which should I delete the original one or leave them both up? I put the original tweet saying he broke his finger. Yeah. And then quote tweeted it and said update. So you leave them both. Yeah. Okay. I would. I think way me if people don't understand it. But Twitter who cares to see how the one person freak out and then it comes out. I mean, they did think it was broken. I mean, at last night I was told it was broken. And then this morning told again it was broken. But I guess they did another round of tests and it's not. So that's really good news. Because I was kind of bummed out about that football.

9:25Those of you that followed all that happened with LSU yesterday. Let me tell you how it applies to Kentucky. We'll talk about LSU later. Alex Safari. If he lived in Louisiana, would now be able to come well actually technically can play football now in Kentucky. Right. The court has said Alex Safari can play. He is now ruled that he can play. However, the SEC is going to appeal that. But there's a timeline coming. Kentucky has to release their official rosters for the season today. So does LSU by the way. The universities have to make a decision about what they're going to do. Are they going to put these kids on the roster, risk the wrath of the SEC on Kentucky and Louisiana. And I believe one other state. I'm not mad. I'm not sure which one. Maybe South Carolina. They all have to go ahead to do it. But that could be appealed. That could be flipped. And the SEC is insinuating that if you put these guys on the roster, they're going to punish you.

10:25Unless courts tell them not to. So you're essentially risking the season on whether you could lose on appeal. But right now the court say you can play. I'm told the SEC and schools are scrambling right now. Because the schools are like, are you really going to punish us? But what if we win the case is blah blah blah. They have to decide this afternoon. If you were Kentucky, would you put Alex Safari on the roster, assume you went on appeal. Or if you don't put him on the roster, let's say you went on appeal. And then he can't even play anyway. And you have wasted all that time. What do you do in big field? I got a question for you first. Okay. What's the punishment if he's just on the roster but doesn't play? Good question. He, from what I understand, no punishment in terms of games. Right? Because you don't aren't punished if you, if you don't play. But the SEC, if you read their little thing, they first said they were like, if you try to play them. So I think there's a worry that the SEC, while they wouldn't lose the games, the SEC might punish them anyway.

11:30This is one of these things, Drew, where I feel like if all the schools came and agreed they were going to do it, then the SEC's not going to kick everybody out. Yeah, but you don't want to be the only one to do it. Right. So I don't know. I definitely put them on the roster. I don't play them this week and I just hope it's all ironed out by week two with Alabama. But I'm definitely putting them on the roster, having uniform and class ready to go. For the moment, we feel good enough to actually check them into the game. If they truly punish them for putting his name on a piece of paper with a number and not actually put them in the game, that seems outrageous to me. I agree. So I kind of don't think they would do that. I'd roll the dice with at least having them in uniform and ready to go. I don't think of far, I don't think there's any plan to play a farry tomorrow. But I do think there's a sense of if they could play him against Alabama, they'd like to. So, but the rosters come out, the official rosters have to be seen in this afternoon. And I'm told we may not know until the moment the roster comes out, whether or not he ends up on it. And they may be waiting to decide until that moment. Hearing what you're saying today, the good always the bad in my mind.

12:30The good is if he becomes eligible, you've got him on the roster, you can play him. And maybe they have, if he's on the roster and never plays and they find Kentucky, I mean, it's just kind of going to just a slap on the rim. I mean, if you want to play him, you have to put him on today. If you don't put him on today, then he's not eligible to play. And so I'm with you, I'm with you Drew and I feel like you got to put him on and then just see. Because otherwise you're just giving up on it. Think about it if you're him. You're like, I'm either going into the workforce or I'm probably making a couple hundred grand and getting to play football. I think it's more than a couple hundred grand. Whatever it is. You have so much at stake and no control over it. You're just waiting for someone to tell you if you're able or not. I would say it's more like, it's just a guess, but an educated guess. I think it's more like he'll find out this afternoon and my making half million dollars or my making nothing. Good day. I know, yeah, I'm with you guys. I'm putting him on the roster. I'm calling their bluff. You get LSU bringing in a couple of pro players.

13:30So if LSU hasn't decided that either. LSU has to decide the same thing and remember LSU's guys are a whole other level than a Fari because they sign contracts. Yeah, let's put them on the roster. Like Ryan said, if you get a little slap on the wrist a little bit of a fine. It's not that big of an issue at the end. You think that's what the pun if it would be like just a fine. Here's what this is just Matt Jones. This is not a sore. This is Matt Jones read on it. I think they're going to sit there and go. All right, LSU would get it worse than us because they're taking guys who actively sign contracts. I think Kentucky's going to sit there and go, all right, if LSU does it, then we'll do it. But we don't want them not to do it. And then where they only want. Right. I think it's like you're standing on the edge of the clip and go, you jump first. No, you jump first. Yeah. And I think that's kind of what we're, I think my, here's my guess. If LSU does it and remember LSU went to court yesterday. So you got to think they're going to do it. Then I would say UK does it. I think if LSU doesn't, then I don't think UK will. Do you think there's any chance that if Mitch Barnhart were still a athletic director that they would go ahead and put them on there?

14:33There is no chance. If Mitch Barnhart was the athletic director, there is no chance we would have tried with Mark Mitchell. Yeah. And there is no chance through we would have done this in my opinion. No. Being the long time SEC guy and Mr. NCAA, he was going to do exactly what he was told by those organizations. I mean, you've seen in 24 hours the difference between Barnhart and Bat. The bourbon thing. Yeah. And that does not happen if Mitch Barnhart's here. And then this, they would not, they would not be trying to push this right now. And Bat put out like, what was it called from the desk of J. Bat? We got like a J. Bat. Yeah, he put out a big email. Yeah, I have all this stuff. So yes, I think you're seeing the, I do not believe we would be even thinking about it. Yeah, I think he's going to put fans first and foremost right now. The email yesterday was a perfect example of that. If you're Kentucky, one of the likely you're not going to make the playoffs. If you're LSU, you got a chance to make the playoffs. Is that why you need to keep your eye on what they do a little more with these?

15:34No, I think LSU's guys are a lot more against the rules than a Fari. Because they're transfers and because they sign deals, where's a Fari played here? And just wants to come back and play a fifth year. So I think Kentucky would take the view. They're going to get it worse than we get it. So we'll give it a shot. That's at least that's at least my read on it. But we will find out by the end of today. And then by the way, I do think it's important. A lot of people, and I know I'm one of these. You're like, gosh, how many more of these hearings and court appearances that all this can happen? I think through when the games kick off tomorrow, this stuff all fades to the background. Like you got your team at five o'clock today, one way or the other. Oh, yeah, when we're a Kroger field tomorrow, that's the second quarter and we're up by 48. I'm not going to have one. Yeah, I'm not going to have one thought about anything we've gone through. 48. Yeah, we got that new kicker. 47. I'm not going to think about the chaos of the last two months with Mark Mitchell, Fari, all of it.

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20:44Our hometown is not a test tube. You feel like you're standing in opposition to an entire administration. Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now did you? Listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back it is Kentucky Sports Radio, 8592802287. Text machine 772 7745254, one person rights mat. There you go again trying to get everybody scared on the finger. You should have just waited. The same person and I consider both the source to be 100% more knowledgeable than everyone else involved. The same person told me both stories. So I think they think what I said is literally what happened. They thought it was broken and then they realized it was not. And so that's good. Jeff Goodman saying it happened a month ago. I'd heard it happened in the last practice. So I don't know when the last practice was. Drew, do you? Would it have been a month ago? Yeah, it's been home for a little while.

21:44So that may very well be possible. There's going to be a talking point. There's multiple photos of him in a split now. Yeah, I mean they took pictures of him in a split. Yeah, I'm actually surprised they did that. Normally they're very intentional. Yes they are. But goes on social media. Yeah, well in general better for the university to put this stuff out. And then people don't speculate right? I always wanted to, they have to wait till the swelling goes down sometimes when they do their x-rays. Yeah, I'm not, I don't know, I'm not a finger guy. But that's so what did the first x-ray they thought it was broken? I have no idea. I don't know what now it's part of his x-rays. You heard exactly what I, you know, you may be surprised. I did not go to medical school. But it seems odd. Yeah, if I'm not, well either way, big important news of it is that looks like going to be okay. I'll be okay. I will say though, if you miss his shots early in the season, you know Shannon everybody's going to be like, that is at the finger. And he's at the finger. The finger didn't totally heal. We're a healthy season for the basketball team.

22:45He said, post at such bad luck. Yeah, it's been awful. I mean, you, I mean, you, I'm losing your point guard two years in a row. First year losing your point guard and your backup point guard. Yeah. And then you end up with your backup point guard in prison a year and a half later. Like it's been not exactly a great row thing of luck. Yeah, it's almost Shannon like we shouldn't have brought that in. Yeah, almost like we said this was going to happen. And almost they did that. And you laughed at Annabelle and made fun of the day. You really, you really think this is because of Annabelle? Well, I mean, you didn't apologize. So I'm just saying I did apologize later in the year. I think that you've badgered me into it. Let's talk about tomorrow 85928020287. We've, we've wondered for eight or nine months what Will Stein was going to be like. What his team's going to be like. We will see it tomorrow. I think people who go to the game any of you all go into the game. Oh, quite a few of you. I think you all that go to the game are going to see Commonwealth Stadium is going to look different. Honestly, it's going to look like it got a big repair job.

23:46It's cleaner. I think they they have I'm told the sound has been improved not quite where they want it to be. But then it is better than it's been. We'll see when we get there. I'm when we were out there a few weeks ago. I just felt like it looked fresher and kind of newer. And I think that's how feels sort of Ryan for the whole football program. It just feels like a fresh new revitalization. They've spent a lot of money to get it ready. We talked about the added more chair back seats for the fans. That's right. They've improved the video board. You said they improved the audio systems. I mean, they put a lot of money into making a better fan experience. Now I've traded time to suit it up. Let's go play. We're going to be color coordinated. Every game has a strike. So tomorrow is what? Why not? Why not? Why not? You're going to the game. You're supposed to wear white. Because you can't do it after Labor Day. So you have to do it now. That's a great point. And are you excited about the White Out? I am. I don't think I have a white UK T shirt. White's a tough one. Like that's a tough one. Because I don't have much white either. I'll be participating though. Like Shannon said, there's one every week.

24:47Like go ahead and set your outfits out now. You know like first day of school. We lay them on the ground. Like a shape of a body. You should have your whole schedule laid out right now. I think I have a white UK T shirt. True, you could just wear his white Loretta Lynn shirt there. It would fit right in technically. It doesn't have to be UK. I may have to wear a white linen shirt. Is that bad? I don't think I have a free little loom type of like a like a button up. I don't think I have anything else. And Jay Bat told us everybody to one extra thing. So I think we should all wear white pants. We got white hat. Like Rick Patino. White dress. Yeah. Whatever. Where at all? Are you excited for tomorrow? I'm very excited for tomorrow. I think you know our program last couple of years have kind of had. Got us all very, very frustrated as fans. I'm excited that we got a new system, a new corner. Brand new quarterback, Planey's first ever start. You know yesterday. All that excites me. And we go into the game. Honestly, relatively healthy. If you remember over the years, we've lost. Had a lot of injuries in preseason camp. This year the backup running back. Got injured.

25:47But you know we're going to apparently have a different kicker. Although it's hard to register with kickers sometimes how important. But I don't feel like Drew. There's been a whole lot of other injuries that normally we sort of play a fall camp. They had a lot of guys come in with injuries and they sent them out. As far as actual new injuries popping up, they were pretty fortunate. With so many guys like Baxter, the running RB1. The moment you have a cushion, I'm sitting him down. Same if Anderson, the receivers in the game. We have a lot of fragile players that we would hate to waste when we're up by 47 in the second quarter against Junsu. All right. So where are we going to have a cushion? I did a little Youngstown State research yesterday. You know they have their quarterback is the preseason Heisman leader for FCS. He's the reigning Heisman. He's already got one of them. We've got one preseason choice for number two. They are predicted at least in my pick six magazine. They're predicted fifth in the FCS, which would be just for comparison sake.

26:51The highest they finish since like their glory days in the 90s. They're supposed to be pretty good. They got two guys on defense who are FCS preseason first team all American. You know, we're going to be better. We're going to be talented. Is there any part of you Ryan that's a little bit worried that like we picked a Patsy, but we picked maybe a good Patsy? I think Kentucky guys are still bigger, faster, stronger, and that will eventually win out in the second half. But I've said a couple times this week, I won't be shocked if it's a little uncomfortably close by half time. I'm maybe like you know 10 point edge for Kentucky, but it could be a little closer than fans want because this is a good football team when playing. You make it so I guess the Patsy, Clonopatsys. I guess the greatest Patsy we could possibly play. Well, I mean, I think if you're going to play an FCS team, there ain't many better you could play. There's, there's, they're fifth. So there's four teams better. Well, and there are, and, and they're better than some division like FBS teams.

27:52I mean, they, I don't know how many, but they're better than some of them. Yeah, well, we got to tell schedule ahead. And if we can't beat Youngstown State, we got big problems on our hands. I agree. I agree. Close at half time. I agree. I guess I would say this no, Drew. All right, you want to feel good about it. How many of the gross guys on that roster could play at Kentucky? I mean, normally the answer would be zero. Now it's probably four, maybe five. Yeah, they have an NFL lineman. Yeah, they have an inbacker. But that's more than you would normally play in a game like this. So it's just something that can one of them is their quarterback. It is one of the best teams in quarterback. You could play in the spot. But if you're going to be good, you're defensive line and you're offensive line. Even though they're offensive lines got a few studs on it, you should just absolutely have so much overpower on them and be able to dominate this game. I'm joking about being up 47 second half. There will be moments. Brungard will find the end zone at least once, but you shouldn't be concerned about losing to this team. We're going to take a break.

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29:54Mitch McConnell is apparently going to come back, they said, to vote. I think he has been for getting rid of the hemp and then Rand Paul has been trying to save it. And so even our Kentucky people are split. So we need to make sure people have their voices told. I want to talk 8592 80-2287. I want to hear what you all think about the football team. When I talk football and go to the phones, I get silence. I want to hear the excitement that I hope to see at that stadium tomorrow. I'll go to the phones in a second. We do have to talk just a moment. Forgive me here about Matt Bevin. This is an absolutely unbelievable story. An unbelievable story. So Matt Bevin, Jefferson County court, his kid sued asking for saying his dad wasn't was hadn't given him support. The court is deciding I don't think they've made a judgment yet even on on the merits of the case. However they said to Matt

30:56Bevin you have to come to court. You have to come to court which by the way my one piece of legal advice everyone here if the judge says you have to come to court you have to come to court whether you want to come to court or not you can smile there sunglasses. I know you're a Republican I can tell and you're mad I'm bringing this up but it's okay you can smile. Alright so this is because this is a funny story so he had all he has to do is go to court he doesn't do it they put a bench warrant out for his arrest here again if you have a bench warrant out for your rest you got to get that taken care of Ryan Liment you can't just let that go. Ignore it if you're gonna let it go you cannot come back to the state where you have a bench warrant. That seems wise. Go somewhere else. Yeah there's 49 other ones. But if you're gonna come back to the state Shannon. Yes. Probably don't want to go on a movie set. This is the most unbelievable twist. You're a story. You probably want a Lalo. Yeah yeah my man decides not to Lalo. He goes to a

31:56movie set of a Christian movie in Bourbon County starring Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years. The greatest Christmas gift of all. The greatest Christmas gift of all they are they are they are that movie together. Yeah now you would think okay if my man's gonna risk getting arrested a bench warrant he's gonna rest go into the Pokey where he has a six day where he has a six day sentence right now. If he's gonna do all that drew at least he's gonna be a star in the movie. Yeah I mean I would think you would at least you go back in his former state. This has got to be mission. Yeah it's got to be mission impossible or something he's gonna be starring opposite Tom Cruise. Right. No he was an extra in the movie. It's not a cameo extra just gonna be a background actor. My man lives in New Hampshire. He came all the way back to Kentucky to be an extra in this movie where on the set I guess one of the people in the movie called the police and said hey man you know who's here. You'll never believe it. And they

32:59came and they arrested him on the movie set. He has been transferred and he is now in the Jefferson County jail. What an unbelievably absurd story. You heard me say sometimes you can't fix stupid. That's just I can't know that I was should have had that one yesterday. I did. Why didn't we put that one on there. When I first saw the story I before I didn't knew the details I thought what kind of movie is this. These get arrested for to be in just an extra. What kind of movie they shoot over there in Bourbon County. Well there's a lot. What does that matter. Like it was an x rated movie in here. And it was an x rated movie. It's an ex mismovia. I didn't know. He gets arrested for being an extra in a movie. Like what kind of movie is this. It was not because he was in the movie. It was because he had a bench war. That movie is called government daddy. But anyway. I think the worst part of all this whoever cropped his mug shot did him so wrong. If you see his head is like a little bitty bottom right. It makes him look like he's four foot to even though they have this size before. But the

34:00mug shot surreal also. It is a surreal story. And the fact that when he Cooper's in the movie. Well I hadn't thought about when he Cooper in a long time for those of you of a certain age. You remember the one or years like it's when I was a kid when he Cooper was like every kids crushed during those years. I didn't know. Dana come. Callin or something like that. She she was in the movie. I made up a scenario in my head as soon as I saw this. He's in New Hampshire. He grew up loving her had a crush on her. He's like this is my chance. I can go back to Kentucky. Be an extra extra. I named drop that I was the governor. We run away back to New Hampshire. You think it was like him. I have way through his plan. You know, I mean that's not a crazy. I see. Not what his plan was. I mean like he is single now. I could have seen that being the opening to me. This whole story sounds like it could be a movie internet of itself. And I'll tell you like as somebody who has done extra work and movies. It's terrible. You work for 12 hours. You get paid maybe 300 bucks a day. It's not that great at all. I just can't believe that he would be an extra in a movie. And he would risk getting arrested.

35:03Why? Do it. Yeah. Like there's so many details that are like what? Unmoved. What do you tell your your cellmate? Like I was doing a hallmark movie with waiting for one of you. Yeah. I'm going to watch the movie now. That's a great question. What are you in for? Murder armed robbery. What are you in for? Christmas movie. Pick me up. I was holding candy cane. Like what's the release date? Cause I've got to watch it now. But his release date is six days from now. Apparently so we will see. I'm not two eight oh 2287. Who's up next? Rick. God. Clay up. Clay. Go ahead. Clay. What's up, man? I got a couple things for you guys. First off to talk about the Mela and situation. He's a good friend of mine. He's going to be completely fine. We went golfing two days ago. He's absolutely fine. This happened a month and a half ago. Nobody worried. He's back in business. Okay. Wait a minute. Hang on. Because you might be that you might be the best source on this.

36:03You. You you're saying you're his friend. I'm a good friend of his. Yes. I play golf with him. Wait a minute. Hang on. Just say now you got me worried just a little bit. You're telling me my man played golf. They're saying he had to have even shot a basketball in four months. But he played golf. He's a sick. He's sick. I understand, but I'm more worried about I'm more worried about him playing golf when they don't want him to play basketball. He's completely fine. No, no, no more injury. And tell you that. All right. You don't really need that one. All right. Fair enough. We will try. Well, I don't know if I trust the caller, but we thank you for putting that information out there. What else? Secondly, we are going to be the next 2017 Alabama football team. This team is a national championship contender. I can promise you that. Talking about our basketball team. No, our football team. It's a 2017.

37:03Now I don't know. I don't know. credibility. I think you I was willing to give you the benefit of the down to the playing golf with me, Lawn. But now I think I'm going to have to say that you're probably not telling the truth. All right. Well, he's all good. He's all good. Don't worry about it. All right. I appreciate the call. You know, we did see him practice in like a month ago at Rapparina that open practice. Everybody got to go to if he said it happened a month, a month, a month, and a half ago, we actually saw him play. What's up? Good. I was the last practice. Yeah. I was told it happened in the last practice. So whenever the last practice was, let's want to go to at Rapparina that was the final of summer practices. Oh, did you see that happen to him during that? He was playing when I was there. He was playing when I was there too. Well, anyway, I don't know if I buy that he's playing golf. Shining, do you buy that one? I did until he said that we're a national contender on the football side. So now you lost all credibility with him. Yeah, I think you did too. Who's next? Matt is next. Matt, go ahead, Matt.

38:04Hey, what does Matt have to say when he lost it or any of his year? Part of it. All right. It's actually a good line to be honest with you. I didn't know where you were going with that, but I liked that. Well, I know you don't like jokes, and I actually had something important to say. I didn't want to get canned up top, but it was too good. I thought it was pretty good. So I went with it and something else. Y'all, we're talking about, you say you can't take stupid. Well, I, uh, I'm going to try to you on this call. Matt, I've been thinking about that in a cancer situation and what you said about it. And I actually kind of agree with you. I think you made a good point. In fact, even, um, even kind of thought through kind of what a response with a good response for the WNB would be that I think they probably need some help with that. I would really put me in the sand. Yes, there. Go ahead. Now go ahead quickly. I mean, we do have a game tomorrow. Okay.

39:06I mean, okay, I'd say Mr. Cancer, we acknowledge your desire to play in the WNBA, but we have concerns. We're concerned that you don't show any history or interest in the transgender movement. Furthermore, we're concerned that your goal is to back in the spotlight and back on the back of the hard work and people of the WNBA. But I appreciate. I appreciate. I understand. No, no, no, I appreciate. I didn't think I. We have a football game tomorrow. And I'm not saying I wouldn't have taken that call, but we had that conversation two weeks ago. So, uh, but there you go. He should have left after the joke. The joke was the best part. Pardon me. Click. You like that? I like that. Again, another caller that should have stopped after their first point. Yeah, usually one point is a good one. That's right. I actually think the jo, rarely will you hear me say I think the joke was the best part of the call. It was. I actually think the joke was the best part of the car. Are you Marion County football? Is that right? Who they played tonight? Donut Washington County because Washington County.

40:08All right. All right. Next door here. Oh, you, you, okay, Marion County. What? A lot of schools, the games are canceled tonight or push back because it's so hot. The heat. Yeah, they got to be careful with that. So they have kind of. I say some games are like kicking off an eight thirty or something tonight in order for it to not be as hot. He's been the hottest in Madisonville because they've scored 112 points in the first two weeks. Oh, good for coming. I good for Madisonville. If I'm not in 280, 2287, Rick, I don't have the ads. So you send them to me during the break. We'll take a break and be right back. Let's see his Kentucky sports radio. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and health captive for nine months. I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. I just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying, shut up, don't say anything. Every week, I'm with survivors who lived through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up without a doubt, he was going to hurt me.

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44:16God need men to rule, and decides to fight back. Do not use my hard work to sell your bulls. They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. Our hometown is not a test to. They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back. It is Kentucky sports radio. 8592802287. Text machine is 772, 7745254. One person writes Matt, one good thing for Matt Bevin's. At least he can try the whole Shebang chips now. That's true. That is true. By the way, people are starting to get those in the mail that when they ordered them and some people seem to really like them. Not everybody had the same excitement I did on them, but I really enjoyed it. I had them for dinner last night. I made wings at home. I was like, you know what? I need a side with my wings. Just wouldn't grab me a bag of the whole Shebangs.

45:18Did he? Did he? You all try one at some point? What do you think? I think they're really, really good. Some people don't like that it has salt and vinegar. You have to like vinegar because the vinegar taste is definitely the original. That's the original. Well, the original taste like a salt and vinegar chip. Another original. I do amp up the vinegar a little bit. Yeah, they do. I think that's right. I've only run across one person that really didn't like them. It's pretty universal. Everybody loves these potato chips. Yes. 8.592.802.202.87. We've got folks on the phone. We're trying. You know, I want to believe our fan base is ready for football. First couple calls. Maybe didn't suggest to suggest it, but I think they're out there. Let's talk real quick about Kenny Minci. First time starting a game, big time stage playing at Kentucky with Will Stein. What are we expecting? Give me a ballpark of passing yards. If I said over under 189, what do you take? Oh, that's a good number because I think he's going to be sniffing it 200.

46:19They're going to put him in positions. It's his first start. So they got to put him in positions to try to make some throws to settle him in. They're getting ready for the rest of the SEC season. So I think they're going to throw it more than we, even when they're ahead, I think they'll throw it more. So I'll say over. I'm going to weigh over Youngstown's defense is new. They want to get him a rhythm. Rhythm tried this new offense. I hope he doesn't try to do too much because if you do turn it over, that's where an FCS team could get some belief and give you fits. I hope he does what Stein said. Just run our offense. So where you're supposed to run it. Don't try to be a hero, but I think even just doing that, he's flirting with 300 tomorrow. I'm going to go over as well. I've heard people talking about the possibility of him being a 3000 yard passer for the season. You hear Will Stein saying that he thinks that he can be a 70% completion quarterback, which we've only had one in history, Tim Kouch. So he's that good. I'm going to say that he's going way over. I thought that was interesting. I'm glad you brought that up about him saying that he want him to be a 70% completion passer. That gives me a hint of how they're going to use it. Because if they're looking at using him to throw deep consistently, he ain't going to be a 70% passer.

47:20The fact that they want him to be a 70% says they're going to throw short. They're going to be doing, which is kind of how Stein's offense worked anyway. He wasn't quite the mummy's throw it as deep as you can, guy. So I think that was helpful for me to learn. Also, my biggest takeaway tomorrow is going to be who are our receivers at step up? Who plays? Like we said, there's eight guys who could play. Maybe none of them are necessarily stick out. So I want to see who ends up showing up. There's a lot of receivers in that room, but you're right. Who's the guy that's going to be their go-to guy? DJ Williams obviously came back from last year. Nick Anderson is probably the most talented. He's battling injuries like Drew was saying. So they need a couple other guys. You keep hearing names like Brock Kaufman, the kid from Sarah just doesn't drop a pass. He's going to get on the field. He's going to have a chance to make some plays. It means something like that steps up. And maybe, you know, who knows? Maybe Willie Rodriguez is our biggest receiver as a tie-in. Well, there's two freshmen. One, I think we could be excited about both. But Kenny Darby was a big get. That's a big get. They mention him almost every time they're talking about fall camp.

48:23I know if Anderson's healthy, he'll probably be the top guy. But if you take a bet on a freshman really shining in that spot, Kenny Darby, I think we're going to be hearing his name all year. That's a name everybody should start to process. Kenny Darby. Remember, he's the guy that he committed to LSU, I believe. Decommitted to LSU to come to us. I think they paid a lot of money for that kid. I think that's going to be, he's got a chance to be our Barry on Brown kind of like Dain he kind of like that, that level of hype before the season's over. I brought up Dain because he had some freshmen records. I'm not saying they're going to be taken away, but Darby could chase some freshmen. I think he's touched it. He had six touchdowns as a freshman that I'm receiving. Are you going to be screen shotting any negative tweets about Darby? If they tagged me on them, probably. All right, good. He just retweeted them instead. No, I like, I like, I like keeping them. That's very, very, very, very living. Dennis is up next.

49:23Dennis, go ahead, Dennis. Hey guys, I didn't call about this man, but if an IU caller had called you guys last year said that there was going to be competing for the national title, would you have laughed at him? Well, I wouldn't have last year because they had gone to the playoff the year before, but if they had told me two years ago, then most certainly, yes, I would have laughed at them. I mean, I mean, I'm not saying we want that we will, but the history of football could duck you up until a year or two ago, the duckies had a better history of football than IU. But Indiana, to be fair, and not to downplay anything that happened in Indiana, because I think it's the most remarkable story, maybe in the history of college athletics. With that said, their schedule was a heck of a lot easier than ours is. They played like two good teams all year. We play like eight. So I do think that it is a little bit of a harder situation.

50:25I agree. You guys, the 34 games that Kentucky Spring Games that Kentucky has to win this year to have a good football season that you think are winnable. I can touch you has to win. What do you guys want? That's a great question. Appreciate to call. What are the half to win? Obviously, Youngstown State and South Alabama. Drew, gotta win Vandy, right? It's at home. Vandy at home cannot lose again to Vandy. We've lost what? Three last four years? Yeah. Can't smoke. Last year you didn't win. Can't lose to Vandy. I think you gotta probably win B. Florida. Right? Yeah, I mean, you're going to be an underdog and that one maybe so late in the year, everything will change. But if you want to achieve anything, that's one you need to win. And I think you probably got to beat Missouri. I mean, if you want to have the year, you want to have. Missouri, the three, I think you have to win and then you hope you steal Ryan. A couple of other ones. Louisville at South Carolina, Tennessee, et cetera. Yeah, that road game at Missouri and the road game at South Carolina.

51:25You can sneak and get one of those on the road. That definitely is going to help you. Missouri is down a little bit. The more winable games are at the end of the schedule. You know, with Missouri, even the Louisville game. So there's a chance that maybe we can pick up some wins late. The one I'm watching is at South Carolina because it's so early in the year. If you win that one, you can think, oh, maybe we have something here. Because the others are on the back end and we'll have a pretty good opinion of the team by then. But if you really want to get excited, if they go down there and beat Beamer and the seller beat Alabama, well, that's too, but I'm just looking at it. Great. That's always a swing game. Like when things went south, it's because we stopped beating South Carolina. Not sure if you go win that one on the road, then you think, all right, we're getting back to being in both the game. I see this year that I just don't think they can win is week three at an end. That's the only game where I'm like, yeah, I just I don't I don't see us winning that game. But the rest of them. You never know, Shana. At Tennessee is going to be tough to Missouri. Look good last night, too. I don't know if you watched any of that. I know it was only Arkansas, but they have 40 points at a half time. It's pretty impressive. We beat Arkansas, but we'll take a break. Come back.

52:26Our number two. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. 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 the 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. Listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I survived nine months in captivity and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive.

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