KSR - 2024-05-15- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: May 15, 2024

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I think so, yeah, later this summer. Yeah, well, that's very good. All right, so a couple of players that I think are at least working, worthy of honorable mentions that I think we forget how popular they were when they were here. Darius Miller. That's a good one. That's a good one. People forget how much people loved him because he's for Kentucky.

And I'll tell you a guy that at one point was as beloved as any of these people. And then unfortunately got overshadowed a little bit at the end is Patrick Patterson. Yes. I mean, Patrick Patterson, you know, at the end, and here comes Wall and cousins. But, you know, especially in the Billy G years, he was kind of the rock of the, of the, of the fan base. Oh, before the Cal era, I'm probably putting him on my Mount Rushmore of UK players. He was so big in that run when, I mean, the basketball wasn't as good with Billy,

but Patrick was a big star. And as you know, from the early KSR days, a huge signing, big recruitment when everyone followed. Here's a good question. This will be my Kentucky-branded question in the day. Matt, outside of the national championship for a win and outside of the Wisconsin game for a loss, what Cal-era game made you the happiest and which one? made you the saddest. All right, saddest is easy.

Carolina 2017. Because I love that team. I think we're the second best team in the country, and I got sued after the game. That'll make you sad. That'll make you really sad. So Carolina, 2017, is mine. The two times we lost to Yukon in the 2014 title and the 2011 game, I kind of felt like we were fortunate to be there too, so it didn't bother me quite as much. But 2017, I think

we were the second best team, and I think if we'd won that game, we'd have won the title. The one that made me the happiest, if you're just talking about in the moment, beaten Louisville in 2014 in the Sweet 16. Just the atmosphere of that game, I was certain we were going to lose. That was their beloved repeat national champion attempt. We were all fresh. it was in Indianapolis, so both fan bases were there in mass. If you're just talking about in the moment, that was probably the game that made me the happiest. What about you? You almost got into a fight before the game and the pregame show.

A woman almost threw up on me during the pregame show, yes. I'm going to say the happiest I've been. I think it's the best regular season college basketball game I've ever seen was Kentucky, North Carolina, and Vegas. That was incredible. I was so happy because I think we know when we watched it, we witnessed something special. Yeah. And the saddest, I think, just happened.

I think losing to Oakland, because I think I knew Cal Air is over. That's interesting answer, yeah. I think it's over. I think it just got that. That one probably affected me more because I just realized things will never be the same. Yeah, you know what, that's actually a good one because I sit there with Drew that whole second half and I thought if we lose, this is over. Yeah. It's just over.

And there was a, that was, I'll remember that hour between the game and the post game show. for a long time trying to think about like what am i going to say like yeah no that's a good one what about you uh you all have already said most of mine i'm going to agree on carolina in the little bit but i'll add beating louisleville in the final four in new orleans just because if we had lost to them wearing those stupid infrared jerseys we had to spend the weekend with them in new orleans while they're having fun that one felt good i'll add the auburn loss in the elite eight with hero in that group i thought they had turned a corner and then you lose to auburn when their best player was like in a wheelchair and it's sweaty Bruce Pearl over there.

That one stung, as did pretty much every SEC tournament lost the last couple years when we can't even get to the weekend. Those kill me because that's such a fun weekend. A&M, Vandy, you name it. It's just like our first thing in March. Everyone travels. It's so much fun. And here recently the chair got pulled out from under this.

So I'll pick any of them in the conference tournament. By the way, probably second for me in sadness is West Virginia in 2010. Because I love that team. so much, and it felt like we were never even in that game for a lot of it. What about you? Anytime you beat Louisville in the NCAA tournament, that's got to be one of the happiest wins you're going to have as a Kentucky fan, so I'll share your sentiment in that. And then I guess the saddest would probably, I could go along with the Oakland loss,

but probably the St. Peter's loss, because that was the first time I'd ever seen anything like that happened. By the time we got to the Oakland loss, we just seen that a couple of years ago. But the shock of the St. Peter's loss was the worst. I think that's a good point. The Oakland game, we kind of in the back of our heads knew it was a possibility. The St. Peter's game came out of nowhere. You know what I mean?

I mean, the St. Peter's game, nobody saw that come. Because Kentucky doesn't lose in the first round, and they definitely don't lose 15 seeds. Except Iron Eagle. Ion Eagle is the one person who said, what's wrong with Cal? Like, what's? Yeah. Well, it turns out he knew something. All right, who's up next?

Got Chris up next. Chris, go ahead, Chris. Hey, guys, real quick on the Brady roast. My two cents on why he did it. Well, it was produced by 199 productions, his production company. And I think they alluded to doing more roast. But that's even lame. If his production company did it and then he's going to complain about doing it,

that's even lamer for him to do. I mean, I agree. Yeah, I mean, look, I'm a bird. Brady Hater a little bit. Just, you know, again, he's too handsome. It shouldn't be allowed. But I, but there's also a little bit of, I feel like he kind of threw those people under the bus with, well, my kids when you were the one that agreed to it.

But go ahead. And then on the club blue nil.com, you've got, according to the website, you got 12 hours, 49 minutes, and 29 seconds to still make the event by donating. Okay, yeah. So somebody, I'm glad you said that. Thank you. I appreciate the call. Somebody came up to me and showed that.

I thought yesterday was the last day. Apparently today is the last day. So you do still have 12 hours to do it according to the website. So if you want to come to that event, there's still time to make it happen. A little bonus time, a little extra time to get in board and get on that. Because I think momentum has kind of really gathered here this week. People want to be a part of this that's coming up in June. So now you still got a chance.

Who's up next? Got Terry up next. Terry, go ahead, Terry. Yeah, guys, it's the first time I've been on since Pope was announced as a coach. I just want to say that other than throwing the Brinks truck at Dan Hurley, Pope was my choice because I bet BYU a lot last year and I watched a lot of their games. And just to watch them play, they move the ball around your heads on a swivel. They got multiple guys that can shoot.

They play, they're underrated on their defense. I know in the Big 12, they didn't show out as well defensively, but against the teams they should beat. They're really, really tough defensively. People that are still on the fence, fans that are still on the fence, let me tell you, go watch some BYU games. We got the good, we got a good, he might not have been the greatest coach we could get,

but we got a good coach. And people that are still on the fence on Jackson Robinson, don't beat. That guy will be the best player on our team. before we get him. Thanks. Agree with everything you said, Terry. I mean, if you, I also bet on a number of BYU games last year. And, you know, their variance level can be high, Drew, because if they're missing,

the way they play, if they're missing threes, it's tough. But I think that's why they went and got all those defensive players. Because last year, when they were not hitting threes, they could, bad teams could beat them. but now they've gone and got three good defensive players that if they're not hitting threes, I still think they can win a game 61-57, whereas last year I don't think they had the players to do that. The other thing is when you talk about that hiring, you've got to go back and think about how it played out. When Drew and Hurley said no and our administration, and I don't mean Mitch, I mean people above him said, you can't talk to Bruce Pearl or Nate Odes.

Would you rather have Shaka Smart than Mark Pope? No. So, I mean, that was the choice at that point. Yeah, and I think, at least I underestimated, how much the nostalgia and having one of us back would be. Like, I knew there'd be a little bit, Pope, obviously, having that connection to 96. But I did not see how people would immediately go all in

the day after complaining on Twitter and then do what they did on Sunday. I even typed up a little list of coaches I wanted. I think I had Pope 10th pretty far down the list. But like everyone else, I flip quickly, quickly underestimating how he'd be able to do this with the support he'd get with the NIL and everything else he's done in this first month. Shade and I have two things that were specifically for you. Okay.

Number one, Red Lobster is expected to declare bankruptcy next week. No. I love Red Lobster. The cheddar biscuits are the absolute best. So all of them? Does that mean every? Well, I mean, bankruptcy doesn't mean you're going to close. It means they restructure. So that means some of them may stay, but they're going to close a lot of them,

and they are declaring bankruptcy. Did you see what actually did it? They tried to do endless shrimp. And people ate too much. Well, whatever it was, they lost like maybe even billions on their endless shrimp campaigns, so it backfired. They underestimated the appetite of America. fat America gets.

They underestimated how much people would eat their shrimp. Drew's right. They lost. That one promo did it. You know, there was a time that Red Lobster on Nicholasville Road, you had to wait an hour minimum. You could not get in. You had to wait an hour. But now you go, you can get right in.

I mean, it is, and there's one out here in Hamburg. There's one right across the street out here. What's weird about that is it's not like people quit liking seafood. Yeah. Right? It is surprising. But we, America has completely deserted the sit-down chain. Yeah.

They've just completely, outside of like Texas Roadhouse, they have completely deserted the sit-down chain. And it seems like it happened really quick, you know? Yeah. I mean, I don't know if it was maybe a factor of COVID. You know, they got people out of those habits of going out. And they tried other stuff. Possibly, possibly. But, I mean, they had good shrimp.

Yeah, I mean, like all those places. were you part of the group that took them down i guess it's partly my fault for supporting it eating too much shrimp i'd second thing did you see in the florida marlins game two nights ago a man caught two foul foul balls in the same game yeah back to back yeah two straight pitches two straight pitches got caught two straight foul balls the chances of that happening are apparently one in 15 million. So what do you, if you're that guy.

Play the lottery. I mean, I've been to a lot of baseball games at, you know, different levels. I've never caught a foul ball. Never even have one really hit close to me before. I had one hit my hand this year. Really? Okay. From what in your seats or were you walking?

I think most people call that a drop. All right. Now you watch it. Okay. I mean, I'm not trying to, well, I'll explain to me. But so you know where I sit. Yeah. You actually don't get a lot of them.

Right, because that big netting in front of you. Because that big net, so it has to be a foul ball way up in the air. Straight back down. And straight back down. So you don't, I've probably had three come near me in nine years. Yeah. But we had, I had one come. And, you know, the, the row behind me is like a handicap seating, right?

So, you know, you're not going to try to steal those, right? Sure. So the ball comes and I reach back and I, it was behind me enough that I couldn't like dove out. Right. But how far do you want to go to get a foul ball? And if you catch that foul ball. No, I look awful. Because if I didn't catch it, there was a man there who was like in a wheelchair who was going to catch.

it. And he ended up, he didn't catch it, but he ended up getting it. But I can't be the guy that steals. What if you move your hand and it just hits him square of the forehead? Yeah, you could be a hero. You know? And they're like, why didn't that guy catch the ball? Well, I tried. If you just put your New Yorker magazine down, you might have been able to catch it. We also know how much you hate kids. So if you were to catch this ball, would you give it to a kid? Because you're almost expected to do that. Very good question. I think it depends on how close a kid is sitting.

you. No, no. I've had this conversation with Tall at games. If a kid is either right in front of you or to the side and you catch a foul ball, you have to give it to the kid. Otherwise, you're the biggest jerk in the whole stadium. But I don't think you have to walk two or three rows to find a kid. Kid comes to you.

What do you do? Get away from me, kid. No, I mean. Because what are you going to do with you? You can go home and play catch. You have to, it has to be long enough that the camera has left you. Yeah. You have to get this through.

And if it's a spectacular catch, sometimes the camera comes back to you after a pitch. I know. So I think it has to be one time a few years ago I was with Chris Tomlin. And he said his son's favorite player was, is there a guy named Trey Turner for the Phillies? Is that right? So he had a foul ball and it went behind me. It was almost nobody in the stadium. And it was Trey Turner.

and I was like, this was right after Chris had his, I was like, I want to get it for his kid. And I went, I came out and sprinted for it, and a little kid came sprinting. You have to back up. I think I would have gotten it, but I'm like, I can't be out sprinting a 10-year-old. No. You have to just let the kid have the ball at that moment. And then that's the way go. If you had taken an ambient that morning, though, that kid was going down.

You would have out ran on before the kid even got there. That's right. We'll take a break. Be right back. This Kentucky Sports Radio. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending.

Opinions are flying. And nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves.

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in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reid. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nass, get that thing.

That man, hell get the fly. He run running up the court, licking his fingers why he got the ball, like, after you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So, listen to Point game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, everyone. It's Ryder Strong and Will Ferdell from PodMeets World. And now the PodMeets Twirled podcast. We're two men who were completely clueless to reality TV, who now have covered Dancing with the Stars, traitors, and we're gearing up for the season finale of Survivor. So yeah, now we're experts. I know we annoyed a lot of our listeners by our severe lack of survivor knowledge. That is the point of the show. I'm just going to remind you. I have watched some Survivor.

I obviously haven't watched enough. Did people not like it? Yeah. Just because we... Yeah. We'll be recapping the big conclusion in the 50th season from the final attempts at gameplay

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Listen to PodMeets Twirled on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back here, Kentucky Sports Radio, live and assured partners. Thanks to all the folks who came out tomorrow. We're at the PGA. I've had people ask me, I mean, you can't come. I mean, you can go to the tournament if you have tickets, but we can't.

We're in the media center, so that you won't be able to come where we are. But we'll be out there Thursday and Friday. Billy's driving out there today to set up the equipment. So it should be a lot of fun. Have you ever been before? I never have. I just want to see John Daly. He's my favorite.

I just want to be able to watch him do his day. Daily plays during our show tomorrow, and then I think he plays Friday afternoon right after our show, so you could go see him after we do. He stick around afterwards and watch him. Yeah, I think. Cigarette hanging out of his mouth. So we get.

Yesterday. We get tight. So tomorrow, after the show is over, you can see Mickelson, Schepleur, and Rom. And then Friday after the show's over, Tiger, Kepka, John Daly. So I'm going to walk the, if you want to, I'm going to walk the course on Friday. I'm going to come back and do trivia tomorrow.

But are you going to walk the course at all? I want to do tomorrow says I can't be there Friday. I want to go out tomorrow. Are you going to do it a little bit before you leave? Why can't you be there Friday? I've got that funeral. Oh, well, I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to bring the mood down.

Sorry. Yeah, I mean, maybe a few minutes. I got to do trivia, though. You know, I got to make sure I have all this. I got to win trivia. That's all I got to get out of there. I walk around with you. Who are the favorites to win?

probably Rom, Kepka, and Schaeffler. You know, they're the best golfers in the world. So I'd say it's probably one of those three. Rory's got some pretty short hours. Oh, of course, Rory. Yeah. I mean, Rory was a lot. Shepler, then Rory in order on Draft Kings, then maybe Ron.

I mean, those four are like, by far the best players. So, um, Luffler's four to one for a golf tournament. Yeah, that's dumb. Um, I'd say long shot. Yeah. You know, I don't know. I love JT posted. Maybe the guy won it, what, a year or two?

ago, Morikawa. That would be a long shot. You got to hit it long at Valhalla. If you hit it long, though, guys like Rory, this is a perfect tournament for them. But it should be fun. I mean, they've set it up completely differently. The rough is as high as I've ever seen it. So it should be fun. But you just want to see John Day. That's it. John Bailey. Do you want to see Tiger? This is probably the last time Tiger over playing Kentucky. Not impressed. Not impressed. John Daly, though. Not impressed by Tiger. I wouldn't stand in a line longer than minutes to meet Tiger Woods. But John Daly. Really? You wouldn't say? I mean,

I'm just not into golf. But John Daly's a man's man. That's an athlete right there. He's a guy I can relate to. I mean, you could probably get John Daly $50. He'll come to one of your shows. Like he's not. Well, then I would do it. He's not. He's not that hard to be. He's not that. I mean, Tiger, though. Well, you like who you like, I like who I like.

I like. That's true. I'm just saying, like, I'm not saying I love Tiger. I'm just saying he's like an icon. So it's John Daly's an icon to me. One person goes, Matt, I do not believe that Shannon would give a ball to a little kid. He has to take that back. I never said I would. I said, you have to.

I didn't say I had to. Okay. Would you take a ball from a little kid? I wouldn't take it from him, but if I got it, I would say, why are you entitled to it? I got it. I'm the one who has a blister on my hand from catching this ball. Little girl there with her long, curly hair looking at you. Yeah, you got a parent.

Tell them to go catch a ball. Big sad eyes. What if it's like Matt? It's not my job to catch the ball and give it to you. You got a parent. They could catch their own foul ball. What if it's a foot race like Matt? What about racing a kid?

What if it's an orphan? Well, I don't need to know it's history. Like, how did it get here if it's an orphan? I don't know. I don't. I have a joke. One thing, I told you the guy or someone on the text machine wrote and said Chas Lanier was at Bluegrass Airport.

Joe Tipton, who does recruiting for On3 and KSR, says he is not in Lexington. So whoever you were at the airport may end up being, well, probably is end up being incorrect. So airport source, you now get marked as don't listen to you. Blocked. Yeah. 859-28027. Who's next? Joseph is up next.

Joseph. Go ahead, Joseph. Hey, Matt. Do we beat South Carolina and football this year? We can't lose three times in a row. I'll be at the game. Is the game here? The game's here, right?

Yeah. We beat them, yes. Yeah, we're 14 and 0 at games. I've been to. Hotels are almost sold out for that weekend. And almost didn't get a hotel the way. I got a lucky idea because I found one. Okay, I don't need to know the whole hotel history.

But you're coming to the game? Yes, sir Well, good, good No, we're going to win You're going to be 15 and 0 After we play South Carolina in football All right, well, there you go, Josie That left him speechless

All right I think he agreed with you Do you agree with that? You think we beat South Carolina this year On the gridiron? We went through that stretch Where we owned South Carolina They've won the last two in a row

I just got sucker punch The last game that they beat us So I absolutely want to take care of South Carolina I keep forgetting you got sucker punch That was one of the more ridiculous. And, of course, he didn't have anything to do with it. No. Are there any lingering effects?

That was pretty serious. It was popping. When I yawn, it would pop, but that's gone away. So I think we're good now. Can I ask you a question on the Dairy Queen thing from a couple days ago? Yeah. Have you had a change of heart about it? I still think we handled it appropriately.

I was told. Hold on. We didn't do anything. It was you. I was told by a national representative of dairy. Dairy Queen, that the vast majority of dairy queens do not have cherry flavoring anymore. There are a couple still here in Kentucky that do. I know, but the one you went to likely did not.

It's possible, yeah. So the whole basis for your anger was that he was giving you something he didn't give you something they had. Does it change your mind if they didn't have it? No, I think it was his failure to even look me in the eye and. Oh, he has to look you in the eye. And throw the cup at me and tell me to. Get yourself. You demand eye contact from the cashier or wherever you go.

Be pleasant. Be nice. We're here to spend money. Eat your food. It's Mario's fault. Mario picked the dairy queen. Mario's fault. I kind of think, Drew, it's on him.

If they don't have the syrup, then on the syrup. Like, if you order McRib and they say we don't have them, do you yell at McDonald's for having the McRib? Look me in the eye. You look me in the eye and tell me you don't have a McRib. We'll take a break and be right back as K's on. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened.

That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves. Their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down,

give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered. SportsSlice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to SportsCise on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slic Life 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. What's up, fam, it's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano, and our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds. like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what.

He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reid.

He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us every. everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers, why he got the ball.

Like, after you go through a training camp with that, I said, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey everyone, it's Ryder Strong and Will Ferdell from PodMeets World. And now the Pod Meets Twirled podcast. We're two men who were completely clueless to reality TV, who now have covered Dancing

with the Stars, traitors, and we're gearing up for the season finale of Survivor. So yeah, now we're experts. I know we annoyed a lot of our listeners by our severe lack of survivor knowledge. That is the point of the show. I'm just going to remind you. I have watched some Survivor. I obviously haven't watched enough. Did people not like it?

Like what was... Yeah. Just because we... Yeah. We'll be recapping the big conclusion in the 50th season from the final attempts at gameplay to the desperate pleas of finalists

to a bunch of... Ha, ooh. Ah, ha, ooh. Again, we are experts. So make sure to tune in to Pod Meets Twirled for all our Survivor 50 takes. Listen to Pod Meets Twirled on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back here at Kentucky Sports Radio. You. One person writes, Matt. Well, first of all, tell me about Stock to Mortgage. You know, Stockton Mortgage is growing. And they're always looking for talented people to add to their growing team. With over 50 locations and licenses in 26 states, they've maintained their culture. It's clear he has a script today.

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I said like I'd want to see Tiger because he's a legend. And we were talking about what people in sports right now are legends that are still playing. And I sort of define legend as top four to five of all time, right? So you're seeing somebody that's history. So those people now would be Tiger, Serena. Jokevich, Mahomes,

LeBron, maybe Steph Curry, depending on how you look at it, maybe O'Tonnie. May things stay out of trouble. Well, but the other guy already played guilty and went to prison. And I don't know, is that it?

Messy. Somebody mentioned Messi. Messies and Messies. Neldo is still playing. But, But anybody else? You know, you just mentioned just one football guy, one baseball guy, one basketball guy, except that's going to staff. But you don't, there can't be more or else they probably wouldn't be a legend, right?

Yeah. I mean, so I mean, those would be the people you just like might want to be able to tell your grandkids one day. Yeah, I saw LeBron play lot. I saw Tiger play live. I think that's what I would want to do if I could. I've seen Tiger, I've seen LeBron, seen Otani. You saw Jokovic? Saw Serena, saw Federer, saw Jokovic.

We got the tennis covered. Yeah, we got the tennis covered. So, I mean, I guess I haven't seen messy, but otherwise I've seen all those. Saul LeBron and Tiger, hoping to catch Tiger again. Unlike Shannon, I'm pretty excited to get eyeballs on him at Val Hall. I miss seeing him yesterday. Like, I don't think he's going to play golf much more. You know what I mean?

I don't think there's a lot more golf in him just when you watch him walk. So I think these are probably going to be two or three more years of him, period. So that's- Me years are going to be in Kentucky. Well, he'll never be here again. I mean, he's not going to play in the Barbisol. So, like, this will be, this is the, you know, this is probably the last time he'll ever play in this state. So, you know, I do want to be here.

Muth is out of the Preetness, right? I mean, Mystic Dan, it makes him the favorite now. Scratched, he had 103 degree temperature. So now it's down to seven horses. And Mystic did, there's two horses from the derby in, and then new ones. I think Muth beat Mystic Dan in the Arkansas Derby. So that's why there was a show. down supposed to happen here at the preakness.

Baffert's horse is out. Out. Baffert has another horse in, but that one's out. You don't have a cream. He could put on Mooth, get that temperature down, get him running again. I don't know what you do with horse temperatures, but that's a shame. That makes it a lot less exciting if the favorite's out. Yeah, but if Mystic Dan were to win, that would be exciting, right?

Gives the triple crown a better chance. Yeah, exactly. So for that reason, I'm more excited. Do you think you could recognize? No. Booth? I know where you're going. No, I'm saying.

It's a horse. I can't recognize the horse. Well, let me ask you a question. You lined up the horses. I couldn't pick it out of a lot. No, this one. All right, I know you wouldn't know it. Yeah.

Let's say I put the 20 derby horses and I gave you two minutes to look at all of them. Yeah. And then I moved the horses around. Do you think you could know what horse was what horse? No. Me neither. No way I know is by the number in the number in the. silks that it has.

I mean, it's the only way I could recognize it. It's a horse. You saw me do the match game, and there were only eight cards in front of me, and I missed all of them. I'm certainly not getting the two horses. Here's why I say this. I've often wondered this about horse racing. I mean, I've often wondered this. Do you think there's ever been a race where they've just taken the silks off the fast

horse and switched them with the fast horse to win money? That's what I tried to do with Austin McGuinness when he left UK at Kicker. No, but I mean, do you think that's ever happened? We're like, I would say probably not in a major stakes race, but like maybe. Not in a major race, but like in one of these little rinky dink. Ellis Park and Henderson and something like that. Do you think they've ever been like, I think I, because how would anyone know? Yeah, they all, I mean, yeah.

I'm going to, what? Oh, they. Oh, look at this. To their lips. That is it. So I didn't know. So they tattoo inside their lips. Can we do that to Ryan?

No. And then the vet. Okay. So I, honestly, I. That's an easy answer. I've always wondered that. So does every horse have a tattoo inside its lips? And they check before every race.

And they check before. See, we need that for Ryan to make sure it's not an imposter rind. No, look, I'm good. You don't need to look at that. See? You need to floss more. Who's up next? Got Derek up next.

Derek. Go ahead, Derek. Hey, Matt. I just wanted to touch on a couple points that you all made earlier when you were talking about your favorite UK players and then of the CalPerry era and then the happiest saddest time. And I apologize. that I got distracted by work, unfortunately.

So if this was mentioned, you can just skip over. But he's definitely not at the top tier of, like, Wall and Uis, but someone that was overshadowed by Uis. Jamal Murray is definitely up there. In one of the top players in the Calgary. In terms of, if you're just talking guys that were the best while they were here, Jamal Murray is definitely top ten. I mean, Jamal Murray was great when he was here.

I don't know. Yeah, the average 20 a game. Oh, yeah, exactly. And he had the bow and arrow thing, which fans really liked a lot. It's interesting. I appreciate the call. He is a great player that went here that we don't always mention probably because of Tyler Ullis and that team lost in the second round.

But I think next to Antonio Reeves, he averaged more points a game. It was like it's – Reeves passed him, yeah. So it's Reeves. It's like Reeves Murray Monk are the three most points of game guys of the Cal era. And like the caller said, we've had a lot of the little side stuff, the jorts, the brow, the bow and arrow was pretty huge. Remember the bench would get into it, E.J. Floil would catch it and fall back, and Willis would catch him. That season didn't end the way we wanted,

but Murray was a lot of fun in that back court with Ulyss. And 20 years from now, we're going to be having this conversation right about Antonio Reeves. Yes. I mean, Antonio Reeves is destined to be a dude that people are going to forget, and he finishes the Calipari era with more points per year. game in a season than any player in the history of the Cal Air. And nobody will ever think that. And if they had played two more games in the SEC tournament and three more games in the

NCAA tournament, he would have ended up with one of the five highest scoring points years ever at Kentucky. And people just don't think about it. Yeah, he's going to be on that underappreciated list we talk about all the time because everybody was on Reed and Rob. You forget, Antonio Reeves, was a superstar this past season for that basketball team. We would say this during the year. but I firmly believe it.

I think three of the six best three-point shooters to ever play at this school were on the same team. To me, Reeves and Reed are not even in the debate. Reeves and Reed Shepard are two of the top four. And I think even though you don't think about Rob like that, his percentages are worth it. Yep. And yet, I mean, I don't want to go in, Will we lost again. But, I mean, three guys like that, Drew, on the same team. That's why yesterday when Cody Figures, like, oh, we want to shoot a lot of threes,

35 of them, that's a little high. But I was thinking, man, that would have been fun last year running with those three dudes. Can you imagine if you had a team, Shannon, where you made getting Reeves open a priority? Yeah. Imagine what could have happened. I mean, he could have scored 26, 27 a game. Yeah. If you made it a priority, we're going to get this guy shots.

Yep. He was underappreciated last year because we would talk about, you know, Dillingham or Shepard having a big game and just kind of gloss over the fact that once again, Antonio Rees would have a 20-point-plus game. It was almost just like a given. And it wasn't just that he shot threes. It was a given. I didn't think about that until I said it.

And then what came back to my head was Goose's Givens. I loved it. Who's up next? Got Lieutenant Dr. Smith up next. Lieutenant Dr. Smith. How are you, sir? I'm doing good. First time caller, long time listener.

Who are? What's up? So back in 2012, my dad started listening to KSR, and he unexpectedly passed in 2013. And since that time, me and my two brothers have been listening to KSR every day. So now for 11 years. And I just wanted to thank you all for all the great memories. Too many to share on this one phone call with you. That's my little brother, Philip, who's at the show today.

Just thanks for all the memories you've given us, Matt. Oh, hi, Phil. Well, thank you very much. Philip is waving and saying hello. That's very sweet. And we appreciate you letting us do that for the last 11 years. Yeah, it's been awesome. Too many awesome stories to tell.

But I really love when my older brother told you was my 21st birthday. It was not. And you made us come on the pregame show to tell everybody that we would come party with you afterwards. and we were scrambling trying to find a fake ID for me. We could go out there and party with you. And unfortunately, we choked at the last second and lost that game. But I actually was, I always feel guilty that it was my fault

for letting my older brother tell you it was my birthday that day. That's all right. You know what? I get it. I think half the people that tell me it's their birthday, it's probably not. It's like when you go to when I was appreciate the call, when I was a kid in high school, people would go to Shoney's and say it was their birthday just to get the free cake.

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I don't think any team in the country has much more fun than you guys do. what's it been like this season? Well, it's been a lot of fun. We've got a great group of guys, and coming out this weekend is going to be just a great time. We got some new additions to KPP, and excited to see how it goes. Yeah, they added seats for this weekend as well, and probably for the regional and sub-regional that will be coming. No one, you've been here from the beginning. So you were here, I think your first year, the team struggled, and now you have a shot to win the SEC title.

What has it been like to just watch this growth and be a part of it? Yeah, it's been a long time coming. Coach Man, you give a lot of credit to him for building this program up and just sticking with it because, I mean, the group of guys we have now is just an amazing group, and we've always had a good culture here, and it's just awesome to see it come into fruition and us getting some accolades.

Hopefully we can finish that off this weekend. Now, I mean, you do seem like it's a great culture, but it's also a culture where, I mean, I mean, for people who haven't gotten to a game yet, you guys are chanting, making noise, doing stuff the whole time. I know you did that some last year, but that does seem to be something that's grown as the years gone on. What's the thinking behind that and how much does it pump up the team? Well, it pumps us up a ton. I mean, our dugout, I give a lot of credit to them.

The guys who aren't playing, they're keeping the energy up and they're willing us to do, I mean, just to win every game. So it's awesome. And it just gives us a lot of energy. And even when things aren't going well, it's like, okay, we got these guys who have our back. And it kind of keeps us in the fight no matter how off we are. Now, I heard you're the one that started the row your boat thing that they do after the doubles. Is that right? It was kind of a group thing.

But, yeah, I was definitely a part of it. Yeah, I kind of like doing some of the celebration stuff. But, yeah, we got. We got some good guys who help out with that stuff, too. So it's been fun. Now, I love it. I love that kind of stuff. We've talked on this show sometimes that I wish baseball did it more.

But I also know, knowing some of the teams you play, they don't love it as much. I saw the Florida player was frustrated after the game between me and you, just me and you talking. Does that make you want to do it more when you hear them complain about it? I mean, we do that stuff for us. and coach is big on that. Like, this is all for us. And if other people don't like that, that's fine because this is how we're going to play baseball. And if it affects them, I mean, that's fine for them.

But we're doing this all for us so we can, you know, just keep the energy up and win some ball games. We had Mingio on a few weeks ago, and he talked about your all's philosophy, which is just on offense to attack, attack, attack, you know, try to make the other team make mistakes. I think you're going to have a lot of Kentucky fans who this weekend and in the regional SEC tournament are going to be watching you guys, maybe haven't watched it a lot. How would you describe how this baseball team plays and what makes it different than a lot of the teams we're used to? One word I'd you describe is probably hectic because, I mean, if there's like a bloop single, it's going to be a double. Like, we're going to push everything. And it's college baseball, 18, 23-year-olds.

they make mistakes. So it's kind of pushing the envelope for other people to make mistakes. And we trust ourselves. We're going to be aggressive but not stupid. And, yeah, I mean, steal a ton of bags. We lay down buntz when needed, but we hit homers when needed. And, I mean, it's a fun brand of baseball to watch. So it's really good to be a part of an aggressive team like this.

I mean, I've watched more college baseball, Kentucky baseball this year than I've ever watched in my life because it is fun. Now you're playing for the SEC championship this week. If you win all three, you get it yourself. If you win two, you're at least guaranteed to share. We'll see what happens in the other games. So what's your mentality? I know you're going to say, no one.

Oh, it's going to be like any other game. But it's not. That's going to be a packed house. There's a lot on the line. What's your mentality going into it? Yeah, I mean, I was going to go out there and say it's like any other game, but obviously we all know what's on the line. But we know what it takes to win,

and it doesn't really matter who we're playing at that point. So if we play our game, I mean, it's going to be awesome playing in front of all the people who are going to come out. And we've had great crowds all year, so that's going to be awesome. But, yeah, it was a lot on the line. And we like to say we got chips on our shoulders because we always do. We're never in the team that's going to be preseason ranks number one. But, I mean, we believe we are the best team in the country. So I think keep those chips on our shoulder and play like we play.

And I think the outcome's going to be good. Yeah, there has been a sense, you know, watching the national college baseball world. world of fans of some of the teams that have been more traditionally successful going, eh, Kentucky's going to fall off. Eh, Kentucky's not for real. Have you guys heard that stuff and does it motivate you? Yeah, we love it. We love it.

We play best as an underdog. So the rankings can say what they want to say, but I mean, we know who we are. And we love that people don't respect us still. And we're starting to get some more respect. But, I mean, it just adds to the fire we got going on. and I mean, all our guys are just unbelievable competitors, so it's just, it's fun. Well, the games are Thursday, Friday, Saturday. At Kentucky, Proud Park, there is going to be, I think it's going to be Drew,

an amazing atmosphere out there this weekend. There's still some tickets available for general admission. Good luck. Hopefully you win the title, get ready for the SEC tournament and the NCAA, and thank you, Nolan very much for coming on the show. Thank you. Noah McCarthy, everybody, from the Kentucky Baseball team. UK baseball and SEC championships, you just don't put that in the same sentence.

Only happen once. Only one time in the history of UK baseball, and they got a chance to win an outright on their home field. This is a huge moment for this program. You can make an argument that winning the SEC regular season is as hard as winning the college world series. In terms of who you have to play and who you have to beat, Drew, to get to do it. And with this weekend ahead and look like they're going to host some postseason, I'm worried about that record we set against Tennessee a few weeks ago. Now, if there's new bleachers, I think we had like 4,300 something.

Maybe it might have been more than that. But with the new bleachers in the left field, I think it's going to be an insane atmosphere this weekend and then whatever they're able to host next after the SEC. All right, couple things. First of all at KS Bar, it's Wings Day, Dollar Wings all day. So go check it out. If you made the finals for the trivia, make sure if you haven't talked yet to Monique, you get your table set for tomorrow night where we're going for $5,000.

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