KSR - 2024-07-08- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: July 8, 2024

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Matt Sack here with the Rup to No Good crew, that is WT, Buddy, and Bradley. We are going to take some calls in our number two, calling to the Clark's Pump and Shop phone line at 8,5, 2802287. Boys, we had a really fun first hour. We got to interview Nate Sestina, one of my all-time favorite players. To ever put in the Kentucky jersey, I got to see in my freshman year. That was a lot of fun. WT. How are you feeling? Feeling good. The nerves have kind of died off because, you know, we've been talking for an hour and you kind of forget that you're on air, which is a little dangerous for us. Wait, we're on air right now. We're on air. We've been behaving so far, and I think We're going to need to keep behaving for the next hour, and then we'll figure it out after that.

But if you want to check out more of our work, you can go to at Reps No Good on Twitter. We post podcasts every week or so about Kentucky sports and the like. So go ahead and check us out. What an absolute shameless plug right there. What do you think we're on here for? We do have our Kentucky Brandon tweet of the day. Kentucky dude tweeted in, he said, who amongst you guys, or who's who amongst you guys, compared to the KSR guys, most importantly, who is Ryan Lemoned?

The Ryan one, unfortunately, is a little easy to answer for us. I don't know. Unfortunately, might not be the right word, but Bradley's definitely our Ryan. Self-proclaimed. Bradley has proclaimed that he is our Ryan. This isn't the first time we've had this conversation. Well, this has been a constant conversation for us, and, you know, the parallels are just uncanny. We have a dude named Matt that's kind of tall and has a goofy haircut that kind of point guards the show.

That is true. So, I mean, the first two are really easy off the bat. I mean, the next year are kind of tough. And I mean, we have Shannon in the other rooms. I don't really want to typecast ourselves in front of him as he's listening to us. But he kind of gives me Shannon vibes. He's our most technical dude, for sure. So that leaves me as Drew?

I mean, I'll take it. There are worse people to be compared to than Drew. Franklin. We do have our first caller waiting online. I think we've had them done there for quite some time. Kenny, are you there? Hey, Matt. How you doing? I'm great. How are you doing? It's an honor and a privilege to be on Sunshine Pumper Sports Radio. Let's go. Let's go. Absolutely. First of all, I just wanted to let Bradley know that I have his back and I thought he

looked great in that suit. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Kenny. That's nice. Of course, and I have one more question for you guys. What's Lamer? Dressing up as an astronaut for a basketball hype video or wearing a full basketball uniform to a college basketball game. And I'll hang up in the list. I'm so glad you brought it up, dude. I cannot believe what luck that they posted that video the day before we go on air.

I mean, just like, all the stars aligned, everything fell into place. Like, why would you do that? And the thing is, like, I mean, just there's so much to say about it. but and if anybody hasn't seen it Louisville men's basketball they posted this ridiculous video with Pat Kelsey their head coach he's an astronaut and he goes into a portal

the transfer portal yes and he pulls out case and prior let's go he's like it's like super dramatically you guys will not believe who's in here case and prior that's who he comes out Peyton Siva is like the head of like mission control like it's the weirdest

casting decisions the production is just ridiculous they build it they literally built a portal and have like CGI, you know, like whatever, like all this effort and a command center that they built all for this video that's just the cornyest. Just the corny. Here's my thing. If we're comparing the cornyness of Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey, Mark Pope is a very corny guy, very cheesy sort of guy. But he does that on his own time. He does that in his own personal life. He'll make a video of him dressed as a Kentucky like player doing the CATS. He'll wrap Hamilton in an interview. He's not spending athletic stories.

department dollars to make a short film that I hope it goes to like the Sundance Awards and like is submitted and like people have to review it. But he's not spending money to make an objectively bad video. Like there's no acting. They didn't hire actors. They hired former Louisville basketball players to be the actors and it did not work. Just imagine being the poor intern that's got a DM Peyton Siva. And be like, hey, he's so. Coach Kelsey has this idea. He wants you to be an air traffic controller. Well, that's another thing.

We have to kind of figure out what's going on. Was this a Pat Kelsey original idea that he conceptualized, wrote, and brought to the production team? Or was this some random guy in the athletic department or like in the writing department of the university? It was like, hey, I got a great recruiting idea. I hope it wasn't a random guy because what kind of person do you have to be to be sitting at home and be like, you know, it would be cool? Pat Kelsey as like a weird little tinfoil power ranger. Like that would be cool. That would be cool.

I've got an even better idea. Kenny Payne has one item on his desk. It's a notebook with just one line written on it, tinfoil power ranger. And they're like, well, this is all that he left behind except for 12 wins total across two full basketball seasons. So why don't we just take this? I mean, the amount of clips from that video that are going to be beautiful to see on the timeline when they lose their first, their second, their third game is wonderful. I mean, there's one point where they're like, where's Pat Kelsey? We can't find him.

It's like, that is meme gold. I mean, they should not have given us that sort of ammo. Also, what were they trying to like do, like build suspense there? They're just like, oh, where'd he go? Like was he going to, you know, was he not going to come back? You know what I mean? Like the B-roll of people going, oh, no, what is he going to do? That's why I said it was the idea for Kenny.

just send him into the portal and hope he doesn't return. Oh, no, where's kidding? Would you have to pay a buyout if you lose a coach in like a dimensional portal? Like, is that something that you can like get out of the contract? They have that in the contract. Yeah, if there's a dimensional portal, then it kind of nulls everything. They're all good. Don't give Louisville any ideas for two years down the road when Pat Kelsey doesn't work out either.

They're broke. They're broke. Why are they buying this video? They don't even have money. They're paying seven simultaneously. buyouts are, I mean, I don't know how many it is, but it's at least three, right? Like, they don't have money for this. They shouldn't be doing all this. We talk about what is the goal of Louisville making a video like this.

And not only did they probably not achieve anything, it might be counterproductive. Like the very first Louisville player that enters the transfer portal, you know someone's going to clip just that little monologue from Pat Kelsey's like, we're going into the portal. Like, that's going to be it all over the comments and Twitter. Or even better if Pat Kelsey like accepts another job or like gets fired, that clip of him saying I'm going into the portal is just as useful. It's really going to be the gift that keeps on giving for years to come. And like, you know, they make fun of Mark Pope and us as they should. You know, it's a rivalry. Everybody saw

the Mark Pope video at first and we're like, ah, you know, you kind of sigh and shake your head. Like, yeah, this is ammo. They're going to use this. They're going to use this. And they do. But now they have no room to talk. Littleville literally, they can't just, they can't get a leg up. They can't do anything right. They're never back. They've got. 12 wins in the last two seasons. You know, I feel bad for him sometimes. It's just tough. To get back to Kenny's original question, what is worse or what is just goofier?

What is the bigger silly goose move? Is it a student wearing a full Kentucky basketball jersey or a Louisville head coach dressed up as an astronaut? Which one's worse? I mean, in a way, I kind of respect you for your goofiness when it comes to being a fan. I wish more fans, especially in Roperina and Krogerfield, were like you, wearing ridiculous jerseys. Not necessarily about what you wore, but like standing the entire game, yelling the entire game,

like putting your mark on the game as a fan. I'm not going to get into a whole spiel about like Rupp Arena and the fans because, I mean, Ruparina is fantastic if you were at the press conference. Like that's peak BBN. But, I mean, I wish more fans were like, I'm not going to get fault you for being a little goofy there. Do you wish more head coaches were dressed up as astronauts? I mean, yes, I wish they were, but at the same time, I'm going to make fun of them for it. I mean, Louisville fans, they love them.

Like, if you look at the replies of the U of L fans, they're a fan of it, if Mark Pope did the same thing, which he wouldn't, I don't think. I don't want to jinx it. But if you were to do the same thing, we would be on here saying like, that was awesome. Or at least most of us would be saying that. Mark Pope is 6'10. I think that has a lot to play with it. That does. It's a little more of intimidating when you're walking towards the camera, but you can see like three rows behind Pat

Kelsey because you just see right over him. Jack Pilgrim cannot bench press for reps. Mark Pope. So it's kind of a same but different situation because you know NASA's got all these requirements. So like Pat Kelsey is way too short to be an astronaut, but Mark Pope is way too tall to be an astronaut. So it's kind of same but different. Do you think that this makes me think it was Pat Kelsey's idea. Like he just grew up his entire life being like, I want to be an astronaut.

and he just wasn't tall enough. So now that he's a college basketball coach, he has to find a way to live that fantasy. He's not even tall enough to ride space mountain. It wasn't even an astronaut costume. It was a daft punk helmet. It was a dubstep group helmet. They couldn't even go and get like an actual like science helmet.

They had to go and get a French dubstep group. And why was Peyton Siva there? I saw him on a plane one time. I'm sorry or congratulations. I don't know what the correct reaction there is. Could you imagine if Cal came back for another year and had to make a similar video of him getting a bunch of guys from the portal and just John Wall is there conducting? Like, how do you think that phone call went? You're comparing John Wall to Peyton CBA.

That's an insult to John Wall. Okay. It's the best point guard in the program. You understand what I'm saying. But anyways, to go back to the original question, which one's words? Like, I understand that I'm a nerd, self-proclaimed. I know that. You all know that.

Everyone listening to KSR right now knows that. But there is a fine line between a nerd and a dork. Pat Kelsey is in both. Yeah, okay. Pat Kelsey is firmly a dork. We have George, I believe, on the line. George, can you hear us? I can't hear George.

George, are you there? I'm here. Hey, George, how are you doing today? I'm doing good. I'm just confused where Matt is. Matt is where... Well, I thought I was listening to Matt Jones, but then I found out it's Matt Sack or whatever his name is.

Now I'm just confused. Yeah, common misconception. They get mixed up. all the time. Very, very easy misconception. From what you've heard so far, which one are you enjoying more? Matt Sack or Matt Jones? I won't be offended. Matt Jones. Okay, that's very fair.

That's why he gets paid the big bucks to sit in the big boy chair. Like most days. Can somebody tell that thumb with glasses up north to stop acting so stupid? Who are you referring to? Matt Kelsey. Yeah, no, we want him to keep.

acting stupid. It is allowing us to talk with content on this show. We were literally last night thinking, what do we talk about in the show? Like, it's middle of summer radio. We really don't have that much to talk about. And then just, we got blessed from the heavens with this video of Pat Kelsey being an absolute moron. Yeah, he gave you a layup with that one. I don't really know what he was trying to prove. He looks like the guy from Austin Powers. Oh, George, I made the Austin Powers meme. I don't know if you saw it or not. Yeah, I saw that. I saw that.

I bet mine didn't do anything. I made a video, and I used that clip from that movie of the portal exploding. Didn't do anything. It hadn't caught on. I think suggesting that Pat, like, died, I think that might be a little bit much. Well, he goes into the portal, and then it blows up. They implied it for like 30 seconds. And then there's no conclusion to it.

That's fair. So that's, that was the moral of the story. George, are you excited for the TBT La Familia team? Yeah, yeah, I am. Who are you most excited to see? Well, I'm most excited to see us beat the Louisville TPP team, to be honest. That's fair. That'd be nice.

That'd be awesome. There isn't a Tennessee team. I know Nate Sassina was talking about that, but there's not a Tennessee team for him to get full redemption on, is there? I mean, if John Folkerson wants to suit up, I'm sure they can find a place for him. Well, George, I have always wanted to do this. I've dreamed about it since we signed up to be on KSR this day. Appreciate the call. All right.

Incredible. It feels good. I now know why he does that. That feels so cool. W.T., do you want to be the next one to say appreciate the call? I'd love to. Thank you so much. Awesome, awesome. But what if we don't appreciate it? I appreciated that call. I do, yeah. It is ironic. It is used exclusively when you don't appreciate the call. But I actually did appreciate Georgia's call. It was great to hear them. Who are you guys most excited to see? Is there one player that stands out above the rest where you're just like, oh, I want to see them so bad? I'm excited to see you this coach.

that may be a lame answer, but he's a coach. I'm excited to see him coach. I want to see his future as a coach. Yeah, I'm hyped for it. I mean, if there's anyone that was destined at birth to be a basketball coach, it's Tyler Ullis. Like, that man is going to be really good. I think he actually will not just be there for fun.

Like, he'll be there winning games as the coach. I'm really excited for that. And how crazy is it that he's actively a coach at another SEC school? And he's just like, yeah, I'll come. I'll come coach this Kentucky alumni team. When I thought the Kentucky brand was dead, I thought it left with Calipari. How are you telling me this?

Stop it. Stop it. No, I mean, it's going to be good. I'm really excited to see the Harrison twins. I mean, they had a weird relationship with BBN when they were in Lexington. There were people that loved. I mean,

they were part of two final four teams. It's hard to be more successful than that. But, I mean, they were kind of hated a little bit. They were loved. We really celebrated when they came back. They were kind of criticized online for a lot of what they did. But I think over the years it's kind of turned to just like absolute praise for everything that they did while in a Kentucky uniform. And I'm excited to see them back in rep.

Yeah, I'm very stoked to see the Harrison Twins. I'm really excited to see Eric Bloodsoe. I feel like he was one of the very first people to commit. So we haven't been talking about him as much just because he's been on the roster forever. We forget how good Eric Bletso was. I know Patrick Patterson was on that team. He was awesome. DeMarcus,

John Wall, obviously, and the team fell a little bit short in the tournament of what we wanted. But Eric Bledsoe, I love seeing him play. He kind of was one of the very first guys that was like, this is an absolute dog. Because you remember those like first five years, six years of Cal when we just had absolute dogs, like D'Andre Liggins, Darius Miller, those type of guys. I feel like Eric Bledsoe almost helped, like, set the foundation for that. Yeah, he, I mean, six-foot guy who's going and dunking on people, the kind of the Robin to John Wall's Batman,

that guy is going to be back in Roperina with a Kentucky uniform on. I won't say Kentucky, but I mean, if you're not in Rop Arena for the La Familia games, what are you doing? It's going to be a good time. It really is. Like we said, we will all be there. Come say hi to us. We'll be front row, something like that. We are going to take another break right now.

On the other side of this break, we might take some more calls. Talk more Kentucky basketball and LaFamilia TBT team. Thank you all for listening. This is rough to no good. Takeover Day on Kentucky Sports Radio. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying,

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We're going to take some more calls here in our number two of Rup to No Good Takeover. day of Kentucky Sports Radio. Call us in at 859-280-2287. Next up, we have J.B., calling it. J.B., how are you doing? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing absolutely fantastic. Thank you for asking. How are you, what are you calling in for today?

Yeah, you know, I've had a quick question. You know, what are the crew's opinions on the Chicago beaches? You know. Oh, fantastic. I know who this is. This is a friend of ours from Ball Knowers. Shout out Ball Knowers Group chat. This is an ongoing discussion we have.

Sack. Sack. Well, appreciate the call, J.B. by the way. Thanks so much. You're from Chicago. I am, yes. We have an opinion about the beaches. I want to hear yours first.

You start out. First, as Chicago beaches. Tell us what's going on. Because there was a tweet that went out the other day. W.T. was talking about this not long ago. It was just concrete slabs as far as you could see. And there were people with towels laid out on them. Just right up next to the water.

And they called it. What was it? Slabber day. Slabber day. It was Saturday, but it was Slabber day. And it was just, that was the Chicago beaches. Is that? That is not the extent of Chicago beaches on each side of like the slab.

There are actual beaches. There is actual sand. So why are they spending their time on the slabs? And they name the day after the slabs. It just sounds like a bit. Why do they? It sounds like a thing. Why do they choose concrete?

I am not among these people. I no longer live in Chicago. I do not know. But there are actual beaches in Chicago. When you say, like, what's your opinion? I didn't know there is an opinion. Like, they exist. It's Lake Michigan.

It's absolutely beautiful. Do they exist? Are they real beaches? Yes. There's sand. No. It's not like an ocean. It's concrete.

Not, no, there is sand. There's still sand. Are you sure? Yes, I have been there before. I can show you pictures. I believe. The thing that I'm caught up on is if there is, in fact, sand on these beaches, why is, like, the Chicago beach slogan,

Slabber Day and why in this picture are there, like, dozens of people with, beach towels on concrete. Like that's, that's wrong. That's factually wrong. It sounds like a thing. It sounds like something we would do where we'd just be like, hey, today's slav or day. I just want to go lay out in the slabs for like a bit. But it's not just us. It's not a bit. It's dozens of Chicagoans looking like that's how they want to spend their Saturday. And that sounds like a not fun time. Is this a consistent Saturday thing? Or is it like a one day a year slabber day thing? Well, the person who tweeted this deleted their tweet because they got bullied so much by people

calling it not an actual beach. So I really don't know. And I don't know anyone that still is in Chicago or at least pretends to live in Chicago like you. So I will say this. I agree that concrete is not an actual beach. That's just more of a drop-up. I know what you're talking about. Like I've ran off that concrete ledge and jumped as far as I couldn't Lake Michigan before. I have memories of that. But there still exist beaches. There are still beaches. Sorry, it was just hard to. You said that with a straight face. I ran off the concrete and jumped into Lake Michigan. That's beautiful.

That sounds like a call for help more than like a fun Saturday. It does. Okay. Also, though, like even if the beaches have sand, let's say that there's beaches with sand, I believe. No, there are beaches that are entirely sand. Hypothetically. Right. They import sand and they do these beaches, right?

Those, are those still real beaches or are they just kind of like artificial? It's in Lake Michigan, you know, is that. Can a lake house a beach? Is that what you're, is that question you're asking? Yes. But these do not. Concrete is not a beach. It's not even decorated concrete.

It's just concrete. What's the average temperature? We're not talking about the concrete. It's very cold. It's very cold. So like, why would you even? Then why are you laying on concrete? Why are you laying in sand?

Cold sand? Well, the, okay. He's flustered. We're getting into them. I didn't realize how big of a conversation this was. Like, they asked for opinion on Chicago beaches. I thought it was pretty straightforward. They exist.

Chicago is beautiful. Lake Michigan is beautiful. That's the best you could say is that they exist. that I think we already win the argument. Which is better? Beaches of Chicago or the song Beaches of Cheyenne by Garth Brooks. Garth Brooks is the goat. Absolutely.

I'm not saying. I won't go that far. I'm not saying plan a family vacation around going to the beaches in Chicago, but they do exist. Like to say that there aren't beaches in Chicago is wrong. That's not the argument. That's not the argument. You know, for a nice family vacation.

Nobody does that. Why would you go to the beach in Chicago when you could go to, So when you could go to any other beach. No offense if you're from Gary, Indiana, by the way. Oh, I'm not a great reputation. I mean full offense if you're from Gary, Indiana. Sorry, Garyans. Are they called Garians?

Oh, just Indiana as a whole. Full offense. So what is the actual opinion here that we were discussing? Well, we don't have much time to discuss it anymore. But Chicago beaches do exist, but they're bad. And they're not real. They are real. They exist.

They are there. But yeah, they're fine. They exist. They exist. They are real. Thank you all for listening to Rubs and O Good. I'm KSR Takeover Day. We're going to take a quick break right here. Thank you. 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.

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They set the over under at $1.99 and a half. So this is tomorrow, right? Today. Ooh. So it's literally just, is he going to do it or not? Yeah. So before I pick the over under, I need to know, are they vegan wings?

Well, they're from Buffalo Wild Wings. Probably not. Do they have? I doubt. I don't think he is a vegan. I just think he's sponsored by a vegan company. Obviously, he's not a vegan. He's famous for eating hot dogs.

He's eating like a thousand pigs worth of hot dogs, and you're going to ask, is he a vegan? We're not getting the hot dog that he can. We got other stuff. Sorry. We had someone tweet into us. He asked, who would win between this year's roster or a collection of the best Kentucky transfers prior to this season? So this year, roster made of majority transfers, Otega Owe, Andrew Carr, Amari Williams, Jackson Robinson, Lamont Butler, Kirkcissa. All of those guys versus anyone who's ever transferred to the University of Kentucky before.

Some names that come to the top of my mind. Ryan Harrow. We have Oscar Shiaway. Oscar and Antonio. Kyle Macy will be on that roster. I think the all-time transfer list would have to win, right? If you have the national player of the year, I don't really know. No one's checking Oscar.

Well, it's at least pull five. Let's get a group of five here because this year's team. So we got center is Oscar clearly. We just had Nate Sistine on, put him at the four. I'll stop my head. I can't think of any one. We might have to slide into three because you've got Reed Travis in there. Ooh, that's good.

Reed Travis and Oscar front court would actually be crazy. Nobody is moving that front court. Absolutely. Got Derek Anderson in there too. That's good. Kyle Macy's point guard. Mark Pope. Mark Pope would actually be a great pick right next to Oscar.

I mean, stretch four right next to a bully. rebounding machine. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's clear. The all-time transfers are 100% winning that game. I mean, we've had some really good transfers, especially the last few years. I mean, Kell and Grady could be our shooting guard.

He's shooting like 45% from 3. Yeah, and Tonya Reeves was a borderline All-American. I also think I saw, I can't find this anywhere officially, but did I see that there was going to be a scrimmage between this year's TBT La Familia team and then the current Kentucky basketball roster? Did I see that correctly? I've seen that. I mean, no one's going to confirm that I don't think.

They may have. I'm not sure. Hey, text, text Nate Sistine and ask them. But, I mean, if the SEC Network wants to make a lot of summer money in this downtime, throw it on. Like, you could hear that.

You could put that on TV. We would all watch you. Oh, 100%. We're watching that. I'm watching it, then rewatching it, then rewatching it to like take notes. Like, it's going to, it would be wild. Get Jay Billis some rufferina ice cream. He'll come cover it.

We'll work for reprimed ice cream. So that goes, next question, who's winning that game? So on one end, you have, this isn't a more experienced team. So the age gap isn't going to be as crazy. If you had a CaliPerry team, yes, it's a bunch of grown dudes that used to be in the league or are playing overseas versus the best 18-year-olds in the country. But now Mark Pope's team, it's more balanced. Do you have your Kobe Brayes, Jackson, Robbins, and Skirk, Chris?

They're all 22, 23 years old. I mean, the youngest guy on the TBT team is a, is Kell and Grady, who was, nicknamed Grandpa on the 2022 team. So like it's a very experienced group with plenty of NBA talent and like experience that they're clearing. A little inside scoop breaking news, like Matt Jones likes to say. Nate's has seen the text to me. He said it might be in the works.

Ooh. Nice. All right. I like it. All right. Let's see. It's not confirmation at all. Everyone tweet at SEC Network right now.

We need to make that happen. There's some NCAA waivers that need to be cleared. So let's put up a billboard and we might get it done in the next two to three months. Can they pass a literacy test? Yeah, yeah. Please be able to read English. Thank you very much. We're going to go back to the phone line.

I believe we have Wilson up next. Wilson, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. How are you all? I'm doing fantastic. How is everyone else doing? Doing great. I'm doing great.

Wilson, I recognize your voice. I know who you are. I'm excited to hear what you're asking. Yeah, go ahead. What's your question? I'm wondering what football record is going to make you happy this year. I know the schedule got tougher, but if we're staring down seven and five again, I just can't get excited. I don't know. That's a good question.

I mean, it's no secret that we have a really tough football schedule coming up. And I think even the most like Mark Stup Hader guy is going to recognize it. Like, we got a tough road ahead of us this fall. If your question is, what makes me happy? I mean, even if a seven and five season is respectable, and with the schedule, that is a respectable record, it's not going to make me happy. I think we need at least eight wins in the regular season for me to be like,

okay, we had a good season. And anything above that is like, okay, we had some upsets. But I mean, we're going on the road in Knoxville. We're going on the road for a really, really good Ole Miss team. We're going to Texas. I mean, we know we're beating Louisville, so that's not really a question. so not a lot of like it's a lot of games that we should win and should lose there's very few

like in between games we always have like a boneheaded loss though that is true well I mean we don't have to we could just win those games could just win this game what I feel like I feel like this is going to happen every year and I'm like usually always wrong is that you know one day we're going to have a boneheaded loss that we shouldn't have you know we shouldn't have like a like an upset win and we're finally going to like topple one of these teams. You know, like we play teams. Like we played Georgia really well.

We've been a few top 10 teams under Stoops. Like, no, we could do it again. I mean, we could go into Texas and beat them. But it's just like, I'm not expecting that. But at the same time, we need at least an eight-win season to really feel like we did something this year, I think. So with the, that's going to be hard, dude, I don't know. With the playoff expanding, do you think nine wins gets us into a 12-team playoff?

I think it's tough because nine, it depends on who we beat. but the thing is if we're beating really good teams, we have a nine-win season. That means we probably lose to a team that knocks us off. So I think if we want to legitimately be in the conversation, it has to be a 10-win regular season. We could potentially do a nine-win if we're, like, beating good teams by a lot. It's tough. Is Wilson still there?

Wilson, are you there? No, Wilson's gone. I am here. Oh, Wilson is still here. He's still here. Wilson, what are you expecting? What's your expectation out of this season? I expect seven and five happy.

Eight wins would make me happy, especially if we could beat like a Tennessee or an Ole Miss. Oh yeah, if we beat Tennessee and we finish one in 11, I'll be happy. Last season, you'll remember. No, because Louisville. Okay, that's fair, that's fair. You'll remember last season, people were not particularly thrilled with how that season was ending until we beat Louisville,

and everything was forgotten and forgiven for the rest of year. Thanks so much for your call, Wilson, appreciate that. I do want to bring up that point, though. We were seven and five going into the bowl game. We had just beat in Louisville. They had their dream season. They were like 10 and 1. They were going through a very bad ACC schedule.

They have their new coach, and we had a down year. And we still beat them in their own place. I feel like if we go 7 and 5 that year and then beat Clemson in the bowl game, we probably are really happy with that season. And last year's schedule was much easier than this year. So I feel like if we get to 7 and 5 with a bull win, depending on the bull win, depending on the other wins and losses, I think we would be happy. It depends if you're on the more optimistic or pessimistic side.

I tend to be more optimistic. I think we're going to go 10 and 2 this year. I mean, is that the fan in you talking? I mean, I'm someone who would predict a 40-0 season right now today for basketball. So is that the fan in you or is that, like, looking at the schedule, I see 10 wins. This is, no one comes to me for football information. Like, no one comes to me like, ooh, I wonder what Matt said. BBN thinks about this year's football team.

So I don't get extra points for being correct. Like if I want to say like seven and five is realistic and we happen to be seven and five, like no one's going to give me a cookie. That's fair. I might as well just be positive and think this team's going to be awesome because when they are, then I'll be like, hey, I believe them all along. Let's go. That's true.

I think I'm going to get to that point by August, by September of like, you know what, why not? Let's just go 12 and 0. But I mean, it is going to be a tough season. I am looking forward to it. I mean, we have a what should be on paper a top three to five defense in the SEC. We have a highly talented quarterback

with two of the most elite receivers we've had in a long time. On paper, 10 wins is not off the table. I'm fascinated to see next season how this all just sort of plays out. Like the end of season reaction to just like, you know, it depends on whatever happens.

But, you know, like last year's season ended, it was interesting. All that went down, with stoops and the A&M stuff where he did or didn't want to go or like whatever it was. Like people weren't particularly thrilled. Bibian gets impatient pretty quickly if we're not making strides and leaps forward. And it feels like we've hit almost like a ceiling that we can't. You know, like we've, he's raised the bar done really super well.

But we got if you want that next step. Next step is playoffs. So why not 10 wins and make the playoffs? There's like, why not? Yeah. I mean, you know, if you can do it, then do it. But like that's, that's where that comes into question. like, hey, is this the guy that's going to get us there?

And I think, you know, so. We'll see. Yeah, we'll see. We will find out. It'll be a great time. My opinion on games also vary, like, how close I get to the game. Like, even if I'm saying, like, 10 and 2, like, it'll be, like, last year when we played Alabama, I'm like, okay, this one's probably one of the losses. But just enough purple lot, bourbon and coax, and, like, I'm walking into Kroger Field thinking we're going to win 49-0.

Next thing we know, three minutes in the game, we're down 21-0. So emotions, emotions vary a lot in Kentucky sports just in general. We have another call around the line, Ben. How are you doing? Hi, I'm doing pretty good. How are y'all doing? We are doing fantastic, especially now that you are calling Ben. What do you have to ask us today?

Well, thank you, man. I just wanted to know. I'm out here in Mielberg County in Paradise, and I just wanted to know who wins in a game to 21. the entire up to no good podcast or prime demarcus cousins. Oh my gosh. Who is reffing this game? Are they riffs?

Call our own fouls, I would guess. Doug shows is riffing. Okay, we might be able to get some free throws. I mean, we might be able to get bogey to get teed up twice and then we win by elimination. I mean, we're obviously losing that game, right? He's not even going to be close. Unless there's some nonsense like that. Like he's not not scoring on us every single time he gets the ball.

But we don't want to get in a no-fowls game with DeMarcus cousins. You know, our only shot. Can you imagine being fouled by DeMarcus, Teddy Valentine? Can you imagine being fouled by DeMarcus cousins? I would die. Yeah, that would not feel good. Like we're going to be out. Like three of us are going to get hurt by like fifth point.

Like we're 100% losing. Don't worry. I'll take it home. No, I'm just kidding. Go for it. And if you challenge him right now, DeMarcus Cousins is listening. Like, send out the challenge. No, I'm not.

We will not be doing that. I value my life. We have already discussed my 6'4, 155 pound frame. Yeah, even if DeMarcus cousin files me, I'm not making those free throws. Like, if we're playing ones and twos to 21, make it take it, as soon as he gets the ball, I think he's just running 21-0. And I don't think there's anything we can do about it. I think our best shot, maybe I get on top of Bradley's shoulders,

and we just hang out in the paint. No, I don't think playing chicken's going to help. I just don't think so, you know. I mean, he'll push you over and then not get called for a foul. I'm not sure that you'll do that without, like, without falling over anyways, you know, just standing up straight. I'm really not. I don't have a lot of confidence there.

Did you see the video, I think Kentucky men's basketball page posted? They asked all the players how they would do if they played Mark Pope one-on-one to 11. A lot of them said, like, 11-1, 11-2. Kirk Carissa said, oh, I thought Mark Pope played soccer. So prime Mark Pope was not prime to Marcus Cousins. Do you think that one-on-one any of us could get a point against Mark Pope? He's an former NBA player. We're talking about his prime?

No, about just right now in his coaching stage. You think one of us could get a point. I think I would hit a couple jumpers on him. He might feel bad for us and let us have him, but he's still 6'10. A point? I think I could get a point. If the question is could, I mean, technically, yes, I could. Will I?

Probably not because I'm going to have to throw like a behind the back like half court shot to even have a chance of getting it over him. Ben, are you still there? Are you scoring a point on Mark Pope? Oh, he's gone. I think he would. I believe in Ben. Ben's got it. One time at an LA fitness in Memphis, DJ Jeffries jumped over me and dunked it. So I think Mark Pope is doing that to me as well. Have you ever been in Mulemberg County? I've been through it. I've been through it. This is my first time hearing that it existed. Paradise. I think it's a song reference. He said it's, it's Paradise. I believe that's from a song.

Isn't that from a song? I think it's also a real place, though. No, it's a real place, but like it's a song. Yeah, I've been there too. That's where Greenville is, right? Or is it close? I think so. I mean, Beaver Dam area. Typically on this show, we have someone that's literally been to every single county with Matt Jones. We're not the experts when it comes to Kentucky Geography. And I've been to Greenville, I think. Listen, I live in Calloway County. Most of these. things have no bearing on me far west. They're like where I'm from. But I know Mulemberg. They mine coal over there, I think, or they used to back in the day. But in Western Kentucky.

Yeah, they do. Muleberg County. Oh, well, Mulemberg, yeah. I thought you meant actual Western Kentucky. No, no, just Mulemberg County. But that, I mean, that's Western Kentucky. Eastern, I think is the word you're looking for. No, no, no, no.

That's what I'm saying. Mulember County, I think, is Western Kentucky, and they mine coal. Or coal is like part of their thing, their culture, their whatever. like they mine coal there. It's not in Eastern Kentucky. I'm from Eastern Kentucky. It's not over there. I'm sure we're going to get a lot of tweets in the next five minutes

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everything comes down to March, and we've learned that the hard way the last few seasons. Like you can have a good regular season or a bad regular season. It all matters what happens to March. A second weekend will make me satisfied because it's something we haven't done in a while, unfortunately. But I mean, if we're getting to the Elite Eight Final Four, that's when I'll be happy. It's so tough judging a first team, especially when it's built through the transfer portal in a month. Get us a good recruiting class. Build us a good team for year two. We'll really start riding then. I think, I genuinely think that Mark Pope and the team has higher expectations and standards for year one than any of the fans do. 100%, which is good. I think that's a great thing.

But I'm expecting us to, you know, I want to finish, I want to do well in the SEC. I want to know that we can compete. I want to know that we have like the coaching to be able to compete at a level, even if we don't have the guys, because that's what we've been wanting as Kentucky fans for a while. So, you know, I'm excited for it. I think that Arnold Showboat Boykin has nothing on this team. We're running the table. 40 and O. I'm completely with you. 12 and 0 for the football team. 40 and 0 for the best 15 and 0. That's right. We're going all the way to the championship. And 40 and O for the Kentucky basketball team. I have super high expectations for them. I think they have a top 15-ish roster. And I think we have a coach that's going to overperform and get us

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