KSR - 2025-02-19- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk most recognizable people for Kentucky students, UK vs. Vandy, and filming during a plane crash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Now here's Matt Jones. Welcome, everyone, Kentucky Sports Radio Wednesday, February the 19th. Matt Jones here on a snowy, snowy day in Lexington, Kentucky, cold 15 degrees outside. And we are here getting ready. We are in studio. KS. Bar isn't going to be closed until 3 p.m. today. We'll open at 3 p.m. for pregame and basketball. But we're closed right now for snow, so we're all in studio.

Clock's Pubbushop. Shop phone line 859-280-2287. I'll be able to look and see who we put on the line. A Vision Auto Glass Text Machine, 772-745-254, this dish and spot. It's about a T.J. Smith, Law of us. It's called TJ. I'll make them pay. I wish, Shannon, we had the cameras on and the mics on during the last few minutes. Well, I wish we didn't have the mics on because I'd be hitting that red button a lot. Yeah, that's right. There were a lot of curse words coming out.

So we couldn't have done that. You know, Ryan Myron is one of my, has become one of my really good friends. But sometimes Sunday morning, he wakes up grumpy. Does he? Yeah, he does for the ESPN show. And sometimes I'm grumpy. But like he's sometimes. He's grumpy more.

Yeah. And the way we do that show is our producer has a rundown of topics. It's not like this show where we can just add lib. They make you know what you're going to talk about. Sure. Now, sometimes I'll deviate, but they have a thing. So he'll give it to us the night before. In theory, Drew, we're supposed to look at it the night before.

When Kentucky's playing on Saturday, I ain't looking at it until Sunday morning. I don't think Myron ever looks at it. So then we get there, we're supposed to get on at 9.30 for a 10 o'clock show. I'll work with the producer. will change some stuff. But sometimes Myrna'll log on at like 9.53 and then be like, let's do this and sit there. and I'm like, it's too late. Yeah.

You could have done that at 930 and we'll argue right up until the thing starts. And then we're like, hey. It's sunny morning. Matt Murray. And like you have no idea of what's just happened. So in here, just a minute ago, we had quite a conversation with Billy. And Ryan, I think you and Drew were on my side, right? Yes, we were.

It was all of us against Billy. So here was the conversation. And I'd like to hear what the general public thinks about this. This is probably a generational thing. I think it definitely is. He was talking about the plane crash in Toronto when the plane was flipped over. Right. And he said, how did we get on it?

He was like somebody was mad at the guy for using the film. So everybody's seen the video of the people trying to escape and the guy's holding up his phone. Right? Right. And did Billy say one of the people got mad at him? Is that right? I can't remember how we got there. How we got on. They discussed it in the pre-show.

I think somebody maybe have texted Billy or something. That was like 10 bad words ago. Okay. I've already forgotten. But anyway, he was like, I don't understand why people would get upset. If I'm in a plane crash, I'm filming everything. And I went, you wouldn't film me. I was like, if I'm in a plane crash and I'm distraught, I'm not let you can't film

somebody's face. Like, film your phone. yourself if you want. But this dude, the video, he's like looking around and filming everybody in the plane. People upside down. People are upside down. People are trying to get off the plane and dude is standing there filming. And I was like, I'd be livid at you if you were filming me in a moment of distress. And he was like, I'm filming. This is this is a big thing. I'm like, yeah. So get off the plane so we cannot explode. but he was like, no, you have to, you film when this happens.

And I was like, there's the generational divide right there. There's the generational divide. Something happens. Older people are like, get me off this plane and let me have my privacy in a moment of distraughtness. And younger people are like, whohoo, views coming, right? Yeah. I mean, of my friend group, I'm the one that's out taking pictures and videos we don't really need. I'm like the dad of the group.

but if a plane's upside down, I don't care where my phone is. Get off this plane as fast as you can. You don't know if it's going to expire, Shannon. It's like you've got to get off the plane. Take my phone. I don't need it. There are people who have literally walked off a cliff to their death just to get some views on social media because they weren't paying attention.

They were on their phone the entire time. But think about it. Let's just put yourself in your shoes. Okay. You're sitting there. Well, first of all, when the plane is strapped and it's upside down, how are you getting down? Presumably you have a seat belt on. Are you just falling on your head?

Unbuckle and ease down. Yeah, you got to unbuckle and then try to brace yourself for a little bit of a fall there. I think you're grabbing onto something with one hand and unbuckling with the other and hoping that you can somehow flip around. And hoping you can flip over. Okay, but would you agree, you're in a sense of vulnerability at that moment, right? Your most ever sense of vulnerability. And you still don't know if the plane's going to explode, right? Yeah.

Yeah, they're hosing that thing down outside to keep it from getting worse. So I'm sitting there. I'm. from the ceiling. I'm trying to get down, also trying to get off as quickly as possible because I don't know what's going to happen. Presumably, I'm in trauma because I thought I was going to die. Right? You would think that when this happens.

Sure. And Billy R. Sports pulls his cell phone out and starts filming it. Like, I'm not going to handle that well. Are you? No, I'm telling you, let's do put your flipping phone down and help me get down. See, he's getting close, Shane, and you're worried about him cussing. That's right. He's getting worked up. Yeah.

Get me down. Help me get down. Put the phone down and get me out of here. But he was like, I'm going to keep it on. And then he got into like, Billy hasn't done this in a while when he gets like, Billy Confidence. Billy Confidence, the same thing that the first time he was on here was like, of course Jennifer Lawrence would date me. He had a little bit of that. I was like, well, I would punch you in the face. And he would be like, no, you wouldn't.

And I was like, I'm not going to, I mean, but somebody would. And he was like, I don't care. Let him. I'd fight them. And I'm like, I've been in fights. I've been, I've been in fights. I was like, you are little. And he was like, oh, I'm scrappy.

And like, but he wasn't kidding. He was like, Bill, he was now ready to fight the people on this, you know, presumed plane somewhere. Like, I couldn't believe it. But it goes to show. there's a certain generation that kind of feels like they have to take a picture of everything. And they have to document every moment of their lives. I don't even have a good arm, but there's no limit to how far that phone would go after I threw it once I stepped out of the plane.

I mean, it would still be sliding down the runway. Imagine you're waiting to get out and he's standing at the door filming. Yeah. You know, the stewardesses are all yelling at people. Leave your stuff. Get out. Leave your stuff. Get out.

And you got somebody standing there with these phone recording everything. Now, with that said, I watch the video. Right? because that's what you, and there's this part of the dichotomy is we all agree, dude shouldn't be filming. At the same time, we all want to see the film. It's something we all were attracted to. So, I mean, it's, that's, you know, take up for Billy. That's the mindset of everybody wants to see.

And I'm sure that guy ended up on television because he had the film. I mean, the incentives are bad. But I just, and I told him, apparently that video is like three minutes long. Because the dude filmed the entire plane. and then like CNN in these places where like blurt everybody's face out and only showed you the part that didn't have anybody's face in it but he filmed everybody and I'd be like what are you doing in that moment I think that's rude yeah also please get off the plane we don't know that

we're still safe like again I'm throwing it as far as I can imagine you run to the door who hadn't gotten off the plane it explodes because he was there filming it And you know some of these folks probably, like you said, they're so vulnerable, upset, emotional. You don't want everybody to see you in your worst emotional state. Totally agree. Which gets me now also in terms, since we're doing the generation thing, to Mario going on campus yesterday. Yeah. I'm going to clap.

So that video is really, really good. It's really good. It's really good. He talked to a bunch of UK students. He added Mark Pope. Yes. So he had Pope, which ended up, I think, being a good. decision. Mark Pope, Rick Patino, Andy Beshear, Dave Portnoy, and Michael Kidd Gilchers.

Correct. Now, my only minor criticism is that wasn't the best Michael Kidd Gilchrist photo, but it also wasn't a great Andy Beshear photo either. So like you, you know, but Michael Kig Gilchrist, when I think of him, I think of him smiling and he wasn't smiling. I'm not sure what have mattered with that crew, though. I don't either. Spencer Denwitty. So he interviews him all. Final order looked to be Pope was known the most, although one person called him Tom Pope. Tom Pope. Oh, that's Pope, Tom Pope. Tom Pope.

By the way, you could see all this on the KSR social media pages, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, etc. Rick Patino was second. A little surprised at that. Yeah. It looks like all the guys that he did, all knew Patino. Yeah, and it seemed – Petino was second. Yeah. Then what, Portnoy was third?

Or was Bashir third? They were close. Portnoy was third. It was interesting. All the white dudes knew Portnoy. Whereas all the women and black nudes knew Bashir, but didn't know Portnoy. Yeah. So there's your divide, right?

Like there's your, all the frat bros know portnoy. What are the black dudes called Andy? Brother Andy. That's my favorite part. Oh, that's brother Andy. Brother Andy. But then the shocker is that not one person could name Mike's. Not one person.

Zero. Zero. I texted Mario last night. It said, great video. I'm heartbroken for Michael Kid Gilchrist. We should have done someone else. We shouldn't have done it to him. I mean, nobody.

But that's my point. Okay, so. It hurt to watch. First of all, when I think of old school UK fans, all, so I'm just going to use, because everybody lives their life through their centerpiece

of what they think is normal. Right? I think old school fans immediately tell me someone from the Rup Air. They'll be like, Matt, I've been watching since Cotton Ash,

Louis Dampy, Danny, and that's like, okay, that's an old fan. Yeah, right? Right.

And then there's like the kind of older fans that'll start with like Joby Hall players. Yeah. Kevin Greene, Jack, even,

Kyle Mason, you know? Yes. Then there's like the just a little older than me and then they'll be like, Rex Chapman, and the best player

that ever was. Walk the street to Kentucky, Jamal, Mashburn, right? That would be those. Yeah. Then, like, my generation we like are like, oh, when I was a little kid, MASH, and then you go, Antoine Walker,

Derek Anderson, Scott Pagic, etc. And then there'll be a Prince Bogan's generation. And then it's like the cow generation. The fact that there are kids on the college campus now, who for them, Michael Kid Gilchrist, is too old. to know. Wow. That's a, that is like an eye-opening. Wow. Right? Makes me feel old. We realize that was 13 years ago and these kids that are in college now were kindergarten. I have no idea who the 2012

guys are. I mean, from 2010 when Cal got here to let's say 2017, Michael Kigilkers, if you're talking about when they were here, who was the most popular? John Walls probably first. Then maybe Tyler Ulys. But Michael Kiddquins is in the top five. People loved Michael Kiddles. Yes, they did. Yeah. One of them.

Can you believe it? I actually did the math on what it would have been like for me, walking UK's campus. And if someone stopped me, maybe I paid a closer attention than the random people Mario grabbed, but it would have been like the 94-95 team. I think I would have been able name the whole roster. Me too.

It's the equivalent of when I was in college of somebody showing me a picture of Rex. Of course I would know who Rex Chapman is. Easy. You tell me I'm not going to know who Rex Chapman is? Show me Jamel Martinez. Show me, like any of them. I was very surprised because clearly Mario talked to some people that were basketball fans.

Yes. I mean, the guy who mentioned Spencer Dinwiddie knows enough basketball to mention Spencer Dinwiddie, and he can't know Michael Kid Gilgars. I couldn't believe it. Well, even when Mario would reveal who it was, they were like, a couple of them were like, I still don't know who that is. And he won a title. Shannon he won a title

It's crazy I'm looking at the roster for like when I would be five years old Rex Chapman's on that team I would recognize Rex Chapman Would you recognize Ed Davinder I would have as a kid Winston Bennett

I would have recognized Winston Bennett I don't know if I know exactly what he looks like Sean Sutton was on that roster But Michael Kit Gilchrist is not Anthony Davis But like He was the second pick He was the second pick in the draft.

He's one of the highest picks in the history of this school. Coming in before that season, he was the number one recruit. It was not Anthony Davis. It was Michael Kidd. Yeah. I was shocked by it. Great video by Mario. And to the girl who said Tom Pope.

I mean, first of all, that was two of them working together. Yes. They showed a picture and they both just sort of laughed. And then one of them goes, he's the basketball coach, right? Mario was like, yeah. And then she goes, Pope. And he's like, yeah. And then she goes, Tom.

Oh, just stop. So, if you don't know, you got to get a little. So just stop with Pope. No reason to throw Tom in there. The best part of the whole video, and I said this to Abby, when we were watching it, is Mario's so nice when they're wrong. He's like, ooh, that's not Spencer did, Woody. Oh, Tom.

We have to do this again. And I'm doing it because I'm making fun of them. You're so nice. But if somebody looked at me and said Tom Pope, I'd have to be like, All right, come on now. Tom? You'd be a good game show host. You made them feel good, even though their guests were terrible.

You made them feel good. You were very nice. 859-280-2287. Cats and Vandy tonight. We'll get you ready for the game right after this. KSR. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind.

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It's like Johnny Cash, Tyler Chiltern, and Tom Petty. Of Tom Petty songs, it's the top three song for me, Shannon. The waiting, learning to fly, and then I have to think about what the third one is. But this one, this is a great song. It's a great song to play like when you're going through a change like in your life, right? Like whatever your next step is. I remember playing this on my way from law school to take the clerkship on the D.C. circuit, which I was so nervous about because that was going to be like the hardest job.

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It's a great. So I've played this a bunch at various times in my life. Competty is just the best. Can I read you something in support of Billy? All right. You read that and I'm going to read you something not in support of Billy. Billy is a journalist. First of all, no, he's not.

Journalist. No, he's not. Let's stop. You can't just throw that word around. Billy is not a journalist. All right, go ahead. Wars and tragedies need to be documented even when it's hard to do. That's how we learn from them and hopefully don't repeat the mistakes.

First of all, Billy's not a journalist. Billy is a person on a plane. Not a pilot either. What do you mean to repeat the same mistake? Yeah, what's Billy going to do to stop? But Billy's going to make it to where he doesn't flip next time? No, okay. There's something to that argument,

except when you're in the emergency of getting out. Yeah. Okay? If he's out and then films it, I still think it's rude. I do. I've often wondered, when you watch war documentaries, is there ever a part of you that's like, I'm sitting here looking at somebody that may have just, like, blown up?

Absolutely. All the time. the difference though is in a war a soldier has is a part of history at that moment these are unwilling parts when you're a soldier

you get into war you either volunteer or maybe you were drafted these people didn't ask to be on a plane crash they didn't ask to be part of the news yeah right I mean let's put it like this let's take the flooding you see somebody drowning

let's say you can't Save it. Are you filming them? No. No. No. No. How's this different? At the time, it's not different. Well, nobody's actively dying in that moment. But you don't know. It could be. You could be. You don't know. I mean, the thing could still fly. The thing could still blow up. Somebody could have a heart attack hanging there upside down. Yeah. I mean, anything. In that case, you should never film because anything could happen in that moment. But I mean, you're in a, you're in an extreme situation. It's not like you're just like.

So I, you know, now, here's a different one. All right. Matt, I've worked for Delta for six years as a flight attendant before moving to operations. Billy is a moron. The goal is to evacuate the plane as quickly as you said. Getting your phone out and filming shows a complete lack of care for others and will slow the evacuation. Billy's opinion is representative of a greater societal entitlement than people have shame on Billy. Shame. Shame, shame.

So what is the age where we think that way and don't think like Billy? I think it's people who had. phones from the moment they I had this conversation with a friend of mine the other night and his wife. My age is the worst because we

grew up without it then got put into a world where it has to be part of our lives but we didn't grow up with it. So it's still uncomfortable but it's like has to be part of our lives. My parents are not on their phones at all

really. Right. Right. They live a world without it. But now there's a generation that it is their world. I actually think that's sad, but regardless, that's what it is. And I think for those people, the idea of not filming every moment of your life seems completely foreign. Yeah. And Billy's at the oldest of that generation. Would you agree?

Yeah, and I don't have a problem with you're out, you're 100 yards away, and you're filming the plane as they're hosing it down and you've made it. But in that moment, like the person that chimed in from Delta, we're trying to get people off as fast as possible. I mean, there's a truck outside hosing down that plane hoping it doesn't get any worse. We don't need you on your phone. Yeah. And if Billy wants to fight, I would tell him knuckle up.

Well, here's another one. I've listened to the pre-show every day. I like Billy and Shannon. Billy could not fight my grandmother. If he wants to fight, set it up. I'll be glad to fight him for charity. I'm not letting Billy fight anyone because he will lose. He never raised Ryan Timmons.

He could fight his grandmother. Let's set it up. Another person writes, Matt, it broke my heart that you didn't know who MKG was. Would they know other UK players? All right. Let's try this. I think that generation, who would college kids know by face at UK right now? John Wall, yes.

The percentage is down. But he's big on TikTok. That little intro from Kentucky 6'4. John Wall with him doing the tick. I think people who don't even know John Wall know that intro. It's online all the time. He's got a little bit of cult he wrote to him. If you found sports fans too, though, you got to keep in mind,

not everybody on campus is a sports fan. That's true, but John Wall is a little more. And I'm telling you, there would be people who don't know anything about sports who know that line because it's like a thing. People are going out to a bar and they're dressed up, like either in a suit or like a woman's in a dress, and they think they look good. They play the intro of 6-4 from Kentucky, John Walt.

Like that's... Yeah, you play the video they may name. You just show a headshot of him? So you don't think many would know. That was 15 years ago. These kids were five. Fair enough, if you don't think so. DeMarcus cousins, no.

No. God, this game's making me so sad. But would you say no? I would say no. If they don't know Michael Kiggas, how are they going to know DeMarcus cousin? I'm with you. Nope. They will know Anthony Davis.

Because he's still good. Still playing. Still know Anthony Davis. Harrison Twins. Let's say he showed as one of them. No, not a chance. No. Norland's Noel.

No. No. No. But with the big box cut. No. No. No. Will he collie Stein?

No. Maybe because he was just here in the TBT, but if not the TBT, no. Carl, they'd know. They'd still very. Would they know Tyler U. Well, I told Mario last night, we were texting, and we both said we should have done Tyler Ulyss and said it instead of Gilchris. He's a little more recent.

Do you think they would know Tyler? are you. Adeline, no. I think a lot would not. I think more would know than Michael Kid Gilchrist. Especially if you show him in his playing days when he had the short cut. Now he's got the dreads. Oh, you've played with the dreads. No way. No one's going to know it.

Yeah, no one's going to know him. We used to be a proper Big Blue Nation. It is amazing. And it also shows you that like, you know, for these kids UK basketball is Oscar Shibway and Rob Dillingham and Reed

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Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Welcome back. Kentucky Sports Radio. Kentucky is a five and a half point favorite tonight against Vandy. A little small, but considering the roster, probably about right, but it's not a huge number right.

No, it's not. I think they do take it into account that they don't have Butler and Robinson. They are officially out, by the way. Yeah. They're not playing. I'll be honest, I was not going to touch this game. And then I saw that number. My reaction is what it was.

I thought that's very low. I thought that was a low number. I thought it was going to be eight or not. Yeah, if we win, I think it would be more than five and a half. I mean, I think the roster though. I mean, the team. But we beat Tennessee with that roster. You didn't beat Vandy with that roster, though.

Well, we, but it was there. And that's a different, you know, I mean, there's a huge difference between home and away. Oh, I agree with that. I just, especially at Vandy. Yeah. Where Vandy, if you just look at their record this year, has been a completely different team at home and away. Which is why, by the way, you got to win. Like, Vandy's not, have they won a game on the road yet, Shannon?

Yeah, yeah. I mean, they were up by 16 in Knoxville, blew the league. But lost. Yeah, that's what I told you. But I mean, have they won any SEC Roe games yet? Yeah, I think one. One. So you can't lose this game tonight, Ryan.

That's the key. I don't even care if LSU. So I don't even care if you win one game by one point. You have to win. You had them beat at Vanderbilt. You were up, what, seven? And then it's collapsed down the stretch. What we just did against Texas collapsed down the stretch.

And I don't think Butler played it, Vandy, did he? We had someone was out. That's where he got hurt. Okay. Yeah, we had someone out during that game. that was one of the first that was early in SEC that's when car was first out car was out one of the first games Shannon's right car was out Butler got hurt during the game I think that's right yep so um you know

gotta win that's all I can say about the game is you gotta win I mean you got six games left and you got three at home we got to win us you and Vandy at home you got to win those two games yep you have to you're gonna lose Alabama you're probably going to lose Auburn. In a perfect world, beat LSU, beat Vandy, steal one of the at Oklahoma at Missouri. That's where I am. Is that where you are? Yeah, I think it's going to be three and three when, you know, tonight, LSU and at Oklahoma. Oklahoma's falling apart. Like, we need to get that one. And I'll add the Alabama, Auburn, Missouri. I know going three and three will stink. That will not hurt the tournament seating. It will not. Really at all. If you lost those

three games, you really are in a just win what you got. Mississippi State won last night. So even more reason we got to win tonight If we don't want to have to play on Wednesday Yeah, we hold the tiebreaker with them But if we lose tonight, we don't That's right Yeah, they jump you Yeah, they jump you

Andy, go ahead and Andy Hey guys I know when we started with Mark Pope He talked about We were going to start prioritizing the SEC tournament And that sounded great And it still sounds great But now that we're in a situation

we've got three guys hurt and we may be playing on Wednesday. How do you navigate that and can you prioritize both? And I think the final four is an easier path in the SEC tournament and I'll get up here with it's a great question. I think that's a very fair question. First of all, I think the final four is on. If you were to say what's going to be easier, go to the final four or win the SEC tournament.

The answer is go to the final four. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Easily. Easily. Let's just look at our path to go to the final four in the last bracketology I saw. Beat Chattanooga, Illinois, Purdue, and Florida.

Now, let's look at our SEC tournament path. Beed Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, Alabama. Wow. Three potential number one seeds. your way to get to the SEC championship. I mean, the Final Four is easier. I think it's not even close. I mean, there are going to be tournament teams on Wednesday of the SEC tournament.

And there could also be a ranked team playing on Wednesday of the SEC tournament. That's what I'm saying. It could be us. I mean, I don't think there's any doubt. The Arkansas loss is what leaves a mark on us. Because if we'd won that game, I think we'd feel pretty good about getting to not have to play on Wednesday. But that loss, that's a sticky loss. In more ways than one.

Not just seating wise, but morale-wise. I did see that clip. Oh, you did? Yeah. Jim Host says something like, I don't respect people who made their fortune off Cal and then turned on. Which is, you know, well, I got to be careful what I say. I'm not trying to get into a, Jim host a legend of what he did.

So, like, I'm not trying to get into a match of, like, he was the first person in America to see the value of local rights fees on college sports and to really, I mean, from a business perspective, create, he created a lot of what the modern, what the SEC and these conferences bundled into TV rights, he was a big part in starting that. So should no way downgrade that. With the exception, though, like you made your money. gym on college kids playing sports too, right? You made a fortune on that.

But regardless, and there's no doubt Cal played a role in the rise of KSR. With the same point, I'm not like Baghdad Bob. And when you cover Kentucky, you can't just be like our great, I mean, I can't be Sean Hannity saying our great leader never makes a mistake. Like, that's boring too. Like, that's boring. If you just want everything, but why do people want. Why? Do people want news or opinions where everything the person they talk about does is right?

Yeah. How boring is that? I heard actually Dave Portnoy, since we talked about him, say that. He was talking about Clay Travis. And he was like, Clay Travis is so boring. Not because I don't agree with him a lot. He was like, but if everything Trump does is great, why am I listening to you? I can just assume that everything he did was great.

So why would I listen to you talk? Similarly, if everything the coach at Kentucky does is great, no matter what, and all honor and support to him, why would you listen to this show? Like, that would be so boring. So Jim Host is wrong. Like, respectfully, he's wrong. If we were not doing our job,

but the last three years, Cal's last three years, by doing our job, we had to throw out that things were not Kentucky level. The day I learned that lesson, Drew, was the 40 to nothing game against Vanderbilt. with Joker films. Take us back to that time. I'm still trying to break in.

I'm doing a postgame show. And Kentucky, I'm in talks with Kentucky to do their official pre and post game show the next year. And we lose 40 to nothing in an empty crowd. And I remember going into the old WLAP studios and thinking, what are you said?

Like, I can't, I mean, what's positive about today? I mean, there's nothing to say. We lost 40 to. and nothing at home. No one was at the game. No one. What are you supposed to say? And I said, I have to get on here and say that we have to fire Joker Films. I don't want to say it. You're doing your job. But I have to say it. Drew and I had driven Joker Phillips home from the, you know, from parties, from a part, but not like in a bat, like a long time before, like in the summer or something like that. I didn't want to say that, but I had to. And then,

by the way, it cost me the gig as the pregame show host the next year. They didn't do it for a couple years. But like, you have to do it. And the idea, the people who are paid by UK to be blank slates without opinions, I respect them, but nah, nah, it ain't me, babe. I can't do that? We don't have to keep revisiting this. But do people forget that if you combine the SEC and NCAA tournaments, he lost nine of the last 11 postseason games? Like, what are you talking about people pushing anyone out. That's not going to that push people out. But we didn't lose. We've lost five out of six games in the SEC term. Yeah. And we may lose another one this year because of how great the conference. Hopefully not on Wednesday.

Yeah, hopefully not. Tyler, go ahead, Kyler. 859-28027. Hey, Matt, you often talk about UK making it difficult to attend games for the average fan. And I wanted to bring an issue to your attention that should start a discussion amongst the fan base. You'll do it quickly. So, okay, so I know you don't have kids, but UK doesn't make it easy or affordable for new parents. So at UK football games, you can purchase a lap seat for children 12 months and under for $10. But at UK basketball games, you have to buy a full-price ticket for an infant regardless of age. So you're saying you can't bring a baby to a UK basketball game without buying them a ticket?

Yeah, you have to buy a ticket. for the baby. Is that any age? Like if it's like one month? Yeah. One month you have to have a ticket for that baby. Shannon's laughing. Why are you laughing?

I mean, it's still a baby. I mean, it's a human being. But what if it's not taking up a seat? And you know me. I'm not pro baby. But like what if you and I go and you sit on my lap, you're not taking up a seat? Shouldn't you be charged?

I would, I feel like I shouldn't be if I'm going to sit on your lap. So that's okay. I appreciate the. Interesting question. Should you charge a baby for a seat? So he's saying football does it, basketball does. I mean, I take his word for it. I don't know. But should you charge a baby a ticket? I didn't know this, but I like the football. You pay $10 for a lap ticket.

You sit in your parents' lap. I don't know why they can't do that for basketball also. So then, all right? So you say yes, do a lap ticket. Do a lap ticket. How old, though Shannon makes a point. Someone could sit in your lap for a long time. Like how long? What's the age that you don't get to pay to sit in someone's lap? I think they've got to be able to walk. So anywhere from 12 to 14. You have to set a set line.

Because if you don't, people are going to abuse that. They're going to show their ID. What is the age? Wait, you're bringing 12-year-old sit for free? That seems a lot. Yeah, wait a minute. You say 12 years old? Oh, 12 months old.

Oh, what was going to say? What in the world? Ron's like Josiah. 12. One year old, in other words. So you're saying, you're saying one year old. So you think it one year, one month buy a ticket? Yes.

Shut up and deal. I, okay, I'm going to take a hot take. Oh, no. Oh, there we go. Oh, no. Now, if it rhymes, I'll tell you what, just hold the thought. I need a break to make sure. Okay.

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It's snowy, so there's no reason for you to not be on the phone. The only phone line I see is Bob and James Town, and I'm not making that call until we're into it. So 859-2-807. I mean, I'll take it before it's over, but like, I can't come back with that. Plus Ryan's hot take. This is KSR. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind.

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including a person who wants to defend Bob in Jamestown. But here are the policies for UK sports. It is exactly what that guy said. For football, you can bring a baby, sit on the lap until they're one. For basketball, everybody has to have a ticket. Airlines, the policy is baby-free until two. What should the policy be?

People, we'll start with a man with children. Oh, wait a minute, give your hot take. I am a father. I have three boys. I don't think you should take a baby to a sporting event. I just don't. I would never take my boys when they're that young. They don't know.

It causes a problem for you, cause a problem for the people around you. So no babies at any sporting event. I don't know why people think that they have the need to take their kid to a football game. Can I amazingly be the defender of babies here? because if the parents want to go, they have no other way to go for some of them unless they take their baby. And I know people say,

I can't find a babysitter. Yes, you can. Or babysitting businesses. You work with people. If you are so dead set on going to a game, you can find somebody to watch your baby for two or three hours. Okay. Do you include that with restaurants?

They shouldn't go to restaurants? No. Well, why not? What's the difference? Restaurants, it's, it's, it's, it's what? You're eating. Well, you're going to a game.

Yeah. You can eat the game. No, you're, no, I'm just anti-I-tick. So babies can come to the restaurants, but they can't come to the game. That makes no logical sense. Well, I mean, I think the only argument you could have is at a restaurant, you're at your own table with your own seats. At a game, you're all together right next to other people.

So I think there's a difference there. That's amazing. Even me. please make your baby shut up and if you have a baby screaming in the airport I will stare at you even though I don't want to even me would say you can't say they can't come that's just my that's just my opinion I never did it and I it's going to hurt your chances for running mayor for running his mayor's race is falling down every single moment so what should the right so his law is you can't come what is your law I don't agree with that at all um I would say

Like, I guess probably two. What's the age where you could. Yeah, we're like you could strap them in a thing, like about that size. I guess at about two, they're getting a little too big. So I'd say anything under two. I think one's actually bad. What I don't understand is letting them do it for football and not basketball. What is the argument for that?

Just that it's indoors. And so they'll be louder. Like what's the... I don't think that's a problem. Well, I don't understand what the UK argument is to treat those differently. You'd think they would want to put the lap tickets in basketball because there's less seats. You know? Why?

If you have a baby and you have to buy a seat, that takes away a seat for somebody else could use. But if you use the lap rule, then that opens up a seat for somebody else. Because there's fewer seats at Rupp than there is at Kroger. I'm following that logic barely. But I get what you're saying. I looked up some other policies.

Okay. The NFL is babies are free under a year and a half, but some stadiums make you stop at a little station and get a physical ticket just in case someone asks. Who is carting the baby, by the way? He goes, that looks like it's not quite a year. That looks like a 19-monther. You're going to need a seat.

Ticketmaster says most concerts, babies are free under two. So two or a year and a half. Why are you taking a baby a concert? No, no, no, no, I see little kids at louder than life. No, you don't see babies at louder than life. Why? I saw several last year at louder than life. Wow.

You're hurting their ears. It's loud. They're going to sunburn. Who would have thought? Ryan is the most pro-kid person on this show and you are the most anti-kid taking your baby to an event. I think you're looking at it as a guy who lives within a mile of a stadium. Say I'm on vacation with my family and we want to go see the local baseball game. Does the baby stay in the hotel room?

No. You don't go. So I just never get to see my favorite baseball team ever. I have to live within that. You're out. McKenzie. Go ahead, McKenzie. Hi.

Hello. So you keep saying that we beat Tennessee with this roster, but Butler played for most of that game. And I feel like this roster played pretty well for most of the Texas game. So I feel like we've yet to see this roster play a whole game really well. Yeah, but they, I mean, Tennessee had cut it to one without Butler and we still pulled away in one. And we won at Tennessee. And we won at Tennessee. But no, that's a fair point.

Butler did get, Butler did play some of that game. You're right. But when we were at Tennessee, didn't we have Robinson still? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, you're right, we did. All right, well, never mind. Thank you for your facts, McKenzie. No, I appreciate it.

It's a fair point. Appreciate the call. Chad, go ahead, Chad. Hey, Matt, I'm coming from all the way from Washington, Kentucky, driving one-lane snow road to come watch the cats. Don't bring your baby. Ryan will be there telling you to get out. You know what?

I got a little six-year-old, and I mean, she sets in my lap at high school games and gets in for free. I think that it should be five. Okay, five. Wow, that feels a little old. So that is awesome. You're coming to the game. Now, be careful.

I'm sure the roads are, like, the roads in Lexington are navigable, but I would say getting here might be a little difficult. I'm coming at 3 o'clock to get some KSR wings too. Perfect. We open at 3. We'll be there at 4.30. Hey, are you having the pregame there?

We are, yes. We're going to do the pregame there. All right. Well, my first game ever at Rupp was with the unforgettable is at Tennessee when Allen Houston played against us. I think it was the largest crowd. Was it the largest crowd in Rupp history for a while? I don't know.

That stat fluctuates over the years. But I appreciate the call. We'll see you tonight. Beat him 101 to 40. Todd Savota had four points. Alan Houston had three. That's one of the most memorable games. I am amazed that you came out so anti-me.

it is like if I I would have thought that would have been Shannon's take I would have been like oh give them a year you are like no babies what year do kids get to come to games I think I started taking my boys there probably three so for the first three years of your life yeah they're just not allowed out of the house do you just lock them in a room the restaurants out to eat that's not to a game they wouldn't remember it anyway it too would they roll that's what they go bargazzi is like they're not going to remember anything should I just shay paint it to the wall? They're not going to remember it.

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