KSR - 2025-04-04- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk all the latest news and give Final 4 teams fun facts. Also, Matthew Mitchell joins the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We appreciate you tuning in for this Friday edition of Kentucky Sports Radio, April the 4th. Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, Shannon, the dude. As always, Kentucky Sports Radio, sponsored by the T.J. Smith Law Office, called T.J. Shannon, what's you do? He'll make them pay. We've got our A-Vision Glass text machine. It's in Amsterdam.

So if you want to try it, he'll get the notes in Amsterdam, but I do have my cell phone. We'll take some texts that come in as well. in the A Vision Glass Text Machine. We have our Whiskey Thief call of the day, which we forgot to award yesterday. It was probably about Cassidy Row. It was probably about Cassidy Row.

First call to the pre-game show. Pre-show, Shannon. What was it? Cassidy Row. Cassidy Row. It's not going away anytime soon, I don't think. Another horrible night of storms last night across Kentucky, and there's more coming.

You'd think, you know, after the one band goes through, we'd be good. Nope. Another one last night. more coming, I think, Saturday. So now we've got to worry about the flooding. Our state was devastated with flooding not long ago.

I hope and pray they don't have to go through that again, but Drew, I mean, when's it going to stop raining? Like you said, it doesn't seem like it's going to stop anytime soon. Rain nonstop where I live. I've been fortunate to not have any damage, but I saw it was like a state of an emergency in Louisville yesterday. Got some friends that have some flooding around

their neighborhoods, and it's just going to continue to come. I mean, the state's had enough in the last four or five years. and hopefully this one doesn't get as bad as some we've seen in the past, but the forecast is awful for this weekend. Yeah, it is. UK baseball hosting ninth-ranked Ole Miss this weekend over at Kentucky Proud Park. They postponed the game last night, going to try a double-header today,

and it looks like they're going to get a little break this afternoon where maybe they could squeeze at least maybe one game in. They time it perfectly. But then Saturday they're supposed to play it too, and it's supposed to be awful here on Saturday. Yeah, I was looking forward before the forecast, getting out there and seeing some SEC baseball. I went to some of the non-conference games,

but it's been a while since I've gotten out there, but after what you see on the radar, I don't know that I'm going to get my hopes up to watch a lot of Kentucky versus Ole Miss this weekend, but maybe they can sneak in part of that double-header. The stalling they did in Texas A&M have to go the other direction and just play speed baseball this weekend. Yeah, supposed to start the double-hatter at 3 o'clock today,

and they're going to play two nine-inning games, fingers crossed, try to get it in, and we'll have to wait and see about Saturday. But, you know, the storms have messed up the spring baseball schedules all across the state. I saw McCracken County High School had a lot of damage. Their baseball field, I think, got damaged. So I don't know what they're going to do over there. So it's kind of playing havoc with a lot of stuff, including Keenland, which they were supposed to open today,

move their opening day to Sunday. Bluegrass Steaks is supposed to be tomorrow. That's their Kentucky Derby. It's been moved to Tuesday. So people trying to adjust about what Mother Nature is putting down. on us. Yeah, and you know, there's a lot more important than having fun at Keenland, but that's got to be a big logistical nightmare for people that were planning to go to that opening weekend. It's always such a big event. People travel in. You got hotels, spending

lots of money and, you know, throwing it off, moving it to the early weekdays. Maybe it being spring break that can, other people can take advantage of it, but just everything's thrown off right now with Mother Nature throwing everything she has at us. Shannon, speaking at Keenland, I've got to tell you, there's a horse running. First of all, today is 4-4. It's Kobe-Braya day. Okay. Just double Kobe-Braya. W. Double Kobe Brea. Four or four. Shannon, on Thursday at Keenland, the number four horse is Brea from three.

Oh. Well, how could you not put a little money down on that one? That's what I'm saying. First race, first race Thursday, the four horse is Brea from three. Is this a tip? Are you giving a tip? Are you like big hair here? Big head?

What's his name? I think I could pick horses about as good as he does. You know what? I don't disagree with you. It is a cool name, though. It is a cool name, that one gets a few more wagers than it would have just been a regular name, anonymous name. Keelan and Lexington, absolutely.

That's the horse is going to get a lot of action. It's got to be good, though. It's got to be good. It can't finish and last and embarrass us all. It's true. We need Kobe Brea versus Tennessee. Yeah. Not Kobe Brea the games he struggled.

For 4-4, you've made it Brea and Brea, usually you kind of combine two. Can we make it like Nick Richards Kobe Brea Day? He's my favorite number four. Kyle Macy. Kyle Macy. Lots of good ones. Kyle Macy Day. Or just Nick Richards, Nick Richards Day.

That'd be good with me. Gerald Fitch. Look at you. War number four. Who else wore number four? I'm usually good at this game, but the number four. Was John Hood number four? I think John Hood was number four.

Well, he was here for 14 years. He was number four. He was. Yeah, there we go. Choose your own adventure. We've got a big show scheduled today. Coming up at 1030, the new head women's basketball coach at Houston, a guy by the name of Matthew Mitchell is going to join us.

He had his introductory news conference down there. Like we said yesterday, it's kind of weird to see him in red, but I thought it was a good chance to get him on, give him his flowers, and one of our favorite co-hosts and say our goodbyes, I guess. It normally would be awkward to have a coach of another team on the show, but, you know, he's, especially to you, just as much of a friend as he was a basketball coach here. I mean, he's hosted this show.

It feels like every summer going back forever, so it's fitting to have him on as he moves away, and it would be good to hear from him. what he's excited about. I'm going to be a Cougars fan. I'll be cheering for him. Every game. So long as we're not playing Kentucky.

Kentucky's still number one by far, but I wish him well down there in Houston. Shannon, has Matthew Mitchell co-hosted this show more than any other celebrity? Trying to think of who else would even be close. I mean, when we get, you know, like the Barstool sports guys every year. But I feel like Matthew Mitchell was doing that before we even had the Barstool sports guys. He was. So I think that's probably right. He has hosted more.

Outside the four or five of us with Bill here, six. It was six with Mario. He's probably, Matthew Mitchell probably on this show more than anybody as a co-host. And even though it's a phone interview, I assume it's phone interview. You didn't get him to fly here, did you? The personal, my personal jet is not working today. Yeah, I've heard you have one. But no, I think we should count this as a guest hosting, just another tally for him.

Just in case he comes back on down the road. We'll keep the record going. So that's at 10.30. Then at 11 o'clock, Malachi Marino is going to join us. He's on spring break. so he's not going to miss class or anything, but he's had a very eventful couple of weeks. Mr. Basketball, won the state title, MVP of the state tournament, McDonald's All-American game.

Now he's got attention focused on joining Kentucky, so I'm excited to kind of catch up with him a little bit. I have to commend you. These are two big gets, people that are kind of very busy right now. Malachi, you tell me it's a spring break. I would have told you I'm tired from flying around the country and playing basketball. I'm going to relax, but he's going to be hopping on. I'm sure Coach Mitchell's got his hands full, getting acclimated at Houston. So well done, Ryan Lemon.

Show prep. It's all about the show prep. Yeah, Shannon, what about since I said something about the show prep yesterday. What about last night's show prep? We even got, like, time stamps. Yeah, he broke it down per segment what we were talking about, and I've never seen anything. I mean, like, maybe Tom Leach when he does a show.

Tom Leach does that. He gives me the Leach report run down, and I know who's coming on at what time. Ryan Lemon broke it down by the quarter hour. Like every 15 minutes, know what we're doing on the show. We've never done that before. Usually we just come in here. We don't have a clue what we're talking about. Today I feel like we're prepared more than ever. So this is going to be the best show that we've ever done. Well, this is why I did it that way. You know, I gave you you guys an homework assignment. You had to come up with five fun facts for each of the final four

teams. So we had to spread it out. I wanted you to know where you're going to be going to be. I figured most of you probably didn't do your homework assignment. Oh, come on. You know, I got it. I did it. Mario would be probably doing it right now trying to get ready. Mario's ready. Mario was watching I put him and Billy in the second hour, because you know Billy didn't do his. He's doing it right now. Shannon, did you do yours? I mean, I'm frantically Googling as we speak. So you know when you're coming on, 1045 is Auburn.

So since I'm first in the line-up, according to your timeline, you said, does that mean you had the most faith in me? Yes. Am I the most responsible? Actually, you're 100% correct. I thought Drew will probably get it done. Okay, thank you. I did. I did.

And everybody else will be doing it during the course of the show, trying to scramble and do your five fun facts, but, you know, we stole this straight off PFT and Big Cat, because they did it with the Sweet 16. It did. And it was funny. It was really good. So I have high hopes for you guys. I almost forgot.

I was on my third episode of the new season of Righteous Jimstones last night, which that's a conversation in itself. This season is off the rails, but it's hilarious. But it registered right around 9 o'clock, and I dropped everything I was doing and got into the lab. Basically went to Houston in my brain to get ready for these facts. Speaking of righteous Jimstones, a lot of male nudity in this season. A lot of male nudity.

I've seen more of Walt Goggins this week than I've seen myself. Than I ever want to see ever again. It is hilarious, though. Not for everyone. I encourage you to watch it if you're into that kind of thing. I wouldn't say everyone should go tune in to this season of righteous Jimstones, but they've lost their minds. This is beyond silly.

So that's what's kind of planned for today. So it's a different show. I won't be able to take a whole lot of phone calls. We'll try to squeeze something as we go along, but kind of I'm anxious to hear what you guys have to say with your homework assignment. At least you don't have to worry about your Atlanta Braves. They didn't play last night. They didn't lose, though, either.

They didn't lose. So, congratulations. Braves didn't lose. It's still 0-17. Braves or Reds didn't win either. I did see a meme. Someone photoshopped a box score of the Braves playing. It was just an airplane and it says, oh, well, the Braves lose the travel day to go to 0 and 8.

So even though we had a day off, the internet was still having fun, making fun of the Braves. I do want to talk about one story before we get out of time. Coastal Carolina is trying something different this year at the college football season. They are going to have free concessions for anybody inside the stadium. So if you buy a ticket or if you're there at the game, free concessions, you can come back as many times as you want. How do you think this is going to go over? And is it a good idea?

I think it's a pretty good marketing idea. I don't think it'll get abused as much as people might think it is when you first hear that. Like, who really gets popcorn, hot dog, and a drink at a football game? And they're watching, they're like, you know what, I need another big box of popcorn, another hot dog, another drink. I'm going to go get in line again for this. Now, some people will, but I doubt it's as many as it seems just on the surface of free concessions. I'm fine with a hot dog and a popcorn, and that can't cost them more than a buck or two to make that stuff, especially the popcorn. So I think just the fact that everyone's talking about it, they'll probably sell a few more tickets with excitement.

Hell, they've probably even factored in that five, six bucks in the ticket prices. I think it's a good marketing idea. You say who loads up at a concession stand. You got two of the guys on the show. You should have seen, but you did see us at the Kentucky Tennessee game in the NCAA tournament. We would, well,

we get like a $20 allowance, and we were up there with. Using every penny. Chili cheese nachos. A oversized pretzel. I think I got some. Chili cheese dog. Yeah, you did it with the nachos,

the cheese dog, the pretzel. I think I got some peanuts. What else did you get? Like, we were loading it up. But you did one trip. Are you going to keep going to your seat at a football game and going getting back in line just for another thing of popcorn? Now, Ryan will have to because he will have already spilled his all over himself.

Yeah, I probably would. You're probably banned from Coastal Carolina games. They probably have you on a list knowing you could take them down. Well, I think this is a great idea for, you know, non-SCC schools or non-Big Ten schools where crowds, maybe they're trying to get more people there. So Coastal Carolina or maybe Murray State or EKU or someplace like that, I can see them trying that because I think that is a little bit of a hook. to get people to go to the game. It reminds me of something you can remember. Remember when Holiday World did free soft drink?

Free sunscreen? I think they still do it. But when they announced that, it was like, how could they possibly do that? And you couldn't get enough of it? Yeah, and how much does a soft drink really cost? That still pops in my brain 20 years later, so I think it's a good idea. I don't think it'll hurt them too bad in it. It's probably factored into the cost anyway.

All right, we'll take our break. We come back. Drew is on the clock. He has the Houston Fun Facts, Round 1. one of our final four trivia, not trivia, fun fact day. Are you ready? I'm as ready as I'm going to get. All right, we'll take our break. Come back.

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Before we hand it over to Drew, one note from the A Vision Glass text machine. Britt says they've closed the second street floodgate in Louisville for the first time since 2018. And there's more rain coming. So just get used to that I get it. All right, we're going to turn it over to Drew. Drew, you have the floor. All right. I wasn't sure what direction you wanted with the fact.

So I have a few basketball, some that are kind of known, then some few just university things. Yes. Is that cool? Did you want all basketball? Fun facts about Houston. Okay. I'm going to start with a little bit of tournament statistics for you. All right.

They have the nation's longest streak of Sweet 16 appearances. Are you aware of that? I was not aware of that. They've been knocking on the door for a while. Houston has. Obviously, they've made it to the Final Four this year. But they've been in the Sweet 16 going back to 2019. And that is relative to U.S.

us because they lost to the Kentucky Wildcats. True. When PJ Washington swatted, whatever his name was, Tyler, Hero gets the rebound, down one, I believe, yeah, down one, goes the other way, passes it to Kelden Johnson. Kelden Johnson passes it right back to him, and Hero hits one of the biggest shots in recent Kentucky NCAA history there. After that game, we win. I think Hero iced it with two more free throws, but after that game is when I had my

press conference where I made Cal very uncomfortable, and you know, you have to introduce yourself, Drew Franklin, Kentucky Sports Radio, this question's for the bucket. Oh, yeah, that's right. The look on his face, he put his face in his hands and looked away because he's like, I can't believe this idiot has a microphone in our press conference, but it got a good laugh from Hero, PJ, Reed Travis, all those guys on the stage. So a KSR memory tied into Houston's Sweet 16 Street. I remember that.

Remember that very good. So is that a good one? That's a really good one. Our older listeners, which will surely know this one, but maybe some young people need to learn about the history of college basketball, but they went to three straight Final Fours in the 80s with, you know the name. Akeem the Dream, Elijah. Yeah, Phi Slamma-Jama, Fye Drexler.

Known as Texas Tallest Raternity. They were playing fast-paced. They were dunking. No one did that at the time. John Wooden thought it was crazy, thought it was unacceptable. You could run and dunk like that. They beat Louisville in the semis in their first Final Four. Never won the championship.

Had a tough loss. But one of the more famous teams or eras of college basketball history. was Houston. Yeah, you say five slamma jama. Everybody are my age, for sure, knows exactly who you're talking about. Another example of knocking on the door, three straight final fours.

Haven't gotten one yet. Very good. All right, one more basketball one. Also going back in time. On January 20th, 1968, undefeated Houston played undefeated UCLA in the Astrodome, known as the game of the century. It was the first regular season college basketball game

ever broadcast nationwide in prime time, and they say it paved the way for March Madness. Maybe the most famous game ever played ever. Of the century. Of the century of that game. I mean, I was too young to remember, but I know the history of it. Came down to the very end. It lived up to the hype.

Houston won by two. UCLA had a guy open on the wing. Their best player, they threw it to him, and another player kind of deflected it. Thing is for him goes out of bounds. Houston wins it. Very cool. So that's enough of basketball.

Let's do some notable alums. This is my favorite game to play. They have a lot there. Started with Jim Nance. I'm going to say you got to do Jim Nance. It's the only one I know. You know, we've only got 11 years of him left in the Masters. He doesn't do March Madness anymore, but everybody knows if you've watched March Madness for years with Jim Nance.

He likes his Houston Cougars. Lizzo. Lizzo. Yep, she played the flute in the band there before her career. Really? I know you're a big Lizzo fan. Kenny Rogers. I always thought he was such a big Georgia supporter.

He went to Georgia. He attended Houston. I even double-checked Wikipedia because sometimes they'll just, people will get an honorary degree. and throw that in there. How about Dennis Quaid? Dennis Quaid. You got a favorite Dennis Quaid movie? No.

What about a Randy Quaid movie? I think he went there too. American National Ampoon vacation. Christmas vacation. You don't know a Randy Quaid movie? What was the baseball movie? The rookie. That's the best one.

That's Dennis, right? Dennis Quaid. Randy's the one that's a little wacko. Yeah. Dan Rather, who you've modeled your career after. We met Dan Rather. at the Republican convention that year. Another KSR connection.

We have a picture with him, I think. We do have a picture with Dan, rather. And then Master P. Master P. Master P went to Houston on a basketball scholarship. No, he did. Dropped out, which panned out because he soon made them say, uh, with no limit records. Great, great hip-hop artist from my youth.

That's a pretty good roster you dug up there. I could keep going, but it's a long list. I feel like that's plenty. And then my last one I found to be the most interesting. Houston has a hand gesture. It's this. Yes. What is that? Well, it's kind of inappropriate, to be honest.

Uh-huh. How would you describe you take? Your ring finger? We can't say that, right? It's your ring finger. Yeah, but we can't say what I'm doing, right? Well, let me just set up the story then. In 1953, they had a live mascot, Shasta the Cougar.

Shasta the Cougar. And it had the Cougar guard that would take it around in cage. They don't do this anymore. just have the fuzzy one with some college kid, some sweaty kid in it. But they had a lot of one for many years, and they were going to play Texas in Austin, and the Cougar guard severed Shasta's toe, or finger, paw, whatever that would be. Is it a toe? It's a toe.

A toe, I guess. Yes. Took it completely off in the cage door on the way to Austin. So now the hand gesture is, I wish I knew how to describe that, but you're putting one finger down. It's your ring finger, the one you're holding down your thumb. You put it with your thumb, and your other three fingers are straight up in the air. As a high schooler, we didn't admit something else as a joke. It's inappropriate.

But if you look at their crowd, they all hold it up, and that's because Shasta, the Cougar, lost a toe on their way to Austin shut up the cage door. Well, you know, Matthew Mitchell's coming up the next segment, and he was doing the signal, the hand gesture, and he's all these pictures. I had seen it. They even have it on, like, posters. I never knew the backstory, but it is because the Cougar guard. poor Shasta just losing a finger on the way or a toe on the way off. So there you go. Those are my five.

Very good. Well done. Houston facts. Good job. Houston is also going to win the national championship. That's my sixth fact. They're an underdog to Duke, right? Sure.

I haven't looked at the spreads because I've kind of, I'm like everyone else. I'm not ready to get into March Madness with my team out. I will by tomorrow, but I've, this week I watched the Crown in Vegas, other boring sports like baseball. I haven't fully gotten into the spirit of the tournament. since we've been out. Five and a half point, dog. Ooh.

They're covering that and winning. Houston covers and wins. Houston's winning the national championship. Shannon, what do you think? I don't want to say Houston's going to win, but I think they'll cover the five and a half. I think it'll be close. I would probably pick Duke to cover. I admit that I've been against Duke.

I had them losing to Baylor in the second round, so part of it is I just wanted to be right that they're going to be out. Yeah, it's a lot of hate in my heart for Duke. Like many people listening, that's why I'm picking them. they have looked pretty amazing. All right, well done. Good job. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. 59, 280, 27. That's our Clark's Ruff-Shuffer phone number. Did I understand the assignment? You understood the assignment? Yes, you did. Now you have to go hang a banner. It's all about hanging number nine.

All right. Let's get a phone call for we go to our break. Who we got, Shannon? Mike. Mike. Mike, go ahead, Mike. Hey, guys. I just wanted to let you know we had a Kentucky athlete to make history this last weekend.

Kerwin Haki from Lexington, Kentucky is a senior at the University of Arizona and his college. wheelchair basketball team won the national championship this last weekend. Very excited for him. So the history part is Kerwin. The only Kentucky player, he won a high school national wheelchair basketball championship and won in college also. So we're very excited, very proud of him.

Thank you very much, and I'm so glad you said that. We know Kerwin. Kerwin's been here to the restaurant. I've known Kerwin since he was at Bryan Station Middle School. He was good friends with my son, all the classmates together. A great, great person. That's a great family that has adopted him and took care of him, and I'm so proud of him. Like you said, won a high school state title, wheelchair basketball.

Now he's at Arizona. How did we let him out of Kentucky? Wheelchair national champion at Arizona. Very, very cool. Met him a few times, like you said. I'm sorry, who's the caller? Can I say one more thing? I'm sure there's a lot of people out there that have kids with disabilities, or you may know one.

And Kerwin had a lot of opportunities to play. and a lot of times those families don't know about those opportunities. So if you know or have a kid with a disability, they can visit Cincinnati Dragons.com and fill out a contact form and we'll help them find the closest to. That's awesome. That's awesome. We'd like to see lots more kids like Kerwin

be able to have those opportunities to compete in sports. So thank you guys. Thank you very much. He's exactly right. 100%. Cincinnati Dragon. That's his team he played on. Call the day already.

Call the day. That is our Whiskey Thief. all the day. We'll get any better than that. Matthew Mitchell rejoins us. We come back here on Kentucky Sports Radio. T.J. Smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J., he'll make them pay. Now, more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Well, the only time we play Kelly Clarkson is when this guy's coming on the show. He's been on the show more than any other guest hosts we think we've ever had. Now he's leaving us, saying goodbye, going to Houston. The number one Kelly Clarkson fan ever in the history of Kentucky, Matthew Mitchell.

Hello, Coach Mitchell. It can only mean one thing when Kelly comes on. Coach Mitchell is just around the corner. So how many times have we played that? One of the great songs of all times. And one of the great artists of all times. Shannon has nothing else to play. He plays that song.

I think that's what it comes down to. It always puzzles me when I listen to the show that there's not more Kelly Clarkson. That's just a suggestion. Just a suggestion. Hey man, look, you know, you and I have texted, but we've not really talked. Congratulations. I mean, I was super happy to see the news, proud of you. I know you've got to be excited to kind of get back into the coaching realm,

and you're doing it at Houston. How'd that all play out? Well, I had been getting beaten so bad in the Lexington Parochial League. I mean, it was so tough to get a win. Some of the great coaches in the area, and Glendover League also. Glendover League, I couldn't get any wins. And in the parochial league. And so I'd been coached at the Lexington School.

And in the Glendover League, and Ryan, I said, if I'm going to win, I've got to get back into college basketball. It's pretty simple. I got to get back in college basketball because I won a bunch in college basketball. I could get no wins in the parochial league. So we had been talking as a family and wanting to, get back at it and give it a whirl. And this thing at Houston reminds me so much of when we first arrived at Kentucky.

And, you know, it's a great challenge. It's a great opportunity. They have, it's a great basketball city, and they are hungry for some good women's basketball. We just believe we can have another great run here. So God's really blessed us with a great opportunity, and we feel grateful for it. I'll tell you, we are, you know, we'll never, ever leave Lexington with our hearts, and we have so many friends there, and the Kentucky fans have just treated us unbelievably well and supported us all those years, and they still do.

Everywhere I go in town, just have so much love expressed toward me. So we will always forever be connected to that community and connected to that city and the university, and we're so grateful for our time there. So this is just another, this is just a little detour on life's path, and you never know where it's going to go, but we are thrilled with this opportunity and excited for a new adventure in Houston. Listen to you in that answer. You're saying we and you mention your family.

It sounds like sometimes you've got to get the Jenna approval, if you've mentioned on this show a few times in past summer hosting duties. So Jen and the family, they're all in on, heading to Houston and being full supporters of the Cougars? Oh, absolutely. All in. Jenna, I said Tuesday when we, you know, had the press conference, Jenna, you know, never let me forget of what I could do well in college basketball.

And I've really, I've been immersed in building my company the last four years. And that's been, I think, I already have noticed in the first few days, That was a very beneficial part of the journey for me. I learned a lot. Learned a lot about myself, learned a lot about leadership. But Jenna never let me forget that what I've done the most and accomplished the most and done the best in my professional career is coach college basketball. So she's absolutely thrilled, absolutely supportive, encouraged me any time there was, you know,

a possible opportunity. She always kept that front and center, and so I owe a lot to her. And she and I were a great partnership of Kentucky, and I know we're going to be able to work together here to get Houston to the spot they deserve to be in. I think what I'm hearing him say, Drew, is that Jenna got tired of him hanging around the house

and said, kicked him out and go get a job. Get out of the house, Matthew, go get a job. well i mean that that that that actually didn't last very long i've i've been out of the house i have i have an office over withairnsburg road right i do go to work i have been going to work every day i have written two books two bestselling books ryan i've not been i've not been retired i've been working really really hard so uh leave it to you to try to go negative here leave it to you it's unbelievable uh you always find a way you always find away ryan that's part of it You mentioned

No question. You mentioned how Kentucky will always be home to you. You mean, you spent over 20 years here between Moorhead and Kentucky. Outside of, you know, the basketball and coaching, what will you miss most about the bluegrass? Anything in particular that you're really close to here and you'll miss as you head to Texas? Well, there's over 20 years there. You came to Kentucky as an assistant 22 years ago,

and we never, you know, never left during that time. even during our two years at Moorhead State, which were incredible for me and my development. Jenna was working in town. So we've been there a long time. So with so many relationships, I mentioned the Lexington School where our kids go to school, and we're going to miss that.

Great people there. I wanted to on Tuesday, and I forgot, so glad I had an opportunity, seriously coaching over there the last two years with just some great people who are given their time to kids and we coached fifth, six, seventh, and eighth graders. And those coaches at the Lexington School really helped me stay connected to my passion about teaching the game.

And it was sort of full circle for me as I started out as a junior high and high school coach to be back into a school setting and get to work with those kids and those coaches really are inspiring to me. So I'll miss the school and I'll miss that opportunity. All of the friendships that we have, I don't know if I'm banned from the show now. I will definitely miss coming on the show if I get banned.

That's possible that I could possibly be banned. But I don't know why I couldn't come back and guest hosts every now and in during the summertime. During the dog days of summer, I don't know why I wouldn't be able to do that. But I'll miss that if that's out. I'll miss Keenland. I'll miss, you know, going to watch Coach Stoops and the cats on Saturdays. I mean, there's just so many things that are unique about central Kentucky and unique about Lexington.

And we love it. And I don't know how it would be possible for us to ever, you know, fully depart. we will be back several times a year and, you know, I'm sure every April and October for Keenland and stuff like that, but we're just so many great relationships, and we will miss that. But hoping that when people have a chance, they'll pop down to Houston every now and then. A lot of flights, a lot of flights down to Houston. It's obvious how much this place means to you because one of your daughters named his middle name is Blue, right? You named your daughter Blue for crying out loud.

That was a great story, if you allow me to tell it. We had finally got it rolling and had won the 2012 SEC championship, and then we won 30 games in 2013, and there were rumblings that I was going to go to Tennessee. and there were some, you know, some rumblings about that. And so I started going around town and everybody's like, coach, please don't go to Tennessee. Please don't go to Tennessee.

And I said, I'm not going to Tennessee. You don't have to worry about that. And so I just told Jenna, I said, Jenna, wouldn't it be cool if we just let everybody know how much we love Kentucky? And we, and I didn't think she'd go for this in a million years. Remember when we had the contest that, named Jenna for her grandmother name when when late's right that's right manny jay mary jay was the winner we did that that was a great show anyhow i didn't think you know jena

didn't like manny jay but um i said why don't we make her middle name blue to let everybody know we're staying here and this is this is where we're going to be and so that's how presley blue got her middle name and it absolutely signifies how much we love Kentucky and we do we did and always will. Well, dude, we're super happy for you. Proud of you. Wish you nothing but the best. We will probably root against you. If you end up playing Kentucky in the final four, we'll probably root against you. But outside of that. Yeah. Yeah, Ryan, what's your t-shirt size? We need some, we'll take some Houston gear. We'll let you get moved in first, get your team, get settled. But, you know, we're going to be

Houston fans from Lexington. I don't know how many games we can attend. But Mr. Free T-shirt over here, I'm going to put you on the spot. I'm going to make sure Ryan gets a T-shirt. I love that. It's on the way. It's on the way, fellas. And listen, this is not goodbye, guys. This is just so long. Farewell just for a bit.

And it's going to be a lot of fun. And I appreciate, and listen, in all seriousness, I appreciate Matt and you guys, when I was building the program and trying to get it going, you really gave me so much a platform to get on and talk about it. and just really helped our program get to the fans and create a great fan base and create the passion that's there now for women's basketball, and you all were a huge part of that. And we'll never forget the Big Blue Madness skit when I was able to choke Ryan.

I had him down before. Yeah, I haven't forgot that, actually. That was another great moment. But I really, I appreciate Kentucky Sports Radio. always will be a fan and always be appreciative of what y'all've done. And if you ever need a guest host, just you know where to call. We'll be calling you. We'll be calling you.

We just kind of wanted to give you your flowers today. Wish you the best of luck and say our goodbyes. Kind of say our goodbyes a little bit. But, yeah, we would love to have you back whenever you can. So, Coach, congratulations. Best of luck to you down there in Houston. Hey, thanks, guys, and thanks to all the Big Blue Nation. Love them and appreciate everything you guys done.

and we will be around, all right? All right. Go Coogs. Matthew Mitchell. We're in red now. The new head coach down at Houston. I'm going to miss him because I consider him a friend, and he's always great when he did the show.

He had some great shows he did when he hosted the show. Of course, all of his Midnight Madness dance routines were legendary. It was the best thing about madness for many years was his dance. I wonder if he'll be taking that to Houston. Should I ask him if the dance tradition will carry on. But no, I'll be written for him. He mentioned, like, almost going to Tennessee or being rumored to go to Tennessee. That would have been a different story if you're going to a rival.

That's true. Houston's far enough away. I will happily be a Cougars fan. Unlikely we ever run into them. But, yeah, I'll be rooting for him to have a lot of success. All right. Shannon's on the clock. We come back.

Shannon, the dude's five fun back facts about Auburn. Five fun backs about Auburn. Are you ready? I'm ready. Let's go. All right. We'll be right back. Ryan Drew and Shannon here at Kentucky Sports Radio.

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It was so nice for Matthew to Mitchell. to join us on JT's phone for that interview. I was waiting to see if you were going to say anything about that. We could have called him back, maybe. Well, was it that bad? I mean, Jew and I was crackling a lot on our end. I didn't notice it, like, when I talked to him off the air, then as soon as we get on, I was like, yeah.

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All right, Auburn Tigers, what do you got for us? Well, Auburn is a really old school. Did you realize that Auburn goes all the way back to the Civil War days? Did you realize? I did not. Yeah. As a matter of fact, during the Civil War, Auburn originally named East Alabama Mill College, they suspended operations to become a hospital while its campus served as a training ground for the Confederate Army.

So Auburn's a really old school. Have a good little fun fact. Here's one with a little Kentucky tie-in. Their longtime lead trainer, Clark Pearson, is a graduate of Franklin Simpson High School in Franklin, Kentucky. Yeah. Don't take geek territory. There you go. Abbey is the name of the mascot, and he is an 11-time,

UCA National Mascot Champion. Didn't even know they had Mascot championships, but he's an 11-time winner. Nice. What's his name? Obie. Obie. Has he ever gotten his Paul stuck in a cage?

Cannot find any evidence of that. Jordan Harris Stadium. You know, that's the name of their football stadium, right? Big Stadium, yes. All right. Well, do you know how it got its name? I bet you're going to tell me. I'm going to tell you right now.

Jordan Hare Stadium is named after a motorcycle race between head coach Shug Jordan and a famous circus animal named Bobby the Wiley Hare. So I guess the coach had a motorcycle race against a hair, and they named it Jordan Hare Stadium. Interesting. No way. Doesn't say who won. I would think that a guy on a motorcycle could beat a hair. So we have a grocery store, and they have a motorcycle race.

That's right. Interesting. Yep. Here's another one. A stretch of road on campus called South. Donahue Drive is known as War Eagle Road because it plays the first seven notes of War Eagle's fight song when you drive over it. You know, like when we're on road trips and Matt hits those rumble strips. Yeah.

Well, if he did that there, play the song. That's impressive. And speaking of War Eagle, you probably want to know, like, where did War Eagle come from? Yes. The most popular legend about the battle cry dates back to the first time Auburn met Georgia on the football field. and 1892 in centers around a spectator who was a Civil War veteran. In the stands with him that day was an eagle. The old soldier had found on a battlefield during the war.

He had kept it as a pet for almost 30 years. My goodness. According to witnesses, the eagle suddenly broke free and began majestically circling the plane field. As the eagle soared, Auburn began a steady march towards Georgia's end zone for a thrilling victory. elated at the team's play and taking the bird's presence as an omen of success, Auburn students and fans began to yell war eagle to spur on their team. As the game ended, the eagle took a sudden dive and crashed into the ground and died. No, it didn't.

The eagle committed suicide. Is this a true story? It's a kamikaze eagle. It killed itself. Is this a true story? You made this up? This is on Auburn. dot edu.

Wow. So the eagle killed itself after Auburn came back to beat Georgia and that's why they say

War Eagle because they're the Auburn Tigers I never knew why they said War Eagle Now you know I'll be

Suicidal Eagle That's right A dead bird Shannon Five good fun facts Very good I like the Rumble strips the best

I want to go drive on that I want to know how that works out I don't have a fun fact about Auburn but I would like to add

and we've said this many times their basketball arena is pretty awesome It is pretty awesome I don't like to give other SEC schools credit for anything. I think they're all the worst. But I've been to that arena more than any opposing arena,

and every time I'm in there, I'm like, yeah, this is pretty cool. It's pretty cool. Yeah, they have a good student section along the sidelines. They line up early. That's mostly because I'm there for Kentucky games. Maybe it's Vandy. That's not the case. But they're one of the places that said, hey, we don't need this big, massive facility.

I think it holds eight or nine thousand. But it's really nice inside. If anyone is ever looking for an SEC basketball road trip, I highly recommend Neville Arena. I'm not finished you. I got one more. Oh, I thought that was five. My bad. This may be seven.

I don't know, but I'm going to throw this in here because Bruce Pearl apparently is a huge fan of the pancake pantry. And I know this because my paparazzi friend, Stacey, has sent me not one, but two different pictures of Bruce eating at the pancake pantry. The one in Gatlinburg? Well, I assume it's one in Auburn. Oh, they've got a pantry? I thought you met the famous pancake pantry in Gatlinburg. I don't know. Is that a chain or is that like?

It's famous in Nashville, too. Yeah. It is a chain. So they've got one probably down in Auburn, Alabama. Yeah. So if you go to the pancake pantry in Auburn, there's a good chance. You may see Bruce Pearl. That's where Bruce and I differ.

I think that's the most overrated place in America. There's always a line. Always a line. Always a line. And it's good, but I can get pancakes not a line at other places. But there's something about that one in Gatlinburg that's really good. I haven't done just the Nashville. Even the SEC, they're lined around the corner.

All right. Well, take a break. Well, done. Shannon, good job. Great job. Thank you. Thank you. We'll take our break.

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