KSR - 2025-04-30- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

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By the way, the Memorial Coliseum, that's all people who were killed in World War II from each county. So it's World War II. So you can go and see, and it's literally they have one for each county. I like when UK does those things by county. Like I think it's really cool at the baseball stadium. They have everybody who played for UK baseball arranged by county. I think it's because this is a state where counties matter. So I actually think that's a cool thing they do.

And like I said, it was inside Memorial Coliseum. That's what they call it Memorial Coliseum. So I'm glad they've incorporated that into the remodel and put those statues out there. Before we go, the phones, a couple things. First of all, the Reds were rained out today or yesterday, so they were playing a doubleheader today against your Cardinals. You going to them? No. I've got, I'm speaking at UK and I got a ton of stuff going on today.

So I get, um, uh, I may actually give away my tickets tonight at the end of the show today, if I can, if I can remember. But, uh, but then the, my canes, all right. So I'm in a, I'm in a sports furor right now. I'm watching the Reds every night and then the canes are in the playoffs. They went, they won round two. They had a one-timer. Do you know what a one-timer is?

Not really. A one-timer is when they make a pass. and then the other guy hits it without catching it. So he hits it like he touches it one time. So he doesn't, you know how like I can pass it, you get control and then hit it? Yeah. He just hits it through the pass. And Sebastian, oh, who got it.

And I went crazy in double overtime last night. It was a lot of fun. I'm not a big hockey guy. I do know what a one-timer is, but that was an absolute rocket of a game winner there in second overtime. And that's your boy, Aho. I only know about him from you talking about him. but as a heck of a way. They're showing it up there.

They're showing it right now. So you'll see what you'll see the one time. They slashed him in the face. So see, this is one of the things. You've got to be tough to play hockey. Look at this. They just hit him right in the face with the thing. My goodness.

That's a nasty hit. So it was a four-minute penalty because he got his head slashed open. And then during that was when you did the one-time. And that's the one-time. Here it goes. Watch this. Watch this. He takes this.

Then he's going to pass it. Here we go. Boom. There you go. It was down like 3-0 at 1.2? Yeah. Was that game 7? It was game 5.

We're already through. We're already through. So we move on to the next round. And they play, they'll probably play the Capitals who have Ovechkin, who's probably going to retire at the end of the year, all-time leading goals scores. So I may try to go to a game. It feels like, you know, he's like next to Gretzky, probably the best ever, and he's going to retire.

I know he was chasing Gretzky's record. Did you break it? He did. He did break it. Have you all, if you look up Ovechkin now, and I, it's, it's, you know, it's, you It's amazing the dude's still really good because he looks like a man who's been sleeping in the Arctic for 10 years, and then all of a sudden returns to humanity. He's got like gray hair and a gray beard, and he's still out there being an athlete.

I had a moment with Ovechkin at a bar many years ago. I think I was in D.C. with you, but I was leaned over a trash can watching SportsCenter, and he was leaned on the other side, and I looked up, and he's on SportsCenter. I look at him, and I kind of do a double take, and he hit me with a sh. but about 10 minutes later he got absolutely mobbed. But there for a few seconds, we were just a couple boys watching Sports Center and he was on the screen. Mississippi State fired their baseball coach this week.

Now, I might say, well, why do you care about that? Well, first of all, Kentucky plays at Mississippi State this week, and they didn't pick an interim. So I don't know if it's just going to be chaos. They're going to just let everybody play baseball, like just whatever happens. Like the sandlot. Yeah, exactly. He just run out to a spot.

All right, who wants to bat first? Who wants to bat second? But what makes it a bigger deal, Nick Mingeone has connections there. He was in the hunt for him when they hired the last coach. Do you think, and he was listed by one of the baseball sites as one of the three finalists, do you think we could lose the only baseball coach to ever take us to the World Series to Mississippi State? I think it's a possibility. I mean, didn't we lose John Cohen to Mississippi State?

State. I was calling him still the AD. He was the AD there for a while. So yeah, there's definitely some Kentucky pipeline to Mississippi State and baseball, but I think it's, answer your question, yes, I think it's a possibility. Now, we just signed him to a new deal that includes a huge buyout. So like Mississippi State, I think it's over a million dollars, which for a baseball coach would be a lot of money. You know, we did lose our last really good baseball coach to Mississippi State. Mississippi State has a history of being good at baseball. They care if you were Mitch Barnhart, would you try to do what you had to do to keep Mingio? He's on pace to make the tournament again.

If I'm Barnhart, I make this trip to Starkville with him, and I don't let him out of my sight. No random meetings while you're in town. Stay away from my coach. I completely get why he's on the list. He seems so happy here. This is kind of something he's built. The only coach that's played in that stadium, just had him in Omaha last year. I think it would be hard for him to leave, but it's a lot of.

Of all jobs for him to consider, I would understand this one. You do also have to consider if you're a baseball coach the NIL situation. Mississippi State is a place where I'm going to guess their baseball is going to get more NIL than ours. I see it right. Like, you know, our basketball program is going to take a big chunk. Everybody's football program has to take a big chunk. But I can see Mississippi State saying, you know what, we'll sacrifice our basketball for our baseball, which is not going to be something we're going to do here.

So I can see that playing a role. Absolutely. baseball is just bigger in some places in the south and one of the places is Mississippi State so you know they've been a perennial power for 30 years so I can see why he would be looking into that job if it's coming to that and as much as we love Kentucky Proud Park

Mississippi State Stadium whatever it's called it's in another league I've never been for a game but I've walked by it several times they probably have the best facility in the entire conference yeah they do who's up next Shad Mark Mark Mark go ahead Mark Mark

Mark. Hey Matt yes go ahead hello Hey, so of all stories in 2025, it did not think that Bill Belichick having the Yoko owner of football would be the one that I would see. Yeah, it's a big deal, man. Like, I can't. There's a New York Times story about it today about Belichick and the girl. About the interview or just about them?

No, just about them. The story is that Hard Knox, you know, Hard Knox was going to come, that she put the kibosh on that, too. Like they were about to film. They were about to film. and that, you know, the rumor is that she wanted it to also be about them, like, their personal life, and they were going to stick to football. But I don't know, man, like it feels like that interview completely flipped everybody's view on everything, right?

Like, she put out, she put out a picture of the book he signed in 2021. Did you see that? So you remember the thing was they met and he signed her book? She put that out yesterday on Instagram, which makes me think, well, why didn't you just say it? I don't know, man. I know it's ridiculous for me to care about it, but I kind of do, Drew. I'm not going to lie to you. I can't help but be fast.

It's everywhere. If you want to ignore it, if you read anything, any sports websites, they're all talking about it. One I saw, I don't know from the athletic. I read a couple this morning, but it said one of the problems of Hart Knox is she wanted to be named as a producer, and they're like, you have no experience. for HBO. No, you cannot be the executive producer. That's right she wanted to be a producer. On Hard Knocks. That's really funny. I mean, it's in the New York Times, right? It's in the New York Times. Like, there's a couple, there's some women here. Like, are you all fascinated by the story?

You don't know anything about it. How do you not know anything about it? First of all, now I know you don't listen to this show. Okay. So, so, We'll start with that. I know you don't listen to the show. Now, how could you not? I mean, I don't know. It's just the whole thing of like where do you stand on the relationship and is she controlling, I think people. And is he like, is he like in his normal faculties?

That's the big question. I mean, it's not just a sports story anymore. It's become a news story. And I think more people are starting to center on. Is he incompetent? But when he talks about football, he seems fine. Seems absolutely fine. He seems absolutely fine.

So I kind of think the Izzy incompetent is a little bit of a cop out. Like, dudes just choosing Shannon to be with this woman. You know what I mean? I think it's a little bit of a cop out to act like he's all of a sudden lost his mind. Yeah, he's still got his football mind about him and, you know, a little extracurricular activity, too, on the side. So I think that's the problem, I think. That is certainly what's happening. Who's next?

Let's go to Gabe. Gabe, go ahead, Gabe. So I know you guys have talked about, or I don't know if you've talked about, or I don't know if you've talked about. this yet and if you have I apologize but like how cool was it to see all of the extended footage and the love that OVW and historic Davis

Arena got at the night one main event of WrestleMania very cool very cool you know we appreciate the call for people who didn't see in night one of WrestleMania in the lead up they showed a lot of OVW stuff and you know listen

I put I've put four years years of a lot of work into that. You know, we're actually making the transition to the new ownership group this week. Honestly, it transitions tomorrow. I'm still going to be involved as a minority owner, but I won't be like making day-to-day decisions anymore. And, you know, it is cool to see them.

I mean, that that whole enterprise has been a really, like, awesome part of my life from doing the Netflix show. to getting to know all those people. I mean, cash flow, let me just use cash flow. They're filming season three of Tulsa King right now, but then they're filming, they're doing four more seasons. So he's spending the next two years of his life filming Tulsa King. He's doing three, four, five, and six. I mean, this was a dude who's just lived in Bullitt County, right?

And now of a sudden he is a regular on a Sylvester Stallone television show. That's awesome. daily every week is wrestling somewhere around the world. Like she's gotten, her career has kind of blossomed from it. So it's been, and then watching it on, you know, I have to admit, like, literally I'm going to Louisville tomorrow and we're kind of doing the final transition, and I'm a little, I would say melancholy because this is what needs to happen, because I'm, I can't do it anymore.

It's too busy. But, um, but you can help. It's been like a labor of love for you. It's been labor of love. Like it was not. We did it kind of as a, you know, it was in a bad spot when we took it in. It was probably very close to closing. And now, you know, we're able to get a new ownership group in there that I think is going to make it a thing in Europe, which is awesome.

So, yeah, it's been fun. But it's also, you know, it's like when I sold OV, or when I sold KSR. I was right up in that room right there. Drew was there in the office. This was fall of 2020. When we sold it, I cried. I mean, financially, it was going to change my life for the positive. That's your baby, though.

But, like, it had been with me every day since 2005. And to just sign it over, it was like, so it won't be quite like that because I'm not, you know, Al and them are the ones that do it all the time. But it is a little, you know, it's a little sad. I know why you're talking OVW. I did want to ask you, how did the cash. Cash Daniel's experience goal. He looked awesome in the clip I saw. Yeah.

Let me tell you something. That dude is going to be, if he stays committed to it, he's going to be a star in wrestling. Not like he is going to be a star because he not only can he talk, not only does it, but he can like, as they say in wrestling, he can work. You know, I had one of the trainers say to me, dude's got as much potential as anybody we've had here in a decade. Wow. And that's the truth. If he wants to do it. And I said that to him after the interview.

I went outside and I was like, man, this is yours for the taking if you want it. And I feel like he does. So I hope it works out. He looked like a natural in that match last week. To be his first match in an arena, was he the main event, I think? Yeah. I mean, he looked like a dude had been doing a long time. I'm not going to act like I'm an expert, Shannon, because I, you know, I've never, I don't wrestle, etc.

But I've been around now for four or five years. And Shannon, you've been around longer than that. Yeah. You can see when a dude's. got it or not. Yeah, he's got the natural ability. Yeah, and that was a quick match, too. That was under a minute. So, you know, probably smart booking there. But, yeah, he looks great in there. Shannon's waiting for the moment when he gets a piece of it. That's right. I am too, because I'm a little laugh. We're at Waterfront Park, by the way, tomorrow for anybody.

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As part of the contract, I actually do have to be in season two if they have it. So I don't know how that would work. But they, I think I'm just, I was an easy bad guy for them. So I think they would find a way to let you wrestle cash. That's how we'll put in season two. Maybe it'll be teaching me to wrestle that we can be season two. Now that you're not the boss, you can hang out with them at the holiday and bar where they all hanged out and hung out after fighting. You could just be one of the game.

The holiday and bar is something else now. If you want to see some sights, go to the holiday in bar on a Thursday night after the show. That's where you'll be in season two. You will see that. One person writes, Matt, was there ever a time that you knew you're in Cal's relationship was going bad? And did you try to stop it? Yeah, for sure. I mean, it started going bad the COVID year, or the year we played, right?

So that was 2020, 2020, 2021. we were obviously very critical on here because the team was terrible and then there was a night where Dwayne Peevy said hey let's get you and Cal on the phone

let's see if we can make this better and I had a conversation with him and it just it didn't go particularly well I mean he kind of said you know to be fair to him, his view was, look, we've had a good relationship. I've been good to you. Like, you know, you should, you should take up for me. And I said, I do take up for you, but we're

six and 13. Like, I can't go, I can't at six and 13 go, hey, things are great. And I said, you know, I'm of more help to you if people think I'm unbiased. And he just didn't like that answer. And then we had one more conversation when the season ended. There was a little more positive but still was not great and then we never really talked

again. There were people that would try to put us into connection over the next couple years and I was always willing to do it. That was what frustrated me towards the end. Does everybody go, Matt, why don't you try to reach out? I probably had five different

people say I'd like to put you in Cal in a room. or let's you and Kyle talk. I said I would do it every single time, and it just didn't happen. And so, listen, it made me sad. Like, we've taken a lot. We've enjoyed in the last year going, hey, thanks Tyson Chicken for coming and getting him and all. As that relationship broke apart, it made me really sad.

It did. Because he'd been a big part of my existence for a decade. But, you know, at the end of the day, he's going to leave one day. and keeping my relationship with the audience and where the audience can have trust with me is more important. You know, I'll be honest with you, I felt the same thing kind of happening. My relationship with Mark Stoops is still positive,

but if they have a bad year, same thing might happen this year, you know? And I have made a personal decision. I thought a lot about this when I was in Europe last summer. I've made a personal decision. that like I'm not becoming friends with any more of these folks. And it's nothing personal. It's just, it's hard to be objective when you have a personal relationship with somebody.

So I owe it to this job to not become like good friends with the people doing. I don't care if I ask you this, but I'm going to ask you now anyway. Do you think if Duane Peavy had stayed, he would help but not? Yeah, but there was going to come a point that if he kept losing, there was nothing I could do. You know, if Dwayne stayed, maybe the relationship with Cal and I would have been better for like one more year. But like once you lose to St. Peter's, you lose to St. Peters. Once you lose to Oakland, you lose to Oakland. Like, what are you going to do? I mean, nothing else you can do. But it is tough. I mean, it's tough. It's hard when you've had really positive relationships with

somebody, Drew, to say this person needs to go, but that's our job, right? Got a job. You got a job. job to do that 2020 2021 year it's hard to say I mean when you lose to Richmond in Rupp Arena I mean what are we supposed to say on the radio well we'll get them next time UNC Wilmington was that what it was it was Richmond that we lose to Richmond as well we did

that's right after that I think it was Richmond Georgia Tech back to back with Josh Paster his assistant yeah I mean what are we supposed to say you remember I was supposed to go on ESPN during the Georgia Tech game I was supposed to go on ESPN and like We were going to be playful and whatever, and we were down 35 points. And I said, I called Jimmy Dykes. At halftime, I was like, I can't come on here and be playful.

And he goes, what do you mean? I'm like, we're down 35 points. You realize if I come on there and be playful, my fans are going to get. And I turned down going on ESPN because remember he had that baseball player, was it, who was on the first half, play for the Yankees? He had gone to Georgia Tech. I'm not with you. I can't think of the name.

And then I was supposed to be on the second half. I was like, I can't come down 30. What do you want me to do? Richmond, Georgia Tech, and Notre Dame. We're consecutive, I think, looking back. Remember, Saar missed the game winning shot in 304 of those? The Notre Dame game. So, I mean, Ryan, you've been friends with them over the years.

You know it's hard. It is hard. And, you know, they teach you back in broadcasting school. Don't be friends with your coaches of the people you're going to cover because, as you just witnessed, it can come back and bite you on the butt sometimes. The only two people here that I've been, like, actual friends with is Dwayne Peevy and Vince. Cow and Stoops, we've had good relationships, but I wouldn't say we're friends. They're not inviting me to their weddings, right?

But, and I love Vince. I mean, Vince is my guy. He'll always be my guy. But after Vince, I'm not becoming friends with anybody again. Get away from me. You're too close. No new friend. 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. Welcome back. Techie Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text Machine, 772-774-5254. One person writes to text machine. Matt, you are a journalist,

but Cal Perry did supercharge your career. You should remember that. Of course, that's true. But here's what I feel like. It's like Brian Winhorse, the guy on ESPN with LeBron. Yeah. Right? So LeBron made Brian Winhorse

career. Cal, in some ways, not every way, but in some ways helped make my career. With that said, though, Brian Winhorse can't spend the rest of his time in the NBA, not criticizing LeBron. It would make it look he wouldn't have any credibility if he did that. I heard him talking about it because, you know, LeBron took a shot at him a few weeks ago, and I liked what he said. He said, LeBron doesn't owe me anything, but I still have to do my job. And he's exactly right about that. we can't be sunshine pumpers when it's not justified i mean we wouldn't be doing our job if we we weren't we're we're fans as much as anything we hurt when our team doesn't do well we have to act that way one person writes i'd like to be no from the three of you guys that deal with the

players who is your favorite player to deal with off the court in your time you've been doing it ron you go first who's your favorite player at ukk off the court you mean while they were playing while they were playing while they were playing that's a great Great question. Well, I already had a relationship with Walter McCarty, knowing him from Evansville when I first got here. It was good kind of just. We kind of had that vibe because we were both from Evansville area. Most of my guys, I really got friendly with afterwards.

I always kind of connected with the bench players, J.P. Blevins, believe it or not. Yeah, I know. You go to his speakees. Yep. Steve Mascello, Brandon Stockton, you know, those guys. You kind of relate to them a little bit better. Mine, before I go to Drew, Wukosh. Wukash was always, Wukash and I became, and still consider him a good friend.

Ramele Bradley, I still consider a good friend. And then while they were here, I really, really liked Jorts and I really like DeMarcus. I think those were the two, but those guys I knew while they were here. But Wukhosh and Ramell, for me, were the two that I had the best connection to. about you? DeMarcus, but a lot of that was built after he left. I got to know him a little better in his NBA years. Nothing, the Bahamas trip.

I mean, anyone on those teams. Seriously, I'll never know players better than I know 2014. There's a little bit with the 2015 group, where when you see them, we are like, yeah. You know, like, even the ones that were quiet, like the Harrison twins. There's a little bit like... We've been through it together. Man, the Bahamas were something, weren't they? Willie, you know.

I knew Carl really well, even not just the Bahamas. That helped. But like, we were doing the air shots. Carl did a lot of events. When he did a signing tour, I was taking pictures of one of them, so I knew Carl really well. One time I was at a wedding in Cancun, and I get a DM from Devin Booker. He's like, you're in Cancun? I'm in Cancun.

At this point, he's with the Suns, and I'm thinking, why is Devin Booker writing me? But it all goes back to that Bahamas trip. Everybody got to know each other. Bahamish trip. And even the second one was a little bit like that, but the first one was really like. The first one. Willie. If you want a documentary about Kentucky basketball that would be fun, the two best documentaries you could do on Kentucky sports, the Billy Gillespiea.

Yes. Like a 30 for 30 on the two years the Billy Gillespie era would be amazing. And then that 2015, 2014 Bahamas trip where the staff, there was no rules. Now, they put some rules into place a few years later. I think they learned their lesson. They had security. But that first time, it was... And like Willie, he was injured, so he didn't have a curfew.

I mean, we've told these stories even with Willie. But I'd be playing blackjack in the middle of night and look up, well, there's Willie. He's still around here. So we just got to know him more than we'd ever know them doing interviews. All I know about Willie is Willie put a lot of stuff on a tab. I don't know who paid the tab. I know some details on that story.

They asked me to pay it. I was like, heck, no, I'm not paying your tab. Who's up next? Chris. Chris, go ahead, Chris. Yeah, I got two questions for you. First question is, where do you see the biggest change in college athletics over the next 10 years, whether that's tournament-wise, conference-wise, just what do you all see as far as that?

And then the second question is the burning question going around the Internet right now with the 100 men versus an 8. What did that become a good thing? men versus a guerrilla. It feels like everybody's talking about that now. I mean, there is an amount of men that would kill a gorilla. So the only question is, is it 100? I feel like 100, if you just take 100 people off the street, then I'm going guerrilla. But if you take 100 people that can fight, then I'm taking people.

So like, if you just look at this bar, if you just take all of us, we're done. No, we're going to walk. Nope. We're going to. We're going to walk. We're out. But if you were to take like a hundred big fighting people. Like defensive linemen.

Yeah, then I think I would take the people. I think that's the key. You've got to have some big guys that kind of hold that grill down. But I just hope I'm not ever going to be big. But I will say like the first 10 people, you're a sacrificial way. Yep. Like you're just. Well, there's got to be a front line in this.

The front line, you're out. You're out. You know, you guys are in trouble. biggest change coming in college sports in my opinion obviously is the payment system but i i honestly think in the next year congress what we here's what we have to do i don't care whether you love trump or don't like trump i think everybody would agree it's been a chaotic 100 days there's going to be another chaotic 50 to 100 days but then things are going to settle down because congress people are going to start to get ready for re-election right so like all of a sudden the world

is going to stabilize a little bit. When that happens, I think college athletic legislation becomes something that will get passed. It's a bipartisan effort. It's the kind of thing that will get passed. It's the kind of thing Trump, I think, would like to be able to say, I saved college sports. That feels like the kind of thing he would enjoy saying.

So I do think it happens. The devil's going to be in the details of what that legislation looks like. if it looks like I want it to look and the way that it seems like Cory Booker and Ted Cruz want it to look, then I think college sports will be in a good place and it can start to stabilize. But this next, I'm going to assume

we're going to still have chaos through about July. But in this fall, I think they will create the future of college athletics and we'll see what it ends up being, Drew. Have they, did the house thing that was supposed to get done just in the last week or two? The judge postponed the settlement. The judge basically said, I'm fine with this settlement,

but you can't take scholarships away from the kids that are in school now. So they went to the parties and said, fix that part, and then come back to me. And I think they have another week to fix it. So we'll see what ends up. But it looked like to me in reading the arguments that they will end up. But that settlement only applies to past players. What we're worried about is the future. and the future is going to need congressional legislation.

It cannot be done legally without congressional legislation, in my opinion. Keep us posting on that, will you? Does that not your read on it? No, I enjoy hearing your thoughts about it. It keeps me up to date on what's going on. But you don't do any analysis yourself on it? No, I think it's all for the better. It's all for the better?

Yeah. What? Yeah. What is all for the better? Just to, you know, clean up this mess we're in, this NIL mess. They're going to make some legislation to kind of... You have some specifics of what you think's going to have? happen? I would like to think there's going to be some sort of salary cap.

But you cannot have a salary cap unless Congress waives the antitrust clause. So people don't know, colleges cannot collude and say we're not going to pay anymore. That will be against the law. So the only way you can do that is Congress does what they did with baseball, which says, we're going to create an exception for this industry. And Congress has to do that. That's why we have to have the bill. If we don't have the bill, you cannot have a salary cap. I don't understand when you have the salary cap and the payouts of the $20.5 million, how can you tell them they still can't go to Clark's pumping shop and just get a ton of money to throw on a t-shirt? You can't. But you could make it to where the NCAA has complete enforcement power to say, you have to be

doing the work that's worth the money you're getting. Because right now, the courts have said the NCAA can't even do that. So, you know, You got to have legislation. And I think, by the way, both parties, Democrats and Republicans, agree with that. The devil is just in the details of how you do it. So when's it going to happen? I think I said this fall after the next 100 days. Well, keep me posted.

Remember, there's already been 100 days that have been a little hectic. A little chaotic. There's going to be a 50 hundred more. And then they're going to do it. I heard that on KSR this one. Cornbreadth.com. The cornbread hemp, the seltzers, the TH, HALSERS, the TH, H C seltzers are like, they're flying off the shelf.

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Text machine 772-774-5-254. The moment the show ends, okay, you have from 1157 to 12 o'clock to write the text machine. If you will give me your, all I need from you is the UK player that you liked the most, okay? The UK player you liked the most. I'm going to ask Mario after the show. Who is the UK, well, sorry, you want to write the UK player, you think Mario liked the most. All right?

So Mario's favorite UK player, I'm going to ask him after the show. All time. If you get it right and then you put your email address in the text, the first person that gets it right, I'm going to give tickets to the Reds game tonight if you want. So all you have to do is put who you think. think Mario will say is the best, is his favorite player and your email address. If you have the right player and don't have your email address, then you don't get it. Because I will write the first person and give you my Reds tickets tonight.

It's like eighth row, right behind home plate, perfect tickets. But wait until the show ends. Don't give it right now. And all you're doing is sending the name and your email address. And now I don't even know what Mario's going to say. I will ask him as soon as the show ends. Should the winner get a copy of all fours to take to the game? A lot of you who have read the book, say, Matt, didn't think it would be your kind of book.

I'm not saying it is my kind of book. I just think it's good. But you've got to think also with Mario how old he is. Yep. Right? So you don't want to guess Cotton Nash, I don't think. You never know. Mario was history.

J.T.'s favorite player. That sure was. Rest in peace, J.T. Club Blue is an official NIL fundraising partner in the University of Kentucky, and they're proud to introduce Club Blue Kids. Tell me about it. It's a club for young UK fans. You get perks like an official UK Club Blue Kids T-shirt.

Cool. That's kind of neat. A membership card for your kid with a lanyard and a chance to have exclusive athlete experiences for your children. Very cool idea. I didn't even know they were doing this. Club Blue Kids learn more at Club Blue NIL. dot com for club blue kids that's good they need to do one of those for kids i think the parents have to pay i don't know for kids we're not trying to take the kids piggy bank don't want their allowance for

this club blue uh nil um dot com they are getting rid of the penny we've talked about that yes congress is going to make the legislation apparently now it costs four cents to make a penny there are some people arguing they're trying to figure out what is the date that people should have to turn their pennies in. Yes. Okay. So how long, let's say we make the penny ban tomorrow. How long should we have people have to where they have to go to the bank and turn their penny in?

Tomorrow. Just get them out here. I'm going to say it's going to cause a log jam. I'm going to give them a year. A year? I'll give them a year. Do you have pennies? I have a jarful pennies in my house.

So you're going to go, you'll go turn them. Absolutely. How long you think you should get? I'll say six months for all the, all the rions that have jars of pennies. Can you imagine how awful it would be to work at a bank and just see person after person come in with their jar of pennies? Jar of pennies. And want nickels? There's your $3.25.

Oh, my gosh, Shannon. That would be awful, wouldn't it, just to sit there and deal with the pennies forever? A lot of banks have machines, though, that can kind of, you know, give you a dollar for. You just see all these people walk in, carrying all these pennies. Yeah, big milk jugs full of pennies. Dirty. What are we going to do with all the little pennies? I think when they get down with the pennies, they're going to melt them down to whatever they're made of.

Make a statue of Trump. I mean, the government gets to take it, right? Like the government kind of owns that, whatever it is it's made of, and then they can do the statue of Trump. I just got that. Like live size. Yeah, make something. Yeah. So there you go.

That's going to happen. The penny, I think the legislation is being drawn up, and I think everybody's going to, nobody wants the penny. So, yeah, I can't remember my last penny. They usually end up in the trash or somewhere. Yeah, who's up next? Mickey. Mickey, how are you, Mickey? Hey, how are you, Mickey?

Doing good. Hey, I got a question for the athletic-minded people out there. All right, go ahead. Drew. Excuse me. Excuse me. Hey, you guys going to be here in Owensboro on Friday. Next Friday.

Yes, if you decide you want to play a little pickleball, give us a call. Oh, you don't? No. Oh, my gosh. All right, well, if you decide you want to on Thursday or Friday, give us a call and we'll get you out there. We'll even let Matt come by and watch. Yeah, that's not going to do that. I appreciate the call.

I'll bring up on balls. We'll be there, making. We're going to Owensboro week from Friday. It'd be nice to go out there. Haven't done a show there in a couple years, so looking forward to it. I hear a rumor we're maybe getting face. Facials. Is that? Yes, they are giving us facials, I think.

I signed up for one. Yeah, I'm excited. I think we all get facials while we're over there. You ever had a facial before? Never. Yeah. I don't even know what they do in a facial. Well, make sure you get the right guy.

Make sure you go to the skin. There are other kind of facials you don't want to get. Who's up next? Let's go to Luke. Luke, what's up, Luke? Hey, Matt, real quick. Since the caller ahead, asked about finals and everything. I was just wondering what Professor Matt Jones, if he gave a final or what?

Yeah, I give finals. Mario actually moderated my final this year, yeah, at Georgetown. I write a final exam. Didn't Billy do it last year? Billy's done it for me before, too, because we always end up on our trip across the country during it. So, yeah, I'll give a final exam. I appreciate the call. I'm a hard teacher, but I give easy grades.

So I make them do a lot of work, but then when it comes down to it, I'm kind of a softie and I don't want to fail anybody. And you take it very seriously with your funnel. I do. I'm taking next fall off because I have to be in, I'm going to South Africa for three weeks and so I would have to miss so much. I'm taking next fall off from teaching. But one do one more.

Who's next, Shannon? All right. Let's go to Jacob. Jacob. Hi, good morning, everyone. I just wanted to thank you all for an incredible year. It's been so much fun following along and listening in during this past basketball season. Like I've been more invested in this past season than I have been in years.

and as much as I love all your insight and takes on Kentucky sports, frankly my favorite part of the show is just the stories and interactions among the host, and at times I can tend to forget to I'm listening to a radio show versus getting listening to a group of long-time friends as they talk about life and sports. And lastly and briefly, it's been a rough past few weeks personally with uncertainty at work and not knowing if or when I and my team might be laid off. So the highlight of my day has been listening into the podcast each evening,

and you never know what the topics might be from like portal news to getting to listen to Ryan trying out jokes for his talk at his dream conference. I just want to take you all for us. I really good. That's very, very kind of you to say. And, you know, whatever you're going through, I'll say a prayer for you tonight. I appreciate it. That's very, very nice. See, isn't that a very nice conversation?

So you're in this suit. Yeah, looking dapper. Now that you have a suit on, what are you going to do for the rest of the day? I'm immediately going home and taking it off. Immediately. Wouldn't this be a good time, though, to do some realtor stuff and maybe to look professional around town? Just be seen. You know, the market's hot, according to a commercial.

Well, it is a good time to buy, so we can help you. I have stock and mortgage. Now, I've got to go get my oil change, so I'm not going to wear this to get my oil change. I'm going to put on some shorts and some flip-flops. Are you, by the way, Josiah, about to graduate? Yeah. Separation's coming. Are you feeling it?

At the moment, I'm kind of looking forward to it, but I know the week he leaves. I'll be like, oh man, this house is really empty. Most people get sad. Wait a minute. You're looking forward to your kid getting out? I've had a kid in my house for 27 years. It would be my first time and 27 years have not had a kid there. It's going to be all alone.

Yeah, that'll probably hit me. Yeah, I got the three dogs. In the pool? Maybe I'll have a lot of pool parties. Todd Bryant and the football team will still be over there. That's good. Thank you. Thank you, folks, very much.

Remember, we got Dollar Wings all day. We will be in Louisville on Friday, but we are also here. here again tomorrow. Thanks to all you folks who made the trip here. It's nice to see everybody. We will see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio. Another podcast from some SNL,

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